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CD Details
Composer: Edward ElgarComposer: Gerald Finzi
Composer: William [composer] Walton
Performer: Simon Mulligan
Performer: Daniel Hope
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-03-06
Music Label: Nimbus Records
Soundtracks:
- Sonata for violin & piano in E minor, Op. 82: Allegro
- Sonata for violin & piano in E minor, Op. 82: Romance - Andante
- Sonata for violin & piano in E minor, Op. 82: Allegro, non troppo
- Elegy for violin & piano in F major, Op 22: Andante espressivo
- Sonata for Violin & Piano: Allegro tranquillo
- Sonata for Violin & Piano: Variazioni
Music reviews of Daniel Hope
Music Review: Three Rarely Heard Works for Violin and Piano
Rating: 5 Stars
Violinist Daniel Hope and Pianist Simon Mulligan are a formidable team. Their approach to any repertoire is full-blooded and passionate, even in these rarely heard works. Theirs is a chemistry that comes across on recordings extremely well.
Elgar's Sonata for violin & piano in E minor, Op. 82 further demonstrates that this composer is unduly neglected except for a few works. The sonata is brilliantly written and is demanding in its outer movements, yet in the inner movement, Romance, it is as ethereal as anything Elgar ever wrote.
Gerald Finzi's brief but exquisite Elegy for violin & piano in F major is a work that should find its way into recitals more often. Nothing spectacular as far as execution demands, but just simply beautiful melodic arches, here caressed by Hope's warm golden tone and echoed by Mulligan's attentive nuances.
The recital concludes with another rarity, William Walton's Sonata for Violin and Piano, a work of fine construction and invention that, like the Elgar, once again proves that the music of Walton is too often shelved instead of performed. Hope and Mulligan shine in this testing work, meeting the aggressive attacks securely and seeking the plaintive moments with equal care. It is a sonata worth of many repeated hearings. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, February 06
Description of Daniel Hope
Daniel Hope and Simon Mulligan are outstanding young talents whose earlier Nimbus recording of Shostakovitch's violin sonata earned well-deserved plaudits. Here, they turn to a pair of 20th-century English works with equal success. The Elgar, written in the wake of World War I's devastation, has a bold Allegro first movement and an expansive final movement flanking an expressive "Romance." It's top-drawer Elgar, and as played by these vibrant musicians, there's not a whiff of the Edwardian pomposity some associate with this composer. Hope's slashing attacks, wide dynamics, and intensity are matched by Mulligan's sensitive pianism. The Walton Sonata, another fascinating work, is played with wonderful spontaneity. It's a work of strong contrasts, and Hope sustains Walton's deeply felt slow sections with concentration, while giving the faster sections the zip and panache they need. Finzi's Elegy, largely pastoral in mood, makes for a nice interlude between the two big works. --Dan DavisGeneral CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Chamber Music > General
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( E ) > Elgar, Sir Edward
- ( F ) > Finzi, Gerald
- ( W ) > Walton, Sir William
- Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830) > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- Instruments > Strings > Violin
- Elgar, Sir Edward - Works by Elgar
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( F ) - Finzi, Gerald - General
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