Composer: Percy Sherwood
Performer: Joseph Spooner, David Owen Norris
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0145
Release: 2012
Size: 303 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 10
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Finale. Presto
3 Stucke, Op. 14
04. No. 1, Legende: Andante
05. No. 2, Intermezzo. Allegretto, teneramente
06. No. 3, Saltarello: Presto
Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 15
07. I. Allegro vivace
08. II. Legende: Andante semplice ed espressivo
09. III. Minuetto. Allegro grazioso
10. IV. Finale. Allegro molto
5 Kleinestucke
11. No. 1, Molto moderato
12. No. 2, Menuett: Grazioso, non troppo allegro
13. No. 3, Adagio
14. No. 4, Andante
15. No. 5, Serenade: Andantino
The Anglo-German composer Percy Sherwood, born in 1866, seems to have slipped through the cracks of history, although he has an impressive output of orchestral, chamber, choral and instrumental music to his credit.
He was once an important figure in his native Dresden, where he owned an imposing villa, but after moving to Britain at the beginning of the First World War he faded from view and by the time of his death in London in 1939 his music was as good as forgotten. This first CD in a series of Sherwood recordings – the first-ever dedicated to his music – reveals a major lost Romantic, with a style that is both lyrical and passionate.