Composer: James MacMillan
Performer: Henri Demarquette, Graham Scott
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deux-Elles
Catalogue: DXL1115
Release: 2007
Size: 242 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Cello Sonata No. 1
01. Face
02. Image
03. Kiss on Wood
04. Cello Sonata No. 2
Northern Skies
05. March
06. Shifting Sands
07. Celtic Hymn
08. Barn Dance
09. Nocturne
10. Sabre Dance
11. Northern Skies
MacMillan’s two sonatas for cello were written in 1998 and 2000 respectively and the collection of seven pieces for children “Northern Skies” is a little jewel in all its simplicity. ‘Kiss on Wood’ is a piece of religious inspiration – the wood carrying the kiss being that of the cross of Christ – where the choral beginning dissolves into a music of silence.