Composer: Ernest John Moeran
Performer: Fidelio Trio, Darragh Morgan, Mary Dullea, Nicky Sweeney, Tim Gill
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Resonus Classics
Catalogue: RES10296
Release: 2022
Size: 1.21 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Violin Sonata in E minor
01. I. Allegro non troppo ma energico
02. II. Lento
03. III. Vivace e molto ritmico
Sonata in A major for 2 violins
04. I. Allegro non troppo
05. II. Presto
06. III. Passacaglia
07. Prelude
Piano Trio in D major
08. I. Allegro
09. II. Lento molto – Andante
10. III. Allegro vivace
11. IV. Allegro
Ernest Moeran’s love for Ireland and absorption of its music and musicians led to the composer living on the island of Valentia for two years while later making Kenmare his second home from around 1934 until his death there in 1950. Moeran’s experiences in Ireland appear to have influenced him melodically in the traditional folk dance-like textures he embraces, particularly throughout his early Piano Trio and Violin Sonata featured on this album alongside his Prelude for Cello and Piano and Sonata for Two Violins. In the four chamber works on this album Moeran’s use of melodic and harmonic turns, his approach to instrumentation and command of the strings and piano writing, has gifted us a treasure trove of focus in repertoire, utterly connected, through him, with music of places and peoples.