Composer: Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, John Ireland, Michael Kemp Tippett
Performer: Franziska Lee
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Capriccio
Catalogue: C3010
Release: 2021
Size: 208 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Tippett: Piano Sonata No. 1 ‘Fantasy Sonata’
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante tranquillo
03. III. Presto
04. IV. Rondo giocoso con moto
Britten: Holiday Diary Op. 5 for solo piano
05. I. Early Morning Bathe
06. II. Sailing
07. III. Funfair
08. IV. Night
Bridge: 3 Sketches for Piano, H. 68
09. I. April
10. II. Rosemarie
11. III. Valse capricieuse
12. Ireland: Ballade of London Nights
13. Bax: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, GP 127
Franziska Lee has made a name for herself as an exceptional pianist capable of eliciting an orchestral palette of colours from the piano. Following her debut album featuring an exclusively 20th-century French programme (Capriccio C3006), Lee has devoted her second recording to British composers of the same period. Together they tell a story of their time, from Britten’s exuberant Holiday Diary, a joyful interlude between the wars, to Tippett’s escapist Piano Sonata No. 1, written on the eve of the Second World War. With effortless virtuosity and musical insight Lee shines a light on a lesser-known corner of the piano repertoire.