Composer: Edwin York Bowen
Performer: Chloë Hanslip, Danny Driver
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA67991-2
Release: 2013
Size: 1.93 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Sonata in E Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 112
01. I. Maestoso con fuoco
02. II. Lento
03. III. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
04. Allegretto, Op. 105
Suite for Violin & Piano, Op. 28
05. I. Mouvement de sonate: Allegro moderato
06. II. Barcarolle: Andantino
07. III. Humoresque: Allegro scherzando
08. IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
09. Melody for the G string, Op. 47
CD 02
01. Phantasie in E minor, Op. 34
02. Song
03. Bolero
04. Melody
05. Albumleaf
Violin Sonata in B minor, Op. 7
06. I. Largo – Andante con moto
07. II. Allegro assai
08. Romance in D flat major
09. Serenade
10. Valse harmonique
Young virtuoso Chloë Hanslip and York Bowen specialist Danny Driver present Bowen’s complete works for violin and piano. Many of these works have never been recorded or indeed published before, and have been excavated from the archives by Driver himself. This double album is therefore a valuable resource for admirers of a composer whom Hyperion has done so much to champion through recordings. This body of work includes juvenilia, miniatures (written with an eye to academic performance during Bowen’s years as a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, but all impressive enough in quality to be concert works), his two Violin Sonatas, a Suite and a number of single-movement works. All show a superb composer of chamber music, a genuine original with a performer’s ear.