Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Kenneth Hesketh, Henri Dutilleux, Maurice Ravel
Performer: Janet Sung, Simon Callaghan
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia
Conductor: Jac van Steen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Somm
Release: 2019
Size: 1.23 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Concerto accademico in D Minor
01. I. Allegro pesante
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Presto
Kenneth Hesketh:
04. Inscription-Transformation
Henri Dutilleux:
Au gré des ondes (Arr. K. Hesketh)
05. I. Prélude en berceuse [À Claude Pascal]
06. II. Claquettes [À Jacqueline Bonneau]
07. III. Improvisation [À Pierre Sancan]
08. IV. Mouvement perpétuel [À Leon Kartun]
09. V. Hommage à Bach [À Claude Arrieu]
10. VI. Étude [À Geneviève Joy]
Maurice Ravel:
11. Tzigane
Violin Sonata in G major
12. I. Allegretto
13. II. Blues. Moderato
14. III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro
SOMM Recordings’ The deeper the blue… offers an intriguing exploration of colour and timbre in music and a revealing investigation of the connections between four very different composers over a near-100-year period. Taking its title from painter Wassily Kandinsky’s assertion that a deepening colour ultimately ‘turns into silent stillness and becomes white’, the recording illuminates the intimate relationship between student and teacher: Vaughan Williams and Maurice Ravel, Kenneth Hesketh with Henri Dutilleux and the influence on Dutilleux of Ravel.