Composer: Stephen Dodgson
Performer: Karolos, Harriet Mackenzie, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Graham Walker
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8573856
Release: 2018
Size: 1.39 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
String Trio No. 1
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Andante
03. III. Presto
Violin Sonatina in B Minor
04. I. Molto moderato
05. II. Vivace, leggiero
06. III. Allegretto
07. IV. Allegro con anima
08. Caprice after Puck
Cello Partita
09. I. Prologue
10. II. Scherzo I
11. III. Variations I
12. IV. March
13. V. Soliloquy
14. VI. Scherzo II
15. VII. Aria
16. VIII. Variations II – Coda
String Trio No. 2
17. I. Moderato con intensità
18. II. Adagio flessibile
19. III. Allegro
In his writing for strings, Stephen Dodgson revealed an abiding love of early music through his perceptive use of ornamentation, virtuoso displays and enthusiasm for variation form. Both String Trios reflect these elements and their slow movements – hymnal in the earlier work, valedictory in the later – are especially beautiful. The Sonatina in B minor for solo violin is simultaneously a tribute to Bach and a statement of Dodgson’s own musical identity, while the very different Caprice after Puck offers a complex exploration of the hobgoblin’s sinister pranks.