Composer: Richard Arnell, Stanley Bate
Performer: Patrick Wastnage, Elizabeth Dunn, Stanley Bate
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0492
Release: 2018
Size: 1.13 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Arnell: Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 55
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro vivace
Arnell: Variations on an American Theme, Op. 76
04. Theme. Andante
05. Var. 1, Allegro
06. Var. 2, Andante
07. Var. 3, Vivace
08. Var. 4, Lento non troppo
09. Var. 5, Allegro
10. Var. 6, Presto
11. Var. 7, Andante
Bate: Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 47
12. I. Allegro
13. II. Lento
14. III. Tempo di marcia
15. IV. Presto
16. Arnell: Passacaglia, Op. 23
Arnell: Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 11
17. I. Allegro
18. II. Adagio
19. III. Molto vivace
This recording pairs music for violin and piano by two young British composers who found themselves marooned in American exile by World War II: Richard Arnell (1917–2009) and Stanley Bate (1911–59). Both composers established respectable careers for themselves in the New World before returning to Britain – Arnell in 1947 and Bate in 1949. Arnell’s music can be warmly lyrical and fiercely dramatic by turn, rather like its composer. Bate’s First Violin Sonata has echoes of two of his teachers – Vaughan Williams and Hindemith.