This album is the first volume in a series dedicated to British works for cello and piano from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Recording & Production
The album was recorded using 24-bit / 96 kHz technology, which aims to reproduce a better sound by capturing higher frequencies, even those beyond human hearing.
Performer Biography
Huw Watkins, the pianist on this recording, is also a composer and teaches composition at the Royal College of Music.
Album & Artwork
The front cover features a photograph titled 'Peacefully Grazing: Sheep grazing on the north Yorkshire moors' from around 1885 by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe.
Performer Biography
Paul Watkins, the cellist on this recording, was appointed the first-ever Music Director of the English Chamber Orchestra in the 2009/10 season.
Performer Biography
Paul Watkins plays a cello made by Domenico Montagnana and Matteo Goffriller in Venice around 1730.
