Angela Morley's Rêverie was a BBC commission for the BBC Concert Orchestra, originally for violin and strings, and is presented here in its first recording as a duo version.
Album & Artwork
The cover artwork for this EP is one of six murals by Peter Daniels that adorn the walls of the Wyastone Concert Hall in Monmouthshire, where the recording was made.
Composition History
Frank Bridge's Cradle Song is the composer's own adaptation of his miniature originally for cello and piano.
Composition History
Richard Rodney Bennett's Memento was composed in 2010 for violinist Ruth Palmer for a memorial service and is based on music from his 1970 song cycle The Music that Her Echo Is.
Composition History
The title track Dream Valley is taken from Roger Quilter's cycle Three Songs of William Blake, with the poem's nostalgic sentiments preserved in the composer's arrangement for violin and piano.
Composition History
Three of the pieces on this EP are world-premiere recordings, including Richard Rodney Bennett's Memento, Angela Morley's Rêverie, and Frank Bridge's Cradle Song in its duo version.
Compositional Technique
Cyril Scott's Poème érotique features urgent romantic gestures unsettled by a constantly shifting metre.
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