Natalie Clein, the cellist on this recording, plays the 'Simpson' Guadagnini cello from 1777.
Composition History
Frank Bridge took four years to complete his Cello Sonata (1913-1917), with the despair over the futility of war making the latter part of its composition particularly difficult.
Composer Biography
Rebecca Clarke's father, who encouraged her musical education, came to London to set up the first Kodak factory in the United Kingdom.
Composer Biography
Frank Bridge, a composer and performer, was the son of a lithographer and amateur musician who conducted theatre orchestras in Brighton.
Critical Reception
Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata was awarded second prize in a 1919 competition by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, with much surprise from musicians and critics when the gender of the runner-up was revealed.
Composer Biography
Rebecca Clarke, a self-styled 'viola player and composer', was the first female composition student of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford at the Royal College of Music.
Historical Context
The two major works on this recording, Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata and Frank Bridge's Cello Sonata, were both conceived and completed during World War I.
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