Stevens: Music for Cello & Piano

Featuring

David Jones
Nicholas Trygstad
Robin Stevens

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded at Hallé St. Peter's, Manchester, England, in 2021, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Compositional Technique

Robin Stevens, the composer, employs microtones—intervals smaller than semitones—in his music, using wider microtone intervals like thirds or three-eighths of a tone to address the challenges for string players.

Compositional Technique

The Sonata Romantica, a 27-minute single-movement work by Robin Stevens, uses an exposition repeat, a traditional Classical device, to strengthen its structural coherence.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The composer, Robin Stevens, consciously sought to refresh his musical language after his PhD, exploring new creative pathways through five unaccompanied cello pieces on this disc.

Album & Artwork

The album is dedicated to Dorothy Milner, Robin Stevens's first cello teacher, who inspired him to become a full-time composer.

Compositional Technique

Robin Stevens, the composer, increasingly embraces the expressive potential of glissandi (slides) in his cello compositions, a technique he learned about from vocal writing workshops.

Composer Biography

Robin Stevens, the composer, returned to full health after 17 years of debilitating illness, which allowed him to pursue a PhD in Composition at Manchester University.