Path to the Moon Laura van der Heijden & Jâms Coleman

• Erich Korngold (1897 - 1957): Schönste Nacht, Op. 36 No. 25:
• 1 Korngold: Schönste Nacht, Op. 36 No. 25 03:53
• George Walker (1922 - 2018): Cello Sonata:
• 2 Walker: Cello Sonata: I. Allegro passionato - Molto meno mosso 08:18
• 3 Walker: Cello Sonata: II. Sostenuto 05:43
• 4 Walker: Cello Sonata: III. Allegro - Presto 03:28
• Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918): Reflets:
• 5 Boulanger: Reflets 02:47
• Florence Price (1887 - 1953): Night (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Tom Poster):
• 6 Price: Night (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Tom Poster) 01:52
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Sonetto XXX:
• 7 Britten: Sonetto XXX 04:03
• Sonata, Op. 65:
• 8 Britten: Sonata, Op. 65 (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Mstislav Rostropovitch): I. Dialogo 07:06
• 9 Britten: Sonata, Op. 65 (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Mstislav Rostropovitch): II. Scherzo-pizzicato 02:40
• 10 Britten: Sonata, Op. 65 (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Mstislav Rostropovitch): III. Elegia 06:02
• 11 Britten: Sonata, Op. 65 (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Mstislav Rostropovitch): IV. Marcia 02:19
• 12 Britten: Sonata, Op. 65 (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Mstislav Rostropovitch): V. Moto Perpetuo 02:41
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Beau soir, L. 6 (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Alexander Grechaninov):
• 13 Debussy: Beau soir, L. 6 (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Alexander Grechaninov) 02:28
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): 2 Mélodies, Op. 46::
• 14 Fauré: 2 Mélodies, Op. 46: II. Clair de lune 03:02
• Claude Debussy: Cello Sonata, L. 135:
• 15 Debussy: Cello Sonata, L. 135: I. Prologue 04:24
• 16 Debussy: Cello Sonata, L. 135: II. [Sérénade.] Modérément animé 03:21
• 17 Debussy: Cello Sonata, L. 135: III. Finale. Animé 03:43
• Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996): Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?:
• 18 Takemitsu: Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear? 02:27
• Jonathan King (b. 1944), Nina Simone (1933 - 2003): Everyone's Gone to the Moon (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Jâms Coleman):
• 19 King, Simone: Everyone's Gone to the Moon (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Jâms Coleman) 02:49
• Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, L. 75:
• 20 Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Ferdinando Ronchini & Alexandre Roelens) 05:12
• Total Runtime 01:18:18

Info for Path to the Moon

The performers write: ‘Selecting the repertoire for our album Path to the Moon, we wanted to explore a number of possibilities for binding together a programme. To place different works alongside one another is a wonderful way of bringing out new and unusual qualities in each piece. William T. Horton’s fantastic image The Path to the Moon immediately inspired a flurry of ideas, including works on the subjects of both night and the moon, as well as pieces which invoke the exploratory nature of humankind’s voyage to the moon. Britten wrote his Sonata for Cello and Piano only two years after the first object made by humans had touched the surface of the moon, in 1959. Humans throughout history and from all cultures have been drawn to and taken inspiration from the moon and we have tried to reflect this in our eclectic choice of song repertoire: from Tōru Takemitsu to Nina Simone and from Lili Boulanger to Florence Price. As we hope you will hear on this album, Walker’s Cello Sonata rings with echoes of the sound-worlds of blues and jazz and is infused with a beautiful lyricism. We really believe that Walker’s Cello Sonata deserves to become a staple of the chamber music repertoire and are absolutely thrilled to offer you a recording of it in the context of our own exploration of a path to the moon.’

Laura van der Heijden, cello
Jams Coleman, piano

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