Path To The Moon - Laura Van Der Heijden - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

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.’

Tracklist

1. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Sonetto Xxx From Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo
2. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Cello Sonata In C, Op. 65
3. Lili Boulanger (1893-1918): Reflets
4. Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Beau Soir
5. Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Cello Sonata In D Minor
6. Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Clair De Lune
7. Gabriel Faure (1845-1924): Clair De Lune
8. Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957): Schonste Nacht From Die Stumme Serenade, Op. 36
9. Florence Price (1887-1953): Night
10. Nina Simone (1933-2003): Everyone S Gone To the Moon
11. Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996): Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?
12. George Walker (1922-2018): Cello Sonata In C

Label: Chandos | Origin: Holland