English Delight Adrien La Marca & Thomas Hoppe

• Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979): Sonata for viola and piano:
• 1I. Impetuoso08:05
• 2II. Vivace04:06
• 3III. Adagio - Allegro11:03
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626):
• 4Flow my tears02:48
• 5The First Book of Songes: IV. If my complaints could passions move02:00
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Reflections on a Song of John Dowland Op.48 for viola and piano:
• 6Lachrymae, Op. 4814:29
• Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941):
• 7Pensiero, H. 5303:50
• 8Allegro appassionato, H. 8202:41
• Jonathan Harvey (1939 - 2012):
• 9Chant for solo viola03:35
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958):
• 10I. Adagio Lovely on the Water01:30
• 11II. Andante sostenuto Spurn Point01:13
• 12III. Larghetto Van Dieman's Land01:11
• 13IV. Lento She Borrowed Some of Her Mother's Gold01:34
• 14V. Andante tranquillo The Lady and the Dragon01:05
• 15VI. Allegro vivace As I walked over London Bridge00:50
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695), arr. Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998):
• 16Music for a while03:06
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934): Bonus Track:
• 17Salut d'amour, Op. 12 02:41
• Total Runtime01:05:47

Info for English Delight

Named Solo Instrumental Discovery at the Victoires de la Musique in 2014, the French violist Adrien La Marca has spent two years preparing his first recording. The album 'English Delight', a tribute to the viola music of English composers, presents an outstandingly lyrical programme blending different registers, periods and styles. Adrien La Marca invites us, with Thomas Hoppe, an incomparable musician and chamber partner, on a journey through four centuries of music, from Dowland and Purcell through Vaughan Williams, Bridge, Clarke and Britten to Jonathan Harvey. Though these English composers naturally show mutual influences over 400 years, they offer a wide range of musical languages, all equally sublime. Each of the pieces is linked to a special moment in Adrien La Marca s artistic itinerary. To add to the pleasure he has had playing them in concert, he is delighted to have been able to bring them together for the public on this disc.

Adrien La Marca, viola
Thomas Hoppe, piano

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