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The Pity of War

Violin sonatas by Elgar, Janácek & Debussy & writings of Wilfred Owen

Matthew Trusler (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano) & Sam West (speaker)

Trusler and Roscoe are best in the Debussy, which has a good mixture of sensitivity and grittiness… The juxtaposition of words and First World War popular music on the Owen disc is much more... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…
  • Catalogue No: ORC100001
  • Label: Orchid Classics
  • Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

2 CDs

$15.75

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Contents

Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82

Work length25:16
$6.00
$7.80
  • Matthew Trusler, Martin Roscoe

I. Allegro

Track length8:24
$2.00
$2.60

II. Romance. Andante

Track length7:49
$2.00
$2.60

III. Allegro non troppo

Track length9:03
$2.00
$2.60

Janáček: Violin Sonata

Work length18:37
$4.00
$5.20
  • Matthew Trusler, Martin Roscoe

I. Con moto

Track length5:52
$1.00
$1.30

II. Ballada: Con moto

Track length5:23
$1.00
$1.30

III. Allegretto

Track length2:38
$1.00
$1.30

IV. Adagio

Track length4:44
$1.00
$1.30

Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor

Work length13:49
$3.00
$3.90
  • Matthew Trusler, Martin Roscoe

I. Allegro vivo

Track length5:03
$1.00
$1.30

II. Intermede: Fantastique et leger

Track length4:20
$1.00
$1.30

III. Finale. Tres anime

Track length4:26
$1.00
$1.30

Rubens: Your King and Country Want You

Work length1:53
$1.00
$1.30
  • Helen Clarke

Wilfred Owen: Letters and Poems

Work length7:30
$3.00
$3.90
  • Samuel West

Letters: 1 August 1914 - 1 January 1917

Track length1:53
$1.00
$1.30

Poem: The Send-Off

Track length1:03
$1.00
$1.30

Letters: 4 January 1917 - 16 January 1917

Track length4:34
$1.00
$1.30

J.P. Long, Maurice Scott: Oh! It's a Lovely War

Work length2:54
$1.00
$1.30
  • Courtland and Jeffries

Wilfred Owen: Letters and Poems

Work length7:22
$2.00
$2.60
  • Samuel West

Poem: The Sentry

Track length2:27
$1.00
$1.30

Letters: 19 January 1917 - 4 February 1917

Track length4:55
$1.00
$1.30

Novello: Keep the Home Fires Burning (Till the Boys Come Home)

Work length3:01
$1.00
$1.30
  • John McCormack

Wilfred Owen: Letters and Poems

Work length6:00
$3.00
$3.90
  • Samuel West

Letters: 14 March 1917 - 6 April 1917

Track length2:01
$1.00
$1.30

Poem: Exposure

Track length3:06
$1.00
$1.30

Letter: 25 April 1917

Track length0:53
$1.00
$1.30

George Frederick Root: Just Before the Battle Mother

Work length2:53
$1.00
$1.30
  • Orpheus Quartet

Wilfred Owen: Letters and Poems

Work length13:44
$5.00
$6.50
  • Samuel West

Poem: Spring Offensive

Track length3:05
$1.00
$1.30

Letters: 2 May 1917 - 22 August 1917

Track length5:01
$1.00
$1.30

Poem: The Dead-Beat

Track length1:12
$1.00
$1.30

Letters: 29 August 1917 - 14 October 1917

Track length1:11
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$1.30

Poem: Disabled

Track length3:15
$1.00
$1.30

Bennett Scott: Boys in Khaki, Boys in Blue

Work length2:28
$1.00
$1.30
  • Frederick J. Wheeler

Wilfred Owen: Letters and Poems

Work length5:59
$1.00
$1.30
  • Samuel West

Letters: 5 November 1917 - 22 September 1918

Track length5:59
$1.00
$1.30

Charles Knight, Kenneth Lyle: Here we Are! Here we Are!! Here we Are again!!! (the British Army's Battle Cry)

Work length3:19
$1.00
$1.30
  • Frederick J. Wheeler

Wilfred Owen: Letters and Poems

Work length6:24
$2.00
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  • Samuel West

Poem: Smilie, Smile, Smile

Track length1:47
$1.00
$1.30

Letters: 4 October 1918 - 31 October 1918

Track length4:37
$1.00
$1.30

Wood, Haydn: Roses of Picardy

Work length3:50
$1.00
$1.30
  • Ernest Pike

Wilfred Owen: Letters and Poems

Work length5:20
$3.00
$3.90
  • Samuel West

Preface

Track length1:11
$1.00
$1.30

Poem: Futility

Track length0:57
$1.00
$1.30

Poem: Strange Meeting

Track length3:12
$1.00
$1.30

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