Michelle Esposito: Violin & Cello Sonatas
William Butt (cello) & Lance Coburn (piano), Mia Cooper (violin) & Lance Coburn (piano)
Mia Cooper and Lance Coburn prove eloquent advocates for the three violin sonatas...William Butt has, perhaps, the best of the four, where Esposito achieves a balance between charm and profundity...
Michelle Esposito: Violin & Cello Sonatas
William Butt (cello) & Lance Coburn (piano), Mia Cooper (violin) & Lance Coburn (piano)
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Mia Cooper and Lance Coburn prove eloquent advocates for the three violin sonatas...William Butt has, perhaps, the best of the four, where Esposito achieves a balance between charm and profundity...
About
This disc of string sonatas is the result of a chance conversation between violinist Mia Cooper and Philip Shields, librarian at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. Philip was in the process of digitising the library's catalogue and enlightened Mia as to Michele Esposito's importance, not only in terms of the Academy's history but also as the figurehead for musical life in Dublin around the turn of the twentieth century. There are three sonatas for violin and one for cello on this disc.
Mia Cooper has lived in Dublin since her appointment as leader of the RTE Concert Orchestra in 2006. She previously held principal positions with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and City of London Sinfonia, has appeared as guest leader of many of the UK's symphony orchestras and freelanced with London's finest chamber orchestras and ensembles.
Contents and tracklist
- Mia Cooper, Lance Coburn
- Mia Cooper, Lance Coburn
- Mia Cooper, Lance Coburn
- Mia Cooper, Lance Coburn
- William Butt, Lance Coburn
Awards and reviews
June 2014
Mia Cooper and Lance Coburn prove eloquent advocates for the three violin sonatas...William Butt has, perhaps, the best of the four, where Esposito achieves a balance between charm and profundity very nicely indeed. Michael Ponder's sound is beautifully balanced, too, as warm and intimate as the music itself.
18th November 2013
An eloquent, generously-timed and valuable summation of the work of an all-but unknown Irish composer of Brahmsian sympathies.
