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Robin Holloway: Trios & Viola Sonata
Rest Ensemble
Holloway paints an engaging picture with this pair of trios and a sonata; the storybook-like trio for clarinet, viola and piano is the charming highlight.
Robin Holloway: Trios & Viola Sonata
Rest Ensemble
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Holloway paints an engaging picture with this pair of trios and a sonata; the storybook-like trio for clarinet, viola and piano is the charming highlight.
About
Robin Holloway is one of Britain's most commissioned composers. This disc was recorded in his presence and released to celebrate his 75th birthday year. Rest Ensemble presents sparkling performances of three chamber works, beautifully capturing the music's many facets - lyricism, invention, virtuosity, playfulness, poetry, warmth and joyful exuberance. A disc of real significance!
Contents and tracklist
- Rest Ensemble
- Rest Ensemble
- Henrietta Hill (viola)
Awards and reviews
August 2018
Holloway paints an engaging picture with this pair of trios and a sonata; the storybook-like trio for clarinet, viola and piano is the charming highlight.
September 2018
Holloway once stated that as a young composer he wanted to be ‘a Modern among the Moderns’. Now in his seventies, the modernist has become ‘a Romanticist among neo-Romantics’. Spanning a period of 50 years, the final leg of this long and chequered journey of musical self-discovery can be traced in the three works included on this disc…The performance by members of the Rest Ensemble is accurate and assured throughout, with viola player Henrietta Hill acquitting herself especially well in the sonata.
July 2018
An introspective, brooding work, it's compellingly played by young violist Henrietta Hill. Performances throughout are excellent, with wind soloists Oliver Pashley and Rees Webster outstanding in the two trios. Holloway’s own sleeve notes are informative and unpretentious.
