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Victorian
Cello Sonatas
Simon Fryer, cello
Ashton, Liddle & Stanford
...Fryer plays with
a seductive blend of depth and restraint, knowing exactly
when to let a musical line loose from its bridle, yet never
allowing the Victorians’ love of melodrama to get out of hand.
Fryer and De’Ath convey the music with elegance and utter
conviction.
John Terauds
MusicalToronto.org
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Algernon Ashton( 1859-1937)
{premier recording} Liner
Notes
Sonata no.2 in G major, Op.75, for violoncello
and piano [1892]
Allegro moderato | Adagio, ma non troppo | Finale: Allegro
animato
Samuel Liddle (1867-1951) {premier
recording} Liner
Notes
Sonata in E-flat major, for violoncello
and piano [1889]
Allegro moderato | Scherzo: Allegro - Tranquillo - Allegro
| Adagio cantabile | Rondo: Allegro con spirito | Elegy, for
violoncello and piano [1900]
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Liner
Notes
Sonata no.2 in D minor, Op.39, for violoncello
and piano [1889]
Allegretto con moto moderato | Andante con moto - Allegretto
scherzando - Andante - Prestissimo - Andante | Allegro giusto
Music of
a life so far...
Simon Fryer, cello
Lydia Wong, piano
Phoenix Records PHX 0877-2
A shamelessly
personal selection of works for solo cello and cello with
piano written during the years of my life by a diverse group
of composers in a wide variety of styles. I value these works
not only as significant contributions to the cello repertoire,
but also as landmarks in my musical and personal development.
...a terrific collection
of 20th Century music...the major offering is Britten's Sonata
in C Op.65. It is one of the great cello works of modern times
and Fryer and Wong play it most persuasively. I took almost
as much pleasure from Alice Ho's unaccompanied Caprice. Gary
Kulesha's ...and dark time flowed by her like a river... is
entirely engaging as well
Richard Todd
Ottawa Citizen
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Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Liner Notes
Sonata in C, Op.65
Dialogo | Scherzo-pizzicato | Elegia | Marcia | Moto Perpetuo
Alexina Louie (b.1949) Liner Notes
Bringing the Tiger down from the Mountain...
Alice Ho (b.1960) Liner Notes
Caprice (solo cello)
Krzysztof Penderecki (b.1933)
Liner Notes
Capriccio for Siegfried Palm (solo cello)
Ronald Royer (b.1959) Liner Notes
A Short Odyssey
Iannis Xenakis (b.1922) Liner Notes
kottos (solo cello)
Gary Kulesha (b.1954) Liner Notes
...and dark time flowed by her like
a river...
Discography
MING: Music of Alice Ho: PSQ 2009
- Centrediscs
Lament in the Trampled Garden:
Music of Marjan Mozetich: PSQ 2009
- Centrediscs (Juno Winner - Best Classical Composition)
El Dorado: Music for Harp and Strings:
PSQ 2008
- Centaur Classics (Juno Nominee)
Launch Pad: works written for the
PSQ 2008
- Centrediscs
The Winds of Thera: Music of Andrew
MacDonald: PSQ 2007
- Centrediscs
Quantum Mehanics: Music of Jeffrey
Ryan; PSQ 2007
- Centrediscs
Bela Bartok: complete works for
string quartet: PSQ 2006
- Eklektra
String Theory: Music for String
Quartet and electronics: PSQ 2005
- Eklektra
Red Dragonfly: with jazz saxophonist
Jane Bunnett: PSQ 2004
- EMI
Aradia Ensemble: Vivaldi 2004
- Naxos
Azulao - Cello Ensemble w/ soprano
Isabel Bayrakdarian: 2002
- CBC records (Juno Winner)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka
Saraste: Dutilleux 2002
- Finlndia
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka
Saraste: Bartok 2002
- Finlndia
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka
Saraste: Prokofiev 2002
- Finlndia
O Canada - a Canadian Celebration:
solo cello version 2001
- Phoenix (certified Platinum)
Canadian Opera Company/Richard
Bradshaw: Serata Italiana 2000
- CBC Records
Music of a life so far... Debut
Solo CD 2000
- Phoenix Records
Virtuoso Reality: Joel Quarrington
and friends: 1999
- CBC Records
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka
Saraste: Rachmaninov 1997
- Finlandia
The Bach Consort at L'Arche 1997
- Independent
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka
Saraste: Mussorgsky 1996
- Finlandia
The Charmer 1995
- Centrediscs
The Bach Consort at Camphill: Cantatas
by J. S. Bach 1995
- Independent
ø Bali: Toronto New Music
Concerts 1993
- CBC Musica Viva
Susan Hoeppner: flute & strings
1992
- Marquis Classics
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Gunther
Herbig: Beethoven 1991
- CBC Records
Lutoslawski conducts Lutoslawski
- New Music Concerts
Dayna Manning: Volume I
- EMD/Nettwerk
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