Pantcheff - Chamber Music Vol.1
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Label: Prima Facie
Cat No: PFCD225
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 12th January 2024
Contents
Artists
John Turner (narrator)Benedict Holland (violin)
Lydia Lowndes-Northcott (viola)
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)
Lauren Scott (harp)
Rachel Smith (flute)
Works
EvocationsNew England Elegy
Nocturnus II
Suite on South African Folk Tunes
Viola Sonata
Artists
John Turner (narrator)Benedict Holland (violin)
Lydia Lowndes-Northcott (viola)
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)
Lauren Scott (harp)
Rachel Smith (flute)
About
Volume 1 of the series comprises world-premiere recordings of a wide range of Richard Pantcheff's chamber and instrumental compositions, some of which were written when the composer was resident in South Africa. His compositions were in high demand there, and so these works were commissioned and performed by some of South Africa's top professional musicians.
Of the works written during the composer's time in South Africa, the Suite on South African Folk Tunes is amongst the most popular, drawing together into a single suite diverse folk and popular tunes from all sections of South African history. It is performed here in the version for flute, viola and piano by Rachel Smith (flute), Lydia Lowndes-Northcott (viola) and Duncan Honeybourne (piano).
The other major work from the composer's South African time is the atmospheric Nocturnus II, for solo violin and harp, which was commissioned and premiered by Miro Chakaryan and Ventura Rosenthal in Johannesburg. Here it is played by Benedict Holland (violin) and Lauren Scott (harp).
Two major instrumental works dominate the programme: the Sonata for Viola and Piano from 2005, performed by Lydia Lowndes-Northcott (viola) and Duncan Honeybourne (piano). Evocations, a four-movement work for solo piano, was composed specially for Duncan Honeybourne in 2020, who plays it on this recording. This latter work followed on from Duncan's highly successful premiere of Richard Pantcheff's large-scale Sonata for Piano in 2019.
The disc opens with the most recent work, New England Elegy, for solo violin and narrator, which was specially commissioned by friends of the composer in Massachusetts, USA. This work retells a troubling, almost ghostly, story by Nathaniel Hawthorne in an unusual combination of instruments. The narrator on this recording is John Turner, and the violinist is Benedict Holland.
Volume 2 of the CD series has already been recorded.
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