Lachrymae Sheila Jaffé & Huw Watkins

• César Franck (1822 - 1890): Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 100:
• 1 Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 100: I. Allegretto ben moderato 06:49
• 2 Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 100: II. Allegro–Quasi lento–Tempo 1 08:40
• 3 Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 100: III. Recitativo - Fantasia 08:08
• 4 Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 100: IV. Allegretto poco mosso 06:55
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Lachrymae - Reflections on a Song of Dowland:
• 5 Britten: Lachrymae - Reflections on a Song of Dowland 14:30
• Edward Elgar (1857 -1934): Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 82:
• 6 Elgar: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 82: I. Allegro 09:30
• 7 Elgar: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 82: II. Romance Andante 09:32
• 8 Elgar: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 82: III. Allegro non troppo 11:24
• Total Runtime 01:15:28

Info for Lachrymae

Four years ago, just after the birth of their first daughter, Sheila Jaffé’s husband, pianist Peter Longworth, passed away. This album is a deeply personal reflection on the experience of grief that followed. The Franck sonata was a regular in Sheila’s home - and Sheila and Peter played it together in lieu of a ‘first dance’ at their wedding. Recording at Potton Hall in Suffolk, with the Welsh pianist Huw Watkins, the album includes Benjamin Britten’s Lachrymae (recorded after a field trip to the Britten library at the Red House and fish and chips on the Aldeburgh coast) and concludes with Elgar’s vast and expressive Sonata for Violin and Piano.

Sheila Jaffé, violin, viola
Huw Watkins, piano

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