Madeleine Mitchell - Violin Conversations - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Katherine Gowers - Music for Viloin & Piano [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/18/2007

Arthur Sullivan is best remembered today for his Savoy Operas with W.S. Gilbert, but during his lifetime Sullivan was also famed for his church, concert hall and stage works. These three sets of incidental music show his versatility in the genre. The music for The Merry Wives of Windsor has a joviality and lightness that matches it's pantomime mood, while the concert suite for MacBeth weaves together nervous tension and impending tragedy. By contrast, King Arthur required one of Sullivan's specialties, a sequence of choruses, edited after his death into this evocative suite.

From one of the UK's most celebrated and accomplished violinists comes a recording of personal favorites in a recital of romantic and lyrical music par excellence. Madeleine Mitchell is enjoying a highly successful career in both recording and live recitals, and her first CD for Divine Art is a joyful celebration of her chosen instrument. With highly accomplished pianist Andrew Ball, and joined in Strauss's InchMorgenInch by soprano Elizabeth Watts, winner of the 2007 Recital Prize at the Cardiff InchSinger of the WorldInch competition. Included is the first ever recording of the newly-discovered Morceau Caracteristique by Frank Bridge.