Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins, American Works for Cello and Piano: Copland - Bernstein - Crumb - Carter - Barber in High-Resolution Audio

℗ 2015 Chandos

Released	November 13, 2015
Duration	1h 08m 45s
Record Label	Chandos
Catalogue No.	CHAN10881
Genre	Classical (Chamber Music)

American Works for Cello and Piano: Copland - Bernstein - Crumb - Carter - Barber

Paul Watkins, Huw Watkins

Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats

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Cello Sonata in C Minor, Op. 6
1.1	I. Allegro ma non troppo – [ ] – Tempo I Samuel Barber; Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins	7:22
1.2	II. Adagio – Presto – Di nuovo Adagio Samuel Barber; Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins	3:59
1.3	III. Allegro appassionato – Meno mosso – Tempo I – [ Tempo I – [ ] – Tempo I – Meno mosso – Tempo I – [ ] – Tempo I – [ ] – Tempo I Samuel Barber; Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins	5:41
3 Meditations from Mass (Version for Cello and Piano)
1.4	Meditation No. 1. Lento assai, molto sostenuto – Tranquillo – Mosso – Meno mosso (peacefully) – Con passione – Quasi adagio Leonard Bernstein; Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins	3:52
1.5	Meditation No. 2. Andante sostenuto – Variation I. (Sempre sostenuto) – Meno sostenuto – Variation II. Con moto – Variation III. L’istesso tempo – Variation IV. Più lento, trattenuto – Coda. A tempo – Subito più mosso (Presto) Leonard Bernstein; Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins	3:10
1.6	Meditation No. 3. Presto – Prestissimo e staccato (senza misura) – Fast and primitive – Molto adagio Leonard Bernstein; Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins	6:52
Sonata for Cello and Piano
1.7	I. Moderato Elliott Carter; Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins	4:59
1.8	II. Vivace, molto leggiero Elliott Carter; Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins	4:51
1.9	III. Adagio Elliott Carter; Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins	5:09
1.10	IV. Allegro – Tempo of first movement Elliott Carter; Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins	5:55
Sonata for Solo Cello
1.11	I. Fantasia. Andante espressivo e con molto rubato George Crumb; Paul Watkins	3:25
1.12	II. Tema pastorale con variazioni Tema. Grazioso e delicato – Variazione I. Un poco più animato – Variazione II. Allegro possibile e sempre pizzicato – Variazione III. Poco adagio e molto espressivo – Coda. Tempo I George Crumb; Paul Watkins	4:52
1.13	III. Toccata. Largo e drammatico – Allegro vivace George Crumb; Paul Watkins	2:30
Billy the Kid (Version for Cello and Piano)
1.14	Waltz. Molto moderato – Con moto – Più mosso – Tempo I – Aaron Copland; Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins	3:44
1.15	Celebration. Allegro Aaron Copland; Paul Watkins; Huw Watkins	2:24
	Digital Booklet

Having explored much of the repertoire of 20th century British works for cello and piano, the Watkins brothers (cellist Paul, pianist Huw) turn their attention to American contributions to the genre, spanning a fascinating period of some four decades of intensive compositional activity in the US. The earliest piece here, Barber’s Cello Sonata from 1932, was for many years considered the only modern work for cello and piano. Included on this programme along with the landmark Barber sonata is music by Bernstein, Crumb, Carter and Copland, represented by his own 1952 arrangements of two selections from his popular cowboy ballet Billy the Kid.

96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Chandos Studio Masters

Executive producer: Ralph Couzens Recording producer: Rachel Smith Sound engineer: Ben Connellan Editor: Rachel Smith A & R administrator: Sue Shortridge Recording venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk; 25 – 27 May 2015 Front cover: ‘Aerial view of Manhattan, morning sun shining brightly from East, New York City, New York State, USA’ / Photograph © SuperStock / Getty Images Design and typesetting: Cap & Anchor Design Co. Booklet editor: Finn S. Gundersen Publishers: G. Schirmer, Inc. (Barber), Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co. LLC (Bernstein), Associated Music Publishers, Inc. (Carter), C.F. Peters Corp. (Crumb), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (Copland) Steinway Model D (587462) concert grand piano courtesy of Potton Hall Piano technician: Graham Cooke DipMIT, MPTA Page turners: Peter Willsher (25 and 26 May 2015) and Emily Wyke (27 May 2015)

	Track title	Peak (dB FS)	RMS (dB FS)	LUFS (integrated)	DR
	Album average Range of values	-6.73 -11.71 to -1.15	-30.61 -36.14 to -26.21	-26.09 -31.80 to -21.90	14 13 to 16
1	I. Allegro ma non troppo – [ ] – Tempo I	-4.75	-27.89	-24.1	14
2	II. Adagio – Presto – Di nuovo Adagio	-7.01	-30.50	-26.7	14
3	III. Allegro appassionato – Meno mosso – Tempo I – [ Tempo I – [ ] – Tempo I – Meno mosso – Tempo I – [ ] – Tempo I – [ ] – Tempo I	-4.09	-26.21	-21.9	13
4	Meditation No. 1. Lento assai, molto sostenuto – Tranquillo – Mosso – Meno mosso (peacefully) – Con passione – Quasi adagio	-6.14	-31.83	-25.8	16
5	Meditation No. 2. Andante sostenuto – Variation I. (Sempre sostenuto) – Meno sostenuto – Variation II. Con moto – Variation III. L’istesso tempo – Variation IV. Più lento, trattenuto – Coda. A tempo – Subito più mosso (Presto)	-1.15	-31.47	-23.9	16
6	Meditation No. 3. Presto – Prestissimo e staccato (senza misura) – Fast and primitive – Molto adagio	-6.46	-32.79	-25.7	16
7	I. Moderato	-5.45	-28.94	-25.0	14
8	II. Vivace, molto leggiero	-5.41	-28.17	-24.7	15
9	III. Adagio	-8.54	-30.22	-27.0	14
10	IV. Allegro – Tempo of first movement	-6.98	-28.22	-24.8	14
11	I. Fantasia. Andante espressivo e con molto rubato	-8.90	-33.61	-28.2	13
12	II. Tema pastorale con variazioni Tema. Grazioso e delicato – Variazione I. Un poco più animato – Variazione II. Allegro possibile e sempre pizzicato – Variazione III. Poco adagio e molto espressivo – Coda. Tempo I	-11.71	-36.14	-31.8	14
13	III. Toccata. Largo e drammatico – Allegro vivace	-10.30	-32.17	-28.1	14
14	Waltz. Molto moderato – Con moto – Più mosso – Tempo I –	-10.47	-33.26	-29.4	13
15	Celebration. Allegro	-3.53	-27.76	-24.3	15

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American Works for Cello and Piano: Copland - Bernstein - Crumb - Carter - Barber