Colours of the Heart
Debussy
Violin Sonata, L 148
14:551
I.Allegro vivo5:22
2
II.Intermède: Fantasque et léger4:33
3
III.Finale: Très animé5:00
Delius
Violin Sonata No. 3
17:014
I.Slow5:59
5
II.Andante scherzando – Meno mosso – Tempo I4:03
6
III.Lento – Con moto6:59
Ravel
Violin Sonata No. 2 in G
18:087
I.Allegretto8:28
8
II.Blues: Moderato5:22
9
III.Perpetuum mobile: Allegro4:18
Grieg
from Ten Transcriptions (arr. Sauret)
6:3310
IV.Ich liebe dich, Op. 5 No. 31:54
11
III.Solveigs Lied, Op. 23 No. 19 (Peer Gynt)4:39
Delius
from To be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water (arr. Midori Komachi)
2:3012
I.Slow, but not dragging2:30
With Midori Komachi (violin)
Frederick Delius was the first owner of Paul Gauguin's Nevermore, and around that friendship an artistic circle of composers and painters grew. Colours of the Heart, the début album from Midori Komachi and Simon Callaghan, takes the Delius–Gauguin story as its starting point and follows the shared inspiration outwards to Ravel, Grieg and Debussy. Highly sought after for their performances of the Delius violin sonatas, the two players explore a world of harmonic colour, and include premiere recordings of Grieg's Ich liebe dich and Solveig's Song in arrangements for violin and piano by the celebrated early twentieth-century French violinist Émile Sauret.