Beranger,Vinciane Clarke: Works For Viola CD

Today, with the amount of recordings aimed at rediscovering the buried treasures of past centuries, it is difficult to ignore the work of Rebecca Clarke. Viola player Vinciane B?ranger, along with Dana Ciocarlie, H?l?ne Collerette and David Louwerse, have devoted a recording to the Clarke's works for viola. Both a composer and a performer, Clarke was one of the foremost professional women in England. Her music, at the crossroads of various currents, navigates at different moments through French music, modality, British folklore, harmonic boldness and exoticism. There is, however, no pastiche: Clarke creates her own honey from these trends in order to construct a quite atypical language that is resolutely modern. From her masterly Viola Sonata to the poetic Morpheus, and not forgetting the trio Dumka or the duet Chinese Puzzle, the performers are keen to paint the musical portrait of this iconoclastic composer. The recording is enhanced with the world premiere of Irish Melody, a long lost score that was recently rediscovered.

1. Clarke: Viola Sonata I. Impetuoso 2. Clarke: Viola Sonata II. Vivace 3. Clarke: Viola Sonata III. Adagio 4. Clarke: Morpheus 5. Clarke: Passacaglia (On An Old English Tune) 6. Clarke: Two Pieces for Viola and Cello I. Lullaby 7. Clarke: Two Pieces for Viola and Cello II. Grotesque 8. Clarke: Irish Melody (Emer's Farewell to Cucullain) 9. Clarke: Dumka 10. Clarke: Chinese Puzzle