Mantu / Dunne - Cello Accordion Ireland [CD]

The sound of the accordion is an underexploited resource in classical music; it is heard even less frequently in combination with other instruments. This recital of music by Irish composers for cello and accordion - from the nimble folk idiom of Turlough Carolan to the passionate Romanticism of more recent men and women - demonstrates just how effectively these colours blend together. And it is not just the medium which is unusual: much of this music is as good as unknown.

Tracklist:

1. Carolan's Concerto
2. All Alive
3. Clergy's Lamentation
4. Princess Royal
5. Blind Mary
6. Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady
7. Sheebeg and Sheemore
8. Planxty Lady Wrixon
9. Mrs Anne MacDermott Roe
10. Carolan's Farewell to Music
11. Coolin, traditional Irish air
12. Psalm for Violoncello Solo and Orchestra
13. Five Settings of Poems by James Joyce~No.
14. Strings in the earth and air
15. Five Settings of Poems by James Joyce~No.
16. Gentle lady, do not sing
17. Five Settings of Poems by James Joyce~No.
18. O, it was out by Donnycarney
19. Five Settings of Poems by James Joyce~No.
20. Rain has fallen all the day
21. Five Settings of Poems by James Joyce~No.
22. I hear an army charging upon the land
23. Mélancolie, Romance sans paroles, for piano and violin or violoncello
24. Elegy: Rhapsody for Violoncello Solo and Orchestra
25. Rapsodie gaélique, Op. 63, for violoncello and piano

UPC: 5060640070363
Label: TOCCATA NEXT
Release Date: 5.16.25
Format: CD