"The three players are excellent and the butter-smooth tones of Mark Smith’s horn blend beautifully with Peacock’s violin and Stevenson’s piano... The disc’s sound is clear and the instruments are individually well placed. Kerenza Peacock plays the Crespi Stradivarius from 1699, which has a radiant tone but still blends well with the horn and the piano." --Fanfare, March 2012
“All the performances are of a high standard, often brilliant and imaginative, and I was particularly impressed with Kerenza Peacock's lithe, elegant violin-playing and her easy conquest of the virtuoso demands of The Grasshopper” --Gramophone Magazine, November 2011
“All the performances are of a high standard, often brilliant and imaginative, and I was particularly impressed with Kerenza Peacock's lithe, elegant violin-playing and her easy conquest of the virtuoso demands of The Grasshopper” --Gramophone Magazine, November 2011
Kerenza Peacock (violin), Mark Smith (horn) & Robert Stevenson (piano)
Joseph Holbrooke is a fascinating and important figure in British music, and this is the first Naxos recording of his music.
His Violin Sonata No. 1 – also called a Sonatina – is a bright, engaging and light-hearted work that owes something to his interest in popular song. His Violin Concerto, subtitled ‘The Grasshopper’, was published in full score and in two versions for violin and piano – including a ‘sonata’ version with a somewhat technically less demanding final movement. In this recording we present the original ‘concerto’ version. The Horn Trio took Brahms’s similar trio as a precedent, and is a work of great dignity and melodic appeal.
Joseph Holbrooke is a fascinating and important figure in British music, and this is the first Naxos recording of his music.
His Violin Sonata No. 1 – also called a Sonatina – is a bright, engaging and light-hearted work that owes something to his interest in popular song. His Violin Concerto, subtitled ‘The Grasshopper’, was published in full score and in two versions for violin and piano – including a ‘sonata’ version with a somewhat technically less demanding final movement. In this recording we present the original ‘concerto’ version. The Horn Trio took Brahms’s similar trio as a precedent, and is a work of great dignity and melodic appeal.
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