Laurence Davies: Connections - the German Horn - COMPACT DISCS

Laurence Davies: Connections - the German Horn - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Connections - the German Horn

Artist:

Laurence Davies

Label:

Willowhayne Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5060742690377

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2024-08-02

Number of Discs:

1

Pianist Helen Davies is the daughter of a Bohemian mother and Anglo-German father and her family has always been acutely aware of their European heritage. Connections was conceived during the COVID-19 UK lockdown in March 2020. Much of the music on this recording was created by German composers, hence the decision to focus on that link, recording music which they felt connected them back to some of their familial roots. Music is an international language, unaffected by boundaries and this is celebrated in this recording. The inclusion of the little Rondo by the British composer Arnold Cooke embodies this continental link: Cooke studied composition with the German composer Paul Hindemith who had a strong influence on his style and whose musical language can be clearly heard in Cooke's short composition. In keeping with the connections theme, Laurence Davies uses a German horn, an Alexander model 103 made in Mainz for this recording.

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