Leighton: Complete Chamber Works for Cello

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 9, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LEIGHTON, KENNETH
    • PERFORMER
      Wallfisch, Terroni
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Elegy

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

    2. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

    3. IIIa. Theme & Variations. Theme

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

    4. IIIb. Theme & Variations. Var. 1, Allegro inquieto

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

    5. IIIc. Theme & Variations. Var. 2, Ostinato

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

    6. IIId. Theme & Variations. Var. 3, March

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

    7. IIIe. Theme & Variations. Var. 4, Appassionato

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

    8. IIIf. Theme & Variations. Var. 5, Waltz

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

    9. IIIg. Theme & Variations. Var. 6, Chorale

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

    10. Elegy for Cello & Piano, Op. 5

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

    11. I. Lament & Pizzicato

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch

    12. II. Toccata & Cradle Song

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch

    13. III. Flourish, Chaconne & Coda

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch

    14. Alleluia pascha nostrum, Op. 85

      Composer: Kenneth Leighton

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni


Kenneth Leighton's distinctive gifts as a composer were apparent as early as the première of his Cello Concerto, when he was barely 26. It was an instrument for which he wrote with particular subtlety and often from an inner compulsion. The Elegy, Op. 5 is full of brilliance, lyricism and mystery whilst by the time he wrote the rhapsodic and expressive Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 52, his position as one of Britain's leading composers had long been cemented. The beautiful Alleluia Pascha Nostrum, Op. 85 was first performed by the soloist on this disc, Raphael Wallfisch.