The First and Last Violin Sonatas Archive

“Dawn and Twilight: The First and Last Violin Sonatas of Cyril Scott” = CYRIL SCOTT: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 4 – Andrew Kirkman, p./ Clipper Erickson, v – Affetto

by Audiophile Audition | Feb 1, 2016 | Classical CD Reviews

“Dawn and Twilight: The First and Last Violin Sonatas of Cyril Scott” = CYRIL SCOTT: Violin Sonata No. 1 (original version); Violin Sonata No. 4 – Andrew Kirkman, p./ Clipper Erickson, v – Affetto AF1504 56:20 (11/13/15) [Distr. by Naxos] ****: Music by a little-known British composer worthy of an extended listen. Cyril Scott is not a name that jumps out at most people when they think of composers, but he was a creative smaller voice until he died in 1970. He was very interested in alternative medicine, ethics, religion and the occult. He wrote poetry, and published more than 40 books. For the first quarter of the last century he was in the forefront of modern British composers, hailed by Eugene Goossens as ‘the father of modern British music’ and admired by men as diverse as Elgar, Debussy, Richard Strauss and Stravinsky. By the time he died in 1970, however, he was remembered by the general public for little more than Lotus Land (1905) and small piano pieces such as Water Wagtail (1910). He had his ups and downs, with one critic and fellow composer referring to his tone poem Disaster at Sea – “It would be easy enough […]