Artist: Sheila Jaffe, Huw Watkins
Album: Lachrymae (Works by Franck, Britten and Elgar)
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2022
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:15:32
Total Tracks: 8
Total Size: 1,29 GB

Tracklist:

1-01. Sheila Jaffe – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 100: I. Allegretto ben moderato (06:49)
1-02. Sheila Jaffe – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 100: II. Allegro–Quasi lento–Tempo 1 (08:40)
1-03. Sheila Jaffe – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 100: III. Recitativo – Fantasia (08:08)
1-04. Sheila Jaffe – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 100: IV. Allegretto poco mosso (06:55)
1-05. Sheila Jaffe – Lachrymae – Reflections on a Song of Dowland (14:30)
1-06. Sheila Jaffe – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 82: I. Allegro (09:30)
1-07. Sheila Jaffe – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 82: II. Romance Andante (09:32)
1-08. Sheila Jaffe – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 82: III. Allegro non troppo (11:24)

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Four years ago, just after the birth of their first daughter, Sheila Jaffé’s husband, pianist Peter Longworth, passed away. This album is a deeply personal reflection on the experience of grief that followed. The Franck sonata was a regular in Sheila’s home – and Sheila and Peter played it together in lieu of a ‘first dance’ at their wedding. Recording at Potton Hall in Suffolk, with the Welsh pianist Huw Watkins, the album includes Benjamin Britten’s Lachrymae (recorded after a field trip to the Britten library at the Red House and fish and chips on the Aldeburgh coast) and concludes with Elgar’s vast and expressive Sonata for Violin and Piano.