Matthew Trusler, violin
Martin Roscoe, piano
Sam West, speaker
THE PITY OF WAR
Elgar, Janacek, Debussy
Poems & letters by Wilfred Owen
ORC 100001
£13.00
(postage & packaging included)
DOWNLOAD and LISTEN to the album on
or at Classics Online
Martin Roscoe, piano
Sam West, speaker
THE PITY OF WAR
Elgar, Janacek, Debussy
Poems & letters by Wilfred Owen
ORC 100001
£13.00
(postage & packaging included)
DOWNLOAD and LISTEN to the album on
or at Classics Online
CD 1
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Sonata for Violin & Piano (1917)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Sonata for Violin & Piano (1918)
Leos Janáček (1854-1928)
Sonata for Violin & Piano (1914)
Matthew Trusler, violin
Martin Roscoe, piano
CD 2
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
Letters and poems
written between 1914 and his death, interspersed with original recordings of wartime songs
Samuel West, speaker
Artists, writers, poets and composers around the world reacted very differently to the horrors of the First World War. Some found their creative energies sapped by the destruction around them; others found the space and inspiration to produce their greatest work.
CD1
For this CD the young British violinist Matthew Trusler, who has been “receiving the kind of praise normally reserved for a young Oistrakh” (The Independent) joins the internationally renowned pianist Martin Roscoe in performances of sonatas by Elgar, Janáček and Debussy, all written during the Great War.
CD2
The programme for this CD draws upon the poet Wilfred Owen’s letters and poems, mainly written between 1917 and 1918. (He died seven days before the Armistice). They reveal Owen’s moral courage and humanity triumphing over the worst possible conditions.
The readings, spoken by the actor Samuel West, are interspersed with wartime songs, familiar to every soldier on the Western Front.
The Pity of War has been produced by Orchid Classics in association with the Imperial War Museum.
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Sonata for Violin & Piano (1917)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Sonata for Violin & Piano (1918)
Leos Janáček (1854-1928)
Sonata for Violin & Piano (1914)
Matthew Trusler, violin
Martin Roscoe, piano
CD 2
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
Letters and poems
written between 1914 and his death, interspersed with original recordings of wartime songs
Samuel West, speaker
Artists, writers, poets and composers around the world reacted very differently to the horrors of the First World War. Some found their creative energies sapped by the destruction around them; others found the space and inspiration to produce their greatest work.
CD1
For this CD the young British violinist Matthew Trusler, who has been “receiving the kind of praise normally reserved for a young Oistrakh” (The Independent) joins the internationally renowned pianist Martin Roscoe in performances of sonatas by Elgar, Janáček and Debussy, all written during the Great War.
CD2
The programme for this CD draws upon the poet Wilfred Owen’s letters and poems, mainly written between 1917 and 1918. (He died seven days before the Armistice). They reveal Owen’s moral courage and humanity triumphing over the worst possible conditions.
The readings, spoken by the actor Samuel West, are interspersed with wartime songs, familiar to every soldier on the Western Front.
The Pity of War has been produced by Orchid Classics in association with the Imperial War Museum.
