Richard Pennycuick ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Martin Anderson asked:
>
>>Lastly, has anyone examined Harold Truscott's own music, on two Marco
>>Polo CDs? There is a very beautiful _Elegy for Strings_ waiting to be
>>discovered on 8.223674. Comments from anyone who has listened to
>>this or the companion chamber-music disc?
>
>I've only heard the orchestral CD and share Martin's enthusiasm for it -
>the symphony it contains is well worth getting to know, too.
The chamber music disc may be even more impressive - the 9 minute sonata
for solo violin, which uses double-stopping just *once* IIRC, is a real
tour de force.
Wish someone would record those 22 piano sonatas...
Deryk Barker
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