CELLO ELEGIES AND ROMANCES

Volume 1

Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds

Jules Massenet: Mélodie – Elégie

Fanny Hensel: Fantasia in G minor

Fanny Hensel: Capriccio in A flat

Paul Tortelier: Elégie

David Wilde: The Cellist of Sarajevo for solo cello, Op.12

Alexander Glazunov: Elégie

Peter Dickinson: Threnody, dedicated to Penelope Lynex

Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, arranged by P.Lynex & A.Wells

Penelope Lynex (cello)

Alexander Wells (piano)

Penelope and Alexander present a selection of the most attractive and interesting cello and piano works in the current repertoire, from the more well-known soulful Elegies to the more moving works such as

David Wilde’s commemoration of a bombing in Sarajevo, and Dickinson’s Threnody.

Penelope Lynex studied with Paul Tortelier in Paris after graduating from the Royal Academy of Music in London, after a distinguished student career. She and Alexander Wells have built up a large repertoire which includes unusual items besides the better known and extends from Bach to the present day. Penelope’s publications include Cello Ideas: A Practical Guide. She has performed in Europe, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

Alexander Wells has a varied career as accompanist and chamber musician, with a speciality as a choral accompanist. After taking a degree in Modern Languages at Cambridge he went on to study at the Royal College of Music with Stephen Savage and Alasdair Graham, training later as a répétiteur at the National Opera Studio in London. He has worked on the music staff at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, at Glyndebourne and with many other companies.

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