TIM HUGH

Hands On Heart - Live At Wigmore Hall

1. Bartok Rhapsody No. 1 Lassu

2. Bartok Rhapsody No. 1 Friss

3. Kodaly Sonata for Solo Cello Allegro Maestoso

4. Kodaly Sonata for Solo Cello Adagio

5. Kodaly Sonata for Solo Cello Allegro M. Vivace

6. Piazzolla Le Grand Tango

7. Rachmaninov Ne Poy Krasavitsa

8. Paganini Moses in Egypt Variation on a Theme

9. Glazunov Chant du Menestrel

10. Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumble Bee

11. Faure Apres un Reve

Olga Sitkovetsky - piano

Tim Hugh, principle cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra, is widely regarded as the one of the great British cellists of the 21st century. This recording also features top Russian accompanist Olga Sitkovetsky.

In 2005, Steve Hugh, Tim’s older brother, unexpectedly died of a heart attack. This recording was made on 26th November 2007 amongst the famous acoustics and architecture of the Wigmore Hall in London, at ‘A Concert for Steve’ that the Hugh family had arranged in order to raise funds for charity the British Heart Foundation. Naim is proud to be donating 20% of every disc sold to the British Heart Foundation in the United Kingdom who aim to fight Heart disease with groundbreaking research, vital prevention activity and quality care. The concert was recorded and mastered in high resolution 24bit/96kHz digital audio by legendary classical engineer Tony Faulkner.

Hands On Heart is an apt and emotional tribute, but also a poignant collection of mixed classical repertoire for cello and piano including a number of colourful encores such as Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee and personal favourites such as Faure’s Apres un Reve.

Original artwork by successful graphic artist Max Franosch.

Total playing time: 72.14

Naim Audio NAIMCD118