Howells: Cello Fantasia; In Green Ways

A repackaging of music rarely heard in Howells’s lifetime. Not on grounds of quality, surely: two movements for cello and orchestra, a characterful suite The B’s, and a song-cycle In Green Ways are all worth resurrecting. Terry Blain

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Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:55 pm

COMPOSERS: Howells
LABELS: Chandos
ALBUM TITLE: Howells
WORKS: Cello Fantasia; In Green Ways
PERFORMER: LSO, Richard Hickox
CATALOGUE NO: CHAN 241-20

A repackaging of music rarely heard in Howells’s lifetime. Not on grounds of quality, surely: two movements for cello and orchestra, a characterful suite The B’s, and a song-cycle In Green Ways are all worth resurrecting. Terry Blain

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