SIMON FRYER
R e c o r d i n g s
Here's my solo cello version of
O Canada
VICTORIAN CELLO SONATAS
Simon Fryer, Cello - Leslie De'Ath, piano
Ashton, Liddle & Stanford
...Fryer plays with a seductive blend of depth and restraint, knowing exactly when to let a musical line loose from its bridle, yet never allowing the Victorians’ love of melodrama to get out of hand.
Fryer and De’Ath convey the music with elegance and utter conviction.
John Terauds
MusicalToronto.org
Algernon Ashton( 1859-1937) premier recording Liner Notes
Sonata no.2 in G major, Op.75, for violoncello and piano [1892]
Allegro moderato | Adagio, ma non troppo | Finale: Allegro animato
Samuel Liddle (1867-1951) premier recording Liner Notes
Sonata in E-flat major, for violoncello and piano [1889]
Allegro moderato | Scherzo: Allegro - Tranquillo - Allegro | Adagio cantabile | Rondo: Allegro con spirito
Elegy, for violoncello and piano [1900]
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Liner Notes
Sonata no.2 in D minor, Op.39, for violoncello and piano [1889]
Allegretto con moto moderato | Andante con moto - Allegretto scherzando - Andante - Prestissimo - Andante | Allegro giusto
MUSIC OF A LIFE SO FAR...
Simon Fryer, cello - Lydia Wong, piano
A shamelessly personal selection of works for solo cello and cello with piano written during the years of my life by a diverse group of composers in a wide variety of styles. I value these works not only as significant contributions to the cello repertoire, but also as landmarks in my musical and personal development.
...a terrific collection of 20th Century music...the major offering is Britten's Sonata in C Op.65. It is one of the great cello works of modern times and Fryer and Wong play it most persuasively. I took almost as much pleasure from Alice Ho's unaccompanied Caprice. Gary Kulesha's ...and dark time flowed by her like a river... is entirely engaging as well
Richard Todd
Ottawa Citizen
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Liner Notes
Sonata in C, Op.65
Dialogo | Scherzo-pizzicato | Elegia | Marcia | Moto Perpetuo
Alexina Louie (b.1949) Liner Notes
Bringing the Tiger down from the Mountain...
Alice Ho (b.1960) Liner Notes
Caprice (solo cello)
Krzysztof Penderecki (b.1933) Liner Notes
Capriccio for Siegfried Palm (solo cello)
Ronald Royer (b.1959) Liner Notes
A Short Odyssey
Iannis Xenakis (b.1922) Liner Notes
kottos (solo cello)
Gary Kulesha (b.1954) Liner Notes
...and dark time flowed by her like a river...
DISCOGRAPHY
Victorian Cello Sonatas
Ashton, Liddle & Stanford
-Centaur Records
Neue Bilder: Music of James Harley
New Music Concerts Ensemble
- Centrediscs
MING: Music of Alice Ho: PSQ
- Centrediscs
Lament in the Trampled Garden: Music of Marjan Mozetich: PSQ
- Centrediscs (Juno Winner - Best Classical Composition)
El Dorado: Music for Harp and Strings: PSQ
- Centaur Classics (Juno Nominee)
Launch Pad: works written for the PSQ
- Centrediscs
The Winds of Thera: Music of Andrew MacDonald: PSQ
- Centrediscs
Quantum Mehanics: Music of Jeffrey Ryan; PSQ
- Centrediscs
Bela Bartok: complete works for string quartet: PSQ
- Eklektra
String Theory: Music for String Quartet and electronics: PSQ
- Eklektra
Red Dragonfly: with jazz saxophonist Jane Bunnett: PSQ
- EMI
Aradia Ensemble: Vivaldi
- Naxos
Azulao - Cello Ensemble w/ soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian:
- CBC records (Juno Winner)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste: Dutilleux
- Finlandia
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste: Bartok
- Finlandia
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste: Prokofiev
- Finlandia
O Canada - a Canadian Celebration: solo cello version
- Phoenix (certified Platinum)
Canadian Opera Company/Richard Bradshaw: Serata Italiana
- CBC Records
Music of a life so far... Debut Solo CD
- Phoenix Records
Virtuoso Reality: Joel Quarrington and friends:
- CBC Records
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste: Rachmaninov
- Finlandia
The Bach Consort at L'Arche
- Independent
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste: Mussorgsky
- Finlandia
The Charmer
- Centrediscs
The Bach Consort at Camphill: Cantatas by J. S. Bach
- Independent
ø Bali: Toronto New Music Concerts
- CBC Musica Viva
Susan Hoeppner: flute & strings
- Marquis Classics
Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Gunther Herbig: Beethoven
- CBC Records
Lutoslawski conducts Lutoslawski
- New Music Concerts
Dayna Manning: Volume I
- EMD/Nettwerk