Granville Bantock - Violin Sonata No. 1 in G (1928-29)/Violin Sonata No. 2 in D (1929-32)

Granville Bantock

Granville Bantock (picture first published 1913)

 Violin Sonata No. 1 in G (1928-29)  

I. Allegro con moto [0:00]
II. Andante sostenuto [12:58]
III. Allegro vivo non tanto [20:38]

The first sonata for violin and piano by the late Romantic British composer Granville Bantock (1868-1946),

a student of Frederick Corder. Bantock was a close friend of the composers Edward Elgar and Havergal

 Brian.

Violin Sonata No. 2 in D (1929-32)  

I. Lentemente non troppo - Allegro con anima [0:00]
II. A piacere, quasi recitativo - Agitato con moto [10:32]
III. Andante con moto rubato - Con brio [20:07]

A charming, beautiful sonata for violin and piano by the late Romantic British composer Granville Bantock (1868-1946), his second work in the form (the first can also be found on my channel). This work dates from the same period as Bantock's Pagan Symphony and Prometheus Unbound, and it was composed near the end of his long tenure as Peyton Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham.

Violin: Lorraine McAslan
Piano: Michael Dussek