Cellist Alice Neary's championship of Herbert Howells' three-movement Cello Concerto (now in a performing edition by Jonathan Clinch) and conductor Ronald Corp's own recent Cello Concerto make for a rewarding coupling in the best Dutton Epoch tradition. The Howells, now heard complete for the first time, is a glorious and expansive score from the mid-1930s and the RSNO and Alice Neary rise to its pastoral romanticism and bittersweet half-lights with characteristic brio and understanding. Howells' two atmospheric encores, Merry Eye and Puck's Minuet, complete a fully satisfying programme.

Herbert Howells

• Cello Concerto (1933-2014) AN
1. Fantasia: Tranquillo, assai andante
2. Threnody: Lento calmato, assai teneramente
3. Finale: Allegro vigoroso*
   Finale completed from the composer's sketches by Jonathan Clinch


• Two Pieces for Small Orchestra Op. 20
1. Puck's Minuet (1917)
2. Merry-Eye (1920)

• Cello Concerto (2014)* AN
1. First Movement
2. Second Movement
3. Third Movement


• AN Alice Neary (cello)


• Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Ronald Corp (conductor)

Includes world premiere recordings

CDLX 7317