Description
Edward Finch, Cuckoo Sonata in C major for Alto Recorder and Basso Continuo.
Edited by David Lasocki. Basso continuo realization by Bernard Gordillo. Published July 2012.
Alternative version: score plus double part for recorder + bass instrument (IH0019a).
Praise:
“The Cuckoo Sonata is in five short movements, the first of which begins with the cuckoo motive, followed by fast fluttering passage work and arpeggios in the second movement. The third movement is a beautifully simple and song-like Largo with long, sustained suspensions and trills. The fourth movement starts with a jig feel and then melts into a short bridge of a Largo, leaing into the final galloping movement which ends the sonata in an exciting, jovial mood…. The preface is well-researched and any notes amended are well-documented…. The basso continuo [realization] by Bernard Gordillo is also excellent…. a superb critical edition of a very cheerful, quirky and fun English work for performance.”
Oliver Smith, review in The Recorder Magazine, 33, no. 1 (spring 2013): 17.
