Morgen is a collection designed to share the pleasures of beautiful and emotional songs and these melodic lines transfer easily to cello. Joyce glories in the soaring vocal phrases with a rich vibrato-laden tone and the absence of words is forgotten by the listener. De Lisle’s pianism is subtle and spacious and the players work together with a flexible intimacy ideally suited to the music.
The album is named after Richard Strauss’s exquisite song Morgen! which is the final track. The title translates as Tomorrow! and Strauss composed it as a wedding gift for his wife. Julia Joyce joins the ensemble again and the collection ends with perfect emotions for our times – simple happiness, warmth and optimism.
Elizabeth Kerr, Five Lines
