Alan Stellings has been a promoter and performer of Canadian music throughout his professional career. This CD represents four Canadian composers in the classical music field. The CD program opens with John Weinzweig’s « Cello Sonata (Israel) » written in 1949 to commemorate the first anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel. It is followed by reminiscences of travels in Stellings’ « Sonata Damiana » (1994) and Philip McConnell’s exciting « Sonata for Cello and Piano » (1990). The CD closes with Andre Prevost’s « Sonate No. 1 pour violoncelle et piano » (1962) by Quebec composer, Andre Prevost.

JOHN WEINZWEIG

1. Cello Sonata

ALAN STELLINGS

2. Sonata « Damiana » for Violincello and Piano

PHILIP McCONNELL

3. Sonata for Cello and Piano

ANDRÉ PRÉVOST

4. Sonate No.1 pour violoncelle et piano