William Alwyn (1905-1985): Kammermusik & Lieder

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Rhapsody für Klavierquartett;Sonata Impromptu für Violine & Viola;Ballade für Viola & Klavier;2 Lieder für Stimme,
Violine & Klavier;3 Lieder nach Trevor Blakemore für Stimme
& Klavier;Sonatina für Violine & Klavier;3 Winter Poems für
Streichquartett;Chaconne for Tom für Blockflöte & Klavier

  • Artist: Jeremy Huw Williams, Madeleine Mitchel, Roger Chase, Andrew Ball, Lucy Wilding, Iain Burnside, John Turner, Bridge String Quartet
  • Label: Naxos , DDD, 2006
  • Order number: 8040191
  • Release date: 2.7.2007
  1. 1 Prelude: Moderato con alcuna licenza - Più mosso (Tempo scherzando) - Tempo Primo Start
  2. 2 Theme and Variations - Moderato e semplice (Tempo di Minuetto) Start
  3. 3 Finale alla Capriccio - Allegretto con burla Start
  4. 4 Nocturne: Andantino Start
  5. 5 Illumination: Allegretto piacevole (in modo antico) Start
  6. 6 Harvest: Con moto Start
  7. 7 Allegro e grazioso
  8. 8 Adagio Start
  9. 9 Vivace Start
  10. 10 Winter Landscape: Andante Start
  11. 11 Elegy - "Frozen Waters": Adagio e piangevole Start
  12. 12 Serenade - "Snow Shower": Allegretto scherzando Start

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William Alwyn composed prolifically in virtually all genres, orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental. Like his contemporary Samuel Barber, Alwyn was an unashamed Romantic who preferred his music to appeal to the heart rather than to the head. The works presented here, five of which are recorded for the first time, cover a period of fifty years from the Two Songs for Voice, Violin and Piano of 1931 to the Chaconne For Tom for recorder and piano dating from 1982. In each of these pieces Alwyn's compositional gift and technical mastery of his chosen medium are immediately apparent.

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