The Bride Quartet; Michael Dussek; Roderick Williams
Release Date: 03 July 2020
Label: Em Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060263500612
Genres: Classical Twentieth Century
Description
The celebrated baritone Roderick Williams joins the Bridge Quartet and acclaimed pianist Michael Dussek in the World Première recording of Gurney's song-cycle 'The Western Playland', first performed at The English Music Festival in 2018. The disc also includes the first recording of the same composer's String Quartet in D minor of 1925 (a rare survivor among Gurney string quartets), as well as songs by Gurney and Howells (including the wonderful 'King David').
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"Before listening to this disc, I could not imagine anyone who could better capture the poignancy of that suffering, and the beauty which rises from it, and transcends it, than Roderick Williams. Having listened to Those Blue Remembered Hills, I do not think that Williams has done anything finer." - Opera Today
Tracklisting
Paul Guinery
Paul Guinery
BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill, BBC Singers, Nadine Benjamin, Ben McAteer
Godwine Choir, Alex Davan Wetton, Edward Hughes & John Wright
Paul Guinery
Grant Doyle, John Kember, Brian Sibley
Jeremy Huw Williams, Timothy Kantor, Paula Fan
English Arts Chorale, English Arts Orchestra, Leslie Olive
