Release Date: 30 March 2008
Label: Chandos
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 095115146521
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Description
On Wenlock Edge' is a song cycle for tenor, piano and string quartet, published in 1909, setting six poems from A.E. Housman's 'A Shropshire Lad'. Although there have been a number of recordings of this song cycle recently, this disc features the remarkable voice of Mark Padmore and uniquely adds the early Piano Quintet in C minor, recently released for performance by the composer's widow and published in 2002, and also the 'Romance and Pastorale', two similarly early, brief lyric pieces for violin and piano published in 1923. The Quintet was written for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass - as was Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet. It is a wonderful early work, full of passion and melodic invention. This recording marks the Schubert Ensemble's debut on Chandos and also its 25th anniversary. The Ensemble has always been at the forefront of British chamber music performance and is now firmly established as one of the world's leading exponents of music for piano and strings. 'Classic FM Magazine' has written, 'The Schubert Ensemble of London are a marvellously unified ensemble, imparting their energy and lyricism to anything to which they turn their expert hands', while 'Fanfare' recently commented, 'The performances by The Schubert Ensemble are exactly what the music requires - they fizzle with energy and pep'.Also available:CHAN 9928(2) Vaughan Williams: Sir John in LoveCHAN 9625(2) Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's ProgressCHAN 10439Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar""
Tracklisting
Jonathan Aasgaard; Sinfonia of London; John Wilson
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Halle Choir; John Storgards
Sara Dowling; Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
Dame Sarah Connolly; Joseph Middleton
James Ehnes; BBC Philharmonic; Juanjo Mena
Zeb Soanes; Britten Sinfonia Voices; Britten Sinfonia; Jamie Phillips
Sinfonia of London; John Wilson
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; Manchester Camerata; Gabor Takacs-Nagy
