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MUSIC BY FRANK ZAPPA - OMNIBUS WIND ENSEMBLE OPUS 3 CD19423
 The widely acclaimed Omnibus Wind Ensemble's interest in Frank Zappa's music dates back to the start of the 1980s. The group’s motto, ‘From Mozart to Zappa’, also became the title of their first CD. Many of Frances Vincent Zappa's compositions have been in their repertoire over the years and those on this inspired album include Inca Roads, Revised Music for a Low Budget Orchestra, Igor’s Boogie, Be-Bop Tango, Uncle Meat and Peaches En Regalia. Also featured here is the Ensemble’s intriguing interpretation of Ravel’s famous Bolero. This recording is issued in SACD format, playable on all SACD and CD players.
TRUMPET MUSIC FROM THE BAROQUE TROMBA CLASSICS TC241
Trumpet-arranger Frank Fezishin plays a selection of music from the Baroque period, accompanied by the excellent Caritas Orchestra of Budapest, conducted by Akos Somogyvary. There are works here by Purcell (including his Trumpet Suite), John Stanley, Handel (Suite from the Water Music), Giuseppe Torelli and Telemann (Sonata in D). Frank Fezishin also plays his own brilliant version of Variations on Jermeiah Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary. Born in Hungary in 1939, he had his first trumpet lessons from his father, János Feczisin, solo trumpet of the Hungarian State Opera. His first professional performance at the age of 14 was as an offstage trumpet in Puccini's La Bohème.
ARRIAGA - CUARTETOS PARA CUERDA ENSAYO ENY-CD-9737
On this recording the Rasoumovsky Quartet play three impressive string quartets by the Spanish composer, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga. Born in Bilbao in 1806, he was a child prodigy, his first opera, Los esclavos felices (The Happy Slaves), being produced in 1820. He died at the age of only 19 but his compositions, which also include a remarkable symphony, show great maturity. The musicians in the admirable Rasoumovsky Quartet are Simon Standage and Pauline Scott (violins), Simon Whistler (viola) and Joanna Milholland (violoncello). ‘It is impossible to imagine anything more original, more elegant, or more purely written’ François Joseph Fétis.
AUSTRIAN IMAGES - THE VERDEHR TRIO CRYSTAL CD944
This is volume 14 of an admirable series in which The Verdehr Trio perform 150 new works by some of the world’s most interesting modern composers. The album features music by Iván Erod, (Trio, op. 59), Thomas Christian David (Trios Numbers 1, 2, and 3) and Gottfried von Einem (Verdehr-Trio, op. 97). The musicians are Walter Verdehr (violin), Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr (clarinet), Silvia Roederer and Gary Kirkpatrick (piano). The Verdehr Trio is in residence at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, and tours throughout the world. ‘The breadth of these commissions is amazing’ - Fanfare.
THE MUSIC OF ELLIOTT CARTER, VOL. 4 BRIDGE 9111
This award winning series devoted to Elliott Carter’s music continues with a volume containing premiere recordings of two of his most recent scores: the highly inventive Luimen and Tempo e Tempi, a stunning set of eight songs based on Italian poems by Eugenio Montale, Salvatore Quasimodo and Giuseppe Ungaretti. The music is performed by the soprano Susan Narucki and members of Speculum Musicae - an ensemble closely associated with Carter’s music over the past 30 years. The CD also includes a brilliant solo guitar work Shard (superbly played by its dedicatee, David Starobin) and Eight Pieces for Four Timpani (performed by Speculum and the percussion virtuoso Daniel Druckman). These lucid performances reveal Carter’s intriguing use of rhythm and superb control of form, combined with high spirits and good humour.
A WHITE ROOM - THE SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE NMC D075
This excellent 1999 recording is part of The Schubert Ensemble's Chamber Music 2000 series, a valuable project to commission short chamber pieces suitable for young and amateur musicians. A second disc, BRIGHT FUTURE, is also available (NMC D080). The works on ‘a white room’ range from those inspired by folksong - Judith Weir's Arise, arise! you slumbering sleepers, based on an American melody, or David Knotts' Coyote Star Song - to the romanticism of Elena Firsova's Frozen Time, the simplicity of Howard Skempton's meditative La gora di mulino (The Mill-pond) or Philip Cashian's atmospheric music for the night sky, and the eclecticism of Gerald Barry's snow is white. The title work, Piers Hellawell's ‘a white room’, is a rapid scherzo evoking the idea of an uncluttered space. Other highlights include Rory Boyle’s ‘Campani in Aria’ and Pavel Novak’s ‘Year of a Bird’.
NOSTRADAMUS - THE MUSIC OF HIS RENAISSANCE CHACRA CHACD053
On this compelling CD, The Hudson Chamber Ensemble take the listener on a musical journey to the time of Nostradamus, the mystical visionary who claimed to foresee some of history’s most startling events. The chamber music on this recording was popular in his time and may have fueled and informed his visions of the future. Primary instruments include bassoon, oboe, English horn and clarinet and among the 11 featured works are La Magdalena (by Pierre Allaignant), Bransle de Poitou (Claude Gervaise) and Kurtzeweilige Teutsche Lieder (Jacob Regnart). ‘Classical music fans will relish the bewitching Renaissance sounds produced by the Hudson Chamber Ensemble’ - CD Music Shelf.
THE GLORY OF GABRIELLI - EMPIRE BRASS QUINTET TELARC CD-80553
The Empire Brass is a talented band of musicians renowned for virtuoso playing and the diversity of its repertoire. On this recording the Quintet joins forces with two other fine brass quintets, made up of principal players from the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the Venetians Andrea Gabrieli and his nephew Giovanni created music to exploit the grandeur of St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice. The music was divided into opposing choirs of instruments to create brilliant antiphonal effects and this recording features many of those pioneering compositions by Giovanni Gabrieli as well as adaptations of works by other leading composers of his time, such as Byrd, Tallis and Tye; Italians Banchieri, Cavaccio, and Palestrina; and pieces by Lasso, Gervaise, and Scheidt. Giovanni Gabrieli was appointed organist at St. Mark’s in 1584 and his instrumental compositions, written in a chordal, often dance-like style modeled on the French vocal form known as the chanson, were perfectly suited to the sweeping acoustics of the ancient basilica. In order to provide the optimal antiphonal effects for this program, the three quintets of brass players were placed to great effect in different locations in the enormous room at the National Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts.
L'ENSEMBLE DE TROMBONES DE PARIS CRYSTAL CD223
Some of the finest trombonists in France comprise the superb Paris L’Ensemble de Trombones de Paris and on this album they perform intriguing pieces by Janko Nilovic, a Yugoslavian-French composer who has written more than a thousand works. The two featured here are his Double Concerto (for seven trombones) and Suite Balkanique (for seven trombones and four percussion). The music has a distinctly Slavic and Balkan flavour with exciting rhythmic and catchy dance melodies.
TELEMANN ALLA POLACCA DORIAN DOR-90302.
The prolific composer Georg Philipp Telemann often ventured beyond the French and Italian styles to explore other national idioms. The distinctive rhythms of Polish dance, best known in the Polonaises of Chopin, were exploited by Telemann for their noble character, and he used the terms polonoise and polacca broadly to signal the use of Polish idioms. The works on this delightful CD are performed with great assurance and true sympathy for the period in which they were written. They include the Suite for Flûte Pastourelle, Strings & Basso Continuo in E-flat Major, Concerto for Transverse Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo in D Major and Concerto Polonoise for Strings & Basso Continuo in B-flat Major.
LATIN - LAGQ TELARC CD-80593 & SACD-60593.
On this exciting recording the dynamic and versatile Los Angeles Guitar Quartet continue to expand the boundaries of the guitar repertory. These four brilliant performers (John Dearman, William Kanengiser, Scott Tenant and Andrew York) play works that incorporate the rhythmic vitality and splendidly seductive harmonies inherent in Latin music. Compositions range from a haunting version of Sting’s song Fragile to the sounds of traditional Spanish flamenco Sevillanas by way of Cuba, Central America, South America and Spain. Highlights include Cuban Landscape with Rain by Leo Brouwer (creating a rainstorm that begins with occasional water droplets and ends with a raging torrent of hail!) and American composer Aaron Copland’s three Latin American Sketches: Paisaje Mexicano (Mexican Landscape) and Danza de Jalisco (Dance from Jalisco). ‘...inspired yet deceptively easygoing virtuosity that exists when discipline and spontaneity are balanced to perfection’ - Washington Post.
MOZART - FLUTE QUARTETS QUERSTAND VKJK 0216.
The great French flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal, who died in May 2000, plays three marvellous quartets for flute and trio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The other work is a delightful trio for two flutes and cello by F A Hoffmeister. This fine recording also features Claudi Arimany (flute), Regis Pasquier (violin), Bruno Pasquier (cello) and Roland Pidoux (piano). The performances are elegant and illuminating throughout.
STOCKHOLM GUITAR QUARTET - MENDELSSOHN/BRAHMS OPUS 3 CD 9001.
In this recording the brilliant Stockholm Guitar Quartet presents an entirely new family of instruments which they themselves have played a part in developing, together with Lars Jonsson. The well-chosen music on this adventurous CD is by Mendelssohn, Brahms and Debussy.
CHARLES IVES - SONATA NO. 2 MATERIALI SONORI maso 90122.
Giorgio Morozzi, Edoardo Rosadini (viola) and Arcadio Baracchi (flute) perform the challenging Sonata No. 2 ‘Concord, Mass, 1840-1860’ by the ground-breaking American composer Charles Ives. The ‘Concord’ manages to mix magically cultures that are apparently far apart. Just as magical is the execution of the Italian pianist, Giorgio Morozzi, who interprets the work with an incredibly personalised sound.
MARINI - ECHOES OF VENICE DAPHNE 1004.
Flamboyant music by Biagio Marini (1597-1665), a highly regarded musician in St Mark's Venice, is gloriously performed by Corde. This ensemble of 13 Swedish early baroque specialists aims to achieve a rhetorical mode of playing based on the highly advanced art of improvisation of the Renaissance. The 18 works here include many sonatas and the Capriccio, che due Violini Sonata quatro parti.
FERNSTROM - STRING QUARTETS DAPHNE 1009.
John Fernström’s String Quartets no 4, 6, 7 and 8 are joyfully performed on this recording by the Lysell Quartet. Fernström (1897-1961) was one of the most productive Swedish composers and his work is characterised by technical expertise, skilful counterpoint and instrumentation combined with fantasy and a rich inventivness. The four string quartets all bear the stamp of the composer’s wondeful inventiveness. The excellent Lysell Quartet consists of Bernt Lysell and Per Sandklef (violins), Thomas Sundkvist (viola) and Mikael Sjögren (cello).
CONSEQUENCES - SOTTO VOCE SUMMIT DCD 322.
Sotto Voce Tuba Quartet is possibly the hippest thing to happen to the tuba repertoire for a long time. On this most enjoyable recording the group plays with great style and expertise as they perform 15 fascinating short pieces, including Consequences (M. Forbes), Adoramus te, Christe (Q. Gasparini) and Achieved is the Glorius Work (F.J. Haydn). The Sotto Voce Tuba Quartet consists of Patrick Schulz, Nat McIntosh, Mike Forbes, Demondrae Thurman.
ELGAR - POWICK ASYLUM MUSIC BML 028 (www.britishmusiclabel.com).
The spirited Rutland Sinfonia, conducted by Barry Collett, is in fine, extrovert form on these unique and fresh recordings of the Quadrilles and Polkas which Edward Elgar wrote when he was Band Instructor at the Powick Asylum near Worcester. Five sets of Quadrilles, Five Polkas and a set of five Lancers, all set the feet tapping! Also included are his Fugue in D minor for Oboe & Violin, plus the Duet for Trombone & Double Bass.
SCHOENBERG/STRAUSS - CONCERTANTE CHAMBER PLAYERS KLEOS KL5111
The Concertante Chamber Players perform three sumptuous masterpieces of late Romanticism on this fine recording produced by the Grammy Award winner Max Wilcox. The works are the diverting sextet version of Schoenbergs's Verklarte Nachte, Richard Strausss's String Sextet from Capriccio and rare string sextet of Metamorphosen.
VIRIDITAS PER OMNIBUS - OMNIBUS WIND ENSEMBLE OPUS 3 CD 19304.
This all Swedish recording by the exciting Omnibus Wind Ensemble includes premiere performances of two specially written compositions, one by jazz musician Eje Thelin (Circo della vita) and the other by Karl-Erik Welin (Viriditas per Omnibus). Other compositions featured are by Tor Aulin, Joseph Martin Kraus, Johan Joachim Agrell, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger and Hugu Alfven, plus a traditional herding call taken down by Karl sporr in 1917.
CRUSELL - MUSIC FOR CLARINET CAPRICE CAP21592.
The brilliant Swedish clarinettist Håkan Rosengren plays chamber music by the fine 19th Century Finnish composer, Bernhard Henrik Crusell. The works featured on this recording are two quartets (with Per Enoksson, violin; Öyvor Volle, viola; and Leo Winland, cello) and the technically-challenging Concerto in B flat major (with the Sundsvall Chamber Orchestra, conducted by John Storgårds). Crusell has a true understanding for the clarinet and Rosengren performs with great sensitivity and self-assurance.
CAPTURED! - THE BASSOON BROTHERS CRYSTAL CD875.
The Bassoon Brothers first album Wanted, The Bassoon Brothers was called ‘Just plain hilarious’ by the Seattle Times and quickly became a best-seller. The quartet is the bassoon section of the Oregon Symphony in Portland. This, their second, highly individual CD, is equally entertaining. Among the eclectic works included are Fanfare for the Common Bassoonist, Hey Jude (Lennon/ McCartney), Mexican Hat Dance, My Funny Valentine, My Girl, Yankee Doodle (arr. Bartkowiak), Louie, Louie, Roll Out the Barrel Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod/Solie), The Godfather Suite (Rota/Eubanks), Pizzicato Polka and Londonderry Air (arr. Eubanks).
MOZART/BRAHMS - KJELL FAGEUS OPUS 3 CD 19301.
Kjell Fageus, one of Sweden's most sensitive and perceptive clarinettists, joins the Zetterqvist Quartet to play works by Mozart (Clarinet Quintet in A) and Brahms (Clarinet Quintet in B minor). The Mozart piece, for which Fageus uses the softer Basset clarinet (the instrument it was probably written for) is one of the composer’s greatest and most popular masterpieces. The Brahms quintet, though less well known, is also a wonderfully introspective creation. ‘A fine album indeed’ - Hifi & Musik.
DAVID STOLL - CHAMBER MUSIC MERIDIAN CDE 84448.
David Stoll has written extensively for theatre and the media, as well as composing production music, both scored and electronic. His concert music ranges from orchestral, choral and vocal pieces to several works for chamber ensembles, four of which are included on this reissued recording. The works featured are his Piano Quartet (played by the Pro Arte Trio and Noel Skinner), Piano Sonata (David Ward), Sonata for Two Pianos (David Ward and Noel Skinner) and String Trio (Pro Arte Trio). All the performances are elegant and this is a CD that will appeal to anyone with an interest in first-class modern chamber music.
NANCY VAN DE VATE - CHAMBER MUSIC, VOL. 1 VIENNA M. MASTERS VMM 2001.
The remarkable music of American composer Nancy Van de Vate has been heard in 24 countries on five continents and the chamber works on this CD, which span 20 years, were premiered in a wide variety of exotic places. Highlights include the Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (composed in Jakarta, premiered in Mexico City and recorded in Krakow); Nine Preludes for Piano, Music for Viola, Percussion and Piano; and String Quartet No. 1. The outstanding performers include Maxine-Karen Johnson (viola), William Wiley (percussion), Rosemary Platt (piano), Michael davis (viola) and The Ridge String Quartet.
NANCY VAN DE VATE - CHAMBER MUSIC, VOL. 2 VIENNA M. MASTERS VMM 2003.
This second volume of Nancy Van de Vate’s chamber music features pieces composed between 1969 and 1986, when the composer lived in Europe, Asia, North America and Hawaii. The works here are the extraordinary Twelve Pieces for Piano on One to Twelve Notes, Gema Jawa (with serene echoes of Java’s landscape), Sonata for Piano, Six Etudes for Solo Viola (brilliantly played by Michael Davis) and Three Sound Pieces for Brass and Percussion (performed by the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Brass and Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Milos Alexander Machek).
RACHMANINOV PIANO TRIOS - TRIO TORINO REAL SOUND RS 051-0068.
Rachmaninov composed two passionate piano trios, both characterised by the adjective ‘élégiaque’. The first Trio élégiaque in G minor was written in Moscow in a few days and was first performed in 1892 with Rachmaninov himself at the piano. The music was greatly influenced by the theme of the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Trio in A minor, whose title is Elegiac Piece. The tragic and sudden death of Tchaikovsky led Rachmaninov to compose his second, even more moving Trio élégiaque, this time in D minor. The superlative Turin Trio was formed (with Dario Destefano on cello) in 1987 and the present lineup is now Sergio Lamberto (violin), Umberto Clerici (cello) and Giacomo Fuga (piano).
MUSIC OF THE VIENNA CLASSICS QUERSTAND VKJK 0027.
The Duo Donath perform two beguiling works by Simon Molitor (Sonata for Guitar and Violin) and Mauro Giuliani (Dou Concertant for Violin and Guitar). The outstanding musicians on this most enjoyable recording are Antje Donath (violin) and Heiner Donath (guitar).
NEW MEXICO BRASS QUINTET CRYSTAL CD560.
The dazzling New Mexico Brass Quintet perform a highly enjoyable selection of music by composers ranging widely from G. F. Handel (Sound and Alarm) to ‘Jelly-Roll’ Morton (Dead Man Blues). The other composers in this eclectic mix are Thomas Beveridge (Magic Flute Fantasy), John Cheetham (A Brass Menagerie), Raymond Luedeke (Quintet for Brass) and Jean Baptiste Arban (Fantaisie). ‘More good material from the label that has the best brass catalogue in the world’ - CBC National Radio Guide.
AMERICAN IMAGES: THE MAKING OF A MEDIUM, VOL. 12 CRYSTAL CD942.
The Verdehr Trio perform music by American composers Paul Chihara (Trio), David Diamond (Duo for Violin and Clarinet), Marc Satterwhite (Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones), Jonathan Kramer (Serbelloni Serenade), John Biggs (Medieval Dance Suite) and Donald Erb (Sunlit Peaks and Dark Valleys). This is volume 12 of an admrable series in which the Verdehr Trio is recording many of the more than 130 compositions that the group has commissioned.
AMERICAN IMAGES 2: THE MAKING OF A MEDIUM, VOL. 13 CRYSTAL CD943.
The excellent Verdehr Trio play innovative and intelligent compositions by Sebastian Currier (Verge), Joan Tower (Rain Waves), George Gershwin/William Brohn (I Got Variations), Dan Welcher (Phaedrus), John Biggs (Renaissance Bouquet) and Charles Hoag (SweetMelancholy(lostyourdolly)SlowDrag Rag). UPC 00941479432-1. The Verdehr Trio are Walter Verdehr (violin), Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr (clarinet) and Silvia Roederer (piano).
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLASSICS VIENNA MODERN MASTERS VMM 2025.
This outstanding new CD features an adventurously chosen collection of music written for piano and strings by highly individual twentieth century composers. The works include are the Sonata for Violin and Piano by Lennart Fredrikkson (Dan Almgren (violin), Roland Pöntinen (piano); Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano by Malcolm Williamson (Leonard Dommett (violin), Gary Williams (cello), Kevin Power (piano); Toccata by Andrey Kasparov (Oksana Lutsyshyn (piano); Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano by Alfred Schnittke (Vasilij Meljnikov (violin), Aljoscha Starc (piano); String Trio op. 45 by Arnold Schoenberg (Elisabeth Kufferath (violin), Peter Pas (viola), Matthew Herren (cello). The performances by these distinguished musicians are impressive throughout.
FONTANA - SONATE A UNO, DUE E TRE CLAVES 50-2203.
Little is known about the life of Giovanni Battista Fontana, born between 1580 and 1589, but his name appears in the dedication of Cesare Gussago’s Sonate a quattro, sei, et otto, in which he is mentioned as a violinist with ‘as much fame in Venice as Orpheus had in Thebes’. All three types of his sonatas, for one, two or three solo instruments, have different structures. The solo sonatas emphasise the technical idiom of the violin, while those for two instruments display more virtuoso skill and imitation. The trio sonatas are most structured, the variety in instrumentation making them beautifully constructed and well proportioned. The music is vibrantly performed on this recording by the excellent Icarus Ensemble, consisting of Hilde de Wolf (recorder), David Rabinowich (Baroque violin), David van Ooijen (bass lute, chitarrone), Ursula Dütschler (positiv organ, harpsichord).
HURDY-GURDY COLLECTION - ROBERT MANDEL HUNGARATON HCD 31428.
Robert Mandel was born in Budapest and served his apprenticeship there as a musical instrument maker. He subsequently became a musical instrument restorer and formed the excellent Mandel Quartet, which has toured to great acclaim in Europe, Israel and Mexico. On this unusual and highly enjoyable CD can be found delightful arrangements of traditional music as well as works by Michel Corrette, Antonio Vivaldi and Philbert Delavigne. The musicians include Robert Mandel (hurdy-gurdy), Miklos Spanyi (organ), Gabor Kallay (sopranino, treble, alt, tenor and bass recorders, rebec, tenor voice), Laszlo Jakobi (rebec, cello, bass drum) and Istvan Marta (tabor, tambourine, triangle, harpsichord).
RACHMANINOV & TCHAIKOVSKY - PIANO TRIOS GUILD GMCD 7242.
The excellent Barbican Piano Trio perform Rachmaninov’s passionate and soulful single-movement Trio in G minor, Elegiaque. The other work on this outstanding recording is Tchaikovsky’s poignant Piano Trio in A minor, premiered ten years earlier (in 1882) than the Racmaninov piece. The Barbican Piano Trio are Gabrielle Lester (violin), Robert Max (cello) and James Kirby (piano).
BRAHMS AND PROKOFIEV - SONATAS BRIDGE 9118.
The excellent Berl Senofsky (violin) and Gary Graffman (piano) give consummate performances of intimate works by Johannes Brahms (Sonata in A major, Op. 100, and Sonatensatz) and Serge Prokofiev (Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80). This recording, taken from a 1975 concert, was the last performance given by these longtime chamber music partners. Philadelphia-born Berl Senofsky was a prize-winning violinist who became a respected music teacher. He died recently aged 77 at his home in Baltimore and this CD makes a fitting tribute to a fine musician.
MUSIQUE BAROQUE A LA COUR ROYALE K&K ISBN 3-930643-76-6.
The celebrated Wolfgang Bauer Consort performs elegant baroque music à la Cour Royale by, among others, Johann Sebastaian Bach, in this triumphant concert recording made at the convent church in Maulbronn. The distinguished soloists are Wolfgang Bauer (trumpet), Ingo Goritzki (oboe), Sebastian Hamann (violin) and Heidrun Laukemann (flute).
STOCKHOLM GUITAR QUARTET - BACH/TELEMANN OPUS 3 CD 7915.
The formidably talented Stockholm Guitar Quartet perform masterpieces by the incomparable J. S. Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann (Violin Concerto in G major), Girolamo Frescobaldi (larghetto in C minor) and Domenico Cimarosa. ‘The result is in many ways both brilliant and startling...the Guitar Quartet have done it again! - Musikrevy.
AN ENGLISH RHAPSODY - HOLYWELL ENSEMBLE BML 010 (www.britishmusiclabel.com).
The immaculate Holywell Ensemble's second album of chamber music on the British Music Label features Rhapsody for Piano by William Alwyn; Fantasy Sonata for Clarinet and Piano / Rhapsody for Solo Piano /Phantasie in A minor by John Ireland; Sonata No 1 in E for Violin and Piano by Herbert Howells; Elegy for Clarinet, Cello and Piano by Jeffrey Wilson. The Holywell Ensemble are Margaret Ozanne (piano), Kate Bailey (violin), Daniel Lyness (viola), Spike Wilson (cello) and Peter Nichols (clarinet).
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE - CHAMBER WORKS BML 040 (www.britishmusiclabel.com).
Joseph Holbrooke (1878-1958) is an interesting British composer who has been curiously neglected. In cooperation with his son, Gwydion Brooke, the British Music Label hopes to make Holbrooke’s delightful works more widely known. This first release includes works previously issued on LP and features the expressive Delme Quartet with John McCaw (five traditional English, Scottish and Irish melodies and a mono recording of his clarinet quintet) and the London Piano Quartet (piano quartet in G Minor).
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