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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge
Mark Padmore (tenor) Schubert Ensemble 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. “Fifty years after his death, Vaughan Williams is accorded the affectionate respect he deserves in this version of his poignant rural song cycle by one of our finest dramatic tenors, Mark Padmore. AE Housman's words have rarely rung so clearly above the haunting accompaniment of piano and quartet, notably in the central song 'Is my team still ploughing?'” The Observer, 4th May 2008 “It is hard not to see Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge as the first great English song cycle, especially when its heart and soul come to the fore in performances such as this one. AE Housman's combination of folk-like innocence and knowing irony is powerfully conveyed in the singing of Mark Padmore.” The Telegraph, 19th April 2008 “Padmore is something special in Wenlock, while the Quintet is striking. ” Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 “There's more to Padmore's performance: fine tone, a strong sense of pitch, crystal clear enunciation and a wonderful feeling for long lines.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 ***** | 
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Simon Blendis (violin) & William Howard (piano) The Schubert Ensemble | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Joan Berkhemer (violin), Claude Starck (cello), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Klaviertrio Amsterdam, Bartok Quartet, New English String Quartet, Sharon Quartet, Amati Chamber Ensemble, Schubert Ensemble of London | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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The Schubert Ensemble of London 'Wonderfully fresh and minutely sensitive performances, unreservedly recommended' (Soundscapes, Australia) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Budapest Schubert Ensemble "seldom is it dispatched with such a winning combination of joviality, delicate melancholy, technical finesse and rhythmic dash"
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| |  | Colin Matthews - Divertimenti
Brindisi Quartet, Schubert Ensemble, Haffner Wind Ensemble & Divertimenti Ensemble, Oliver Knussen Divertimento was commissioned by and dedicated to Peter Pears for the 1982 Aldeburgh Festival. Colin Matthews is active as administrator of the Holst Foundation, chair of the Britten Estate, and trustee of the Britten-Pears Foundation. He is also founder and Executive Producer of NMC Recordings. NMC’s Ancora series is devoted to the reissue of important recordings of contemporary British works which have been deleted by other record labels. The Brindisi Quartet’s recording of Matthews’ String Quartet No.2 is previously unreleased. Colin Matthews worked with Benjamin Britten in Aldeburgh in the 1970s. Colin is currently writing a violin concerto for Leila Josefowicz and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. “These reissues from other labels, plus a first release, make permanently available five of Matthews’s works from the 1980s. The Divertimento for Double String Quartet, performed by Divertimenti Ensemble under Oliver Knussen, intriguingly takes off from the opening chords of Strauss’s Metamorphosen. The brief Triptych, for piano quintet (Schubert Ensemble), exploits the double bass’s always slightly eerie melodic capacity and ends most unexpectedly. Melinda Maxwell is an eloquent soloist with Divertimenti in the one-movement Oboe Quartet No 1. The new release is of the brilliant, scurrying, elusive String Quartet No 2, in a 1996 recording of the revised version by the Brindisi Quartet.” Sunday Times, 22nd June 2008 *** “In this collection of Colin Matthews' chamber music from the 1980s, the most important item is the newcomer, a 1996 recording of Matthews' Second String Quartet. Completed in 1989, it's a taut, compelling piece that brings together all the ingredients of Matthews' musical language at the time and weaves them into a rigorous discourse that has an almost Elliott Carter-like energy and intensity.” The Guardian, 4th July 2008 **** |
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William Howard (piano) The Schubert Ensemble ‘[Butler’s] virtuoso skill at placing and displacing, nudging and manipulating rhythms creates a brilliant pattern of light and movement.’ The Times | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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