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With some notable exceptions, professional recorder players have largely ignored modern repertoire regarded as being too tonal, melodic or romantic. Not so Annabel Knight, a former student at the Royal College of Music in London, where Gordon Jacob had also taught.
On this disc she joins respected colleagues in presenting Jacob’s music, its sometimes sparse and desolate musical language frequently tempered with tuneful wit and a sense of nostalgia for England’s landscape and heritage.
The result is an album presenting highly enjoyable music of superlative craftsmanship and heartfelt expressivity, including three world première recordings.
Gordon Jacob: Suite for Alto Recorder and Strings (version for Recorder and String Quartet)
I. Prelude
II. English Dance
III. Lament
IV. Burlesca alla Rumba
V. Pavane
VI. Introduction and Cadenza
VII. Tarantella
Gordon Jacob: Treble Recorder Sonatina
I. Allegro
II. Tempo di menuetto
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro vivace
Gordon Jacob: Treble Recorder Sonata
I. Andantino semplice
II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
III. Largo
IV. Allegro molto
Gordon Jacob: Consort of Recorders
I. Fanfare and March
II. Nocturne
III. Panpipes
IV. Bells
V. Chorale
VI. Adieu
Gordon Jacob: Variations for Treble Recorder and Piano
Air: Andante semplice
Variation 1: Allegro
Variation 2: Andante espressivo
Variation 3: Alla marcia
Variation 4: Andante espressivo
Variation 5: Molto vivace
Variation 6: Poco adagio, espressivo
Variation 7: Molto vivace
Variation 8: Andante con moto
Variation 9: Lento
Variation 10: Finale
Gordon Jacob: Trifles
I. Le Buffet: Largo
II. La Trifle au vin de Jerez: Allegro
III. La Trifle a l'ananas: Adagio molto
IV. La Trifle a l'anglaise: Allegro
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I. Prelude