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Bartók: | Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano, BB 116, Sz. 111 Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Lamar Crowson (piano) | Beethoven: | Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds, Op.16 Lamar Crowson (piano), Peter Graeme (oboe), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) Sextet in E flat Major, Op. 71 Neil Sanders (horn), James Buck (horn), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) Septet in E flat major, Op. 20 Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello), Adrian Beers (double bass), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Neil Sanders (horn), William Waterhouse (bassoon) Octet in E flat major, Op. 103 Peter Graeme (oboe), Sarah Barrington (oboe), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet),· Keith Puddy (clarinet), Neil Sanders (horn), James Buck (horn), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Edgar Williams (bassoon) Duo No. 1 in C major WoO 27/1 Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), William Waterhouse (bassoon) | Bennett, R R: | Calendar Richard Adeney (flute/piccolo), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Philip Jones (trumpet), Arthur Wilson (trombone), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello), Lamar Crowson (piano), James Blades (percussion), Stephen Whittaker (percussion) John Carewe | Berwald: | Grand Septet in B flat major Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Neil Sanders (horn),
William Waterhouse (bassoon), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin),
Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello), Adrian Beers (double bass) | Birtwistle: | Tragoedia Richard Adeney (flute/piccolo), Peter Graeme (oboe), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Neil Sanders (horn), Hilary Wilson (harp), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) Sir Edward Downes | Bliss: | Oboe Quintet, Op. 21 Peter Graeme (oboe), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) Clarinet Quintet Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) Conversation No. 1: The Committee Meeting Richard Adeney (flute), Peter Graeme (oboe), Eli Goren (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) Conversation No. 5: In the Tube at Oxford Circus Richard Adeney (flute), Peter Graeme (oboe), Eli Goren (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) | Brahms: | Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin),
Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) | Crosse: | Concerto da camera Christopher Hyde-Smith (flute), Peter Graeme (oboe), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Anthony Jennings (bass-clarinet), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Neil Sanders (horn), James Buck (horn), David Mason (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Alfred Flaszinski (trombone), Tristan Fry (percussion), Jack Lees (percussion), Manoug Parikian (violin) | Davies, Maxwell: | Leopardi Fragments Mary Thomas (soprano), Rosemary Phillips (contralto); Richard Adeney (flute/piccolo), Peter Graeme (oboe), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Philip Jones (trumpet), Arthur Wilson (trombone), Terence Weil (cello), Osian Ellis (harp) | Françaix: | Divertissement for oboe, clarinet & bassoon Peter Graeme (oboe), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Lamar Crowson (piano) | Janacek: | Mládí (Youth), for wind sextet Richard Adeney (flute/piccolo), Peter Graeme (oboe), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Stephen Trier (bass-clarinet), Neil Sanders (horn), William Waterhouse (bassoon) In the Mists Lamar Crowson (piano) Concertino, JW VII/11 Lamar Crowson (piano), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Neil Sanders (horn),
William Waterhouse (bassoon) | Khachaturian: | Trio for clarinet, violin & piano Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Lamar Crowson (piano) | Mendelssohn: | Octet in E flat major, Op. 20 Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Kenneth Sillito (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Iona Brown (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Kenneth Essex (viola), Terence Weil (cello), Keith Harvey (cello) | Milhaud: | Suite for violin, clarinet and piano, Op. 157b Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Lamar Crowson (piano) | Mozart: | Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581 Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452 Lamar Crowson (piano), Peter Graeme (oboe), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Neil Sanders (horn), William Waterhouse (bassoon) Clarinet Trio in E flat major, K498 "Kegelstatt-Trio" Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Lamar Crowson (piano) | Nielsen: | Wind Quintet, Op. 43 (FS 100) Richard Adeney (flute), Peter Graeme (oboe & cor anglais), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Neil Sanders (horn), William Waterhouse (bassoon) | Poulenc: | Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon Peter Graeme (oboe), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Lamar Crowson (piano) Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, Op. 32 Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), William Waterhouse (bassoon) | Prokofiev: | Overture on Hebrew Themes, for clarinet, string quartet & piano, Op. 34 Lamar Crowson (piano), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) | Ravel: | Introduction & Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet Richard Adeney (flute), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Osian Ellis (harp),
Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) | Reger: | Clarinet Quintet in A major, Op. 146: Vivace Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin),
Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) | Schubert: | Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout' Lamar Crowson (piano), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F major for piano, violin, viola and cello, D487 Lamar Crowson (piano), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola),· Terence Weil (cello) | Schumann: | Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Lamar Crowson (piano) Märchenerzählungen (4) for Clarinet, Viola & Piano, Op. 132 Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Lamar Crowson (piano) | Skalkottas: | Octet William Bennett (flute), Peter Graeme (oboe), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) | Spohr: | Double String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 65 (String Octet) Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Kenneth Sillito (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Iona Brown (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Kenneth Essex (viola), Terence Weil (cello), Keith Harvey (cello) | Weber: | Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op. 34, J182 Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin),
Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello) |
The Melos Ensemble was formed by musicians who wanted to play chamber music scored for a larger ensemble in a combination of strings, winds and other instruments with the quality of musical rapport only regular groups can achieve. All its members were excellent musicians who held positions in notable orchestras and appeared as soloists. The clarinettist Gervase de Peyer, flautist Richard Adeney, viola player Cecil Aronowitz and cellist Terence Weil were the founding members. Planned as a group of twelve players – string quintet, wind quintet with piano and harp – this could be expanded by other players to perform an enormous range of works from Mozart through the classics and romantics of Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms to Bartók, Janácek, Nielsen, Poulenc and Khatchaturian. They also gave first performances and then recorded works by four then young British composers: Richard Rodney Bennett, Harrison Birtwistle, Gordon Crosse and Peter Maxwell Davies. The principal musicians who joined the initial four were the violinists Emanuel Hurwitz and Ivor McMahon, double bass player Adrian Beers, oboist Peter Graeme, horn player Neil Sanders, bassoonist William Waterhouse, pianist Lamar Crowson and harpist Osian Ellis. Many of the recordings are classics of the Gramophone and have been rarely out of the catalogue. Here is a set bringing together all their recordings made during those fifteen halcyon years of glorious music-making. “There is plenty of individual personality in the music-making here, but how beautifully these fine musicians blend together as a group...the polished elegance and charm of their playing cannot be heard to better effect than in the lovely Mozart Clarinet Quintet and Kegelstatt Trio, with Gervase de Peyer's beautiful solo playing richly limpid yet vital, and first-class recording.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Adams, J: | The Chairman Dances City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Adès: | Asyla City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle | Barber, S: | Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas | Bartók: | Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119 Martha Argerich (piano) Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit | Berg: | Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935) Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gianluigi Gelmetti | Bernstein: | West Side Story: Symphonic Dances City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi | Birtwistle: | Tragoedia Melos Ensemble, Lawrence Foster | Boulez: | Le Soleil des Eaux Josephine Nendick, Barry McDaniel & Louis Devos BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez | Britten: | Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Copland: | Fanfare for the Common Man Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, Enrique Bátiz | Debussy: | La Mer Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini | Delius: | Brigg Fair Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham | Dutilleux: | Cello Concerto Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo | Elgar: | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Jacqueline du Pré (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli | Falla: | Noches en los jardines de Espana Gonzalo Soriano Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Gershwin: | Rhapsody in Blue orch. Grofé London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | Gorecki: | Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' Zofia Kilanowicz Kraków Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk | Henze: | Barcarola City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Hindemith: | Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch | Holst: | The Planets, Op. 32 Geoffrey Mitchell Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | Honegger: | Movement symphonique No. 1 'Pacific 231' Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons | Janacek: | Sinfonietta Pro Arte Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | Khachaturian: | Masquerade Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | Landowski: | Adagio cantabile for string orchestra Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Marcel Landowski | Lutoslawski: | Concerto for Orchestra | Mahler: | Der Abschied (Das Lied von der Erde) Christa Ludwig (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | Maw, N: | Dance Scenes Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Harding | Messiaen: | Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum Ensemble de Percussion de l'Orchestre de Paris & Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo | Milhaud: | La Création du Monde, Op. 81 Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein | Nielsen: | Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (FS97) Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt | Orff: | Carmina Burana Lucia Popp, Gerhard Unger, Raymond Wolansky & John Noble Wandsworth School Boys' Choir & New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Pärt: | Spiegel im Spiegel Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe | Penderecki: | Tren (Threnody), "To the Victims of Hiroshima" Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki | Poulenc: | Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings & Timpani Gillian Weir City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | Prokofiev: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 Martha Argerich (piano) Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit | Rachmaninov: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Antonio Pappano | Ravel: | Boléro Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | Respighi: | Pines of Rome London Symphony Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli | Rodrigo: | Concierto de Aranjuez Angel Romero London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | Schnittke: | Minuet for String Trio Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet & Mstislav Rostropovich | Schoenberg: | 5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Shostakovich: | Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Wiener Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons | Sibelius: | Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund | Strauss, R: | Four Last Songs Nina Stemme Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano | Stravinsky: | The Rite of Spring London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | Takemitsu: | Water-ways London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen | Tavener: | The Protecting Veil Steven Isserlis (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rhozdestvensky | Tippett: | Concerto for double string orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra & Bath Festival Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai | Turnage: | Drowned Out City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle | Vaughan Williams: | The Lark Ascending Sarah Chang (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink | Walton: | Cello Concerto Lynn Harrell (cello) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Webern: | Six Pieces for Orchestra Op. 6 (revised version) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle |
Each disc in the set takes the listener on a fascinating journey through the century, composer by composer and work by work, from Russian Romanticism, French Impressionism, English Pastoralism, Atonalism, Neo Classicism right up to Post Modernism, and from as wide a range of countries and genres as possible. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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