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Alwyn: Chamber Music

Philippa Davies (flute), The Nash Ensemble: Ian Brown (piano), Lucy Wakeford (harp), Paul Watkins (cello), Gareth Hulse, Katie Clemmow (oboes), Richard Hosford, Marie Lloyd (clarinets), Gareth Newman, Robin Kennard (bassoons), Richard Watkins, Tim Anderson (horns), Malin Broman (violin), Louise Williams...

The Dutton anthology centres around Alwyn's ouptut for flute. Indeed, it was as a flautist that the 15-year-old Alwyn gained admission to the Royal Academy of Music in 1920, later joining the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 23rd Oct 2006
Catalogue No: CDLX7176
Label: Dutton
Series: Epoch
Length: 75 minutes

Alwyn: Concerto for Flute & Eight Wind Instruments

Work length17:01

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Philippa Davies, The Nash Ensemble

I. Allegro ritmico

Track length4:01

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II. Allegretto scherzando

Track length2:53

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III. Andante sostenuto e semplice

Track length4:48

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IV. Allegro vivace

Track length5:19

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Alwyn: Naiades: Fantasy Sonata for Flute & Harp

Work length12:14

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Philippa Davies, The Nash Ensemble

Alwyn: Divertimento for Solo Flute

Work length13:43

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Philippa Davies, The Nash Ensemble

I. Introduction and Fughetta

Track length4:22

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II. Variations on a Ground

Track length5:16

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III. Gavotte and Musett

Track length1:46

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IV. Finale alla gigue

Track length2:19

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Alwyn: Trio for Flute, Cello & Piano

Work length13:25

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Philippa Davies, The Nash Ensemble

I. Adagio ma non troppo

Track length5:27

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II. Allegro con brio e giocoso

Track length7:58

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Alwyn: Sonata for Flute & Piano

Work length7:59

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Philippa Davies, The Nash Ensemble

Alwyn: French Suite. I. Fanfare

Work length1:20

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Philippa Davies, The Nash Ensemble

Alwyn: French Suite. II. Rondeau

Work length2:09

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Philippa Davies, The Nash Ensemble

Alwyn: French Suite. III. Gavotte

Work length1:09

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Philippa Davies, The Nash Ensemble

Alwyn: French Suite. IV. Two Interwoven Tunes

Work length2:12

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Philippa Davies, The Nash Ensemble

Alwyn: French Suite. V. Menuet I & Menuett II

Work length3:18

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Philippa Davies, The Nash Ensemble

Alwyn: French Suite. VI. Air de chasse

Work length1:07

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Philippa Davies, The Nash Ensemble

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Recorded in All Saints Church, East Finchley, 19-22 November 2005William

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The Dutton anthology centres around Alwyn's ouptut for flute. Indeed, it was as a flautist that the 15-year-old Alwyn gained admission to the Royal Academy of Music in 1920, later joining the ranks of the LSO (with whom he frequently performed under Elgar's baton), so it comes as no surprise that he writes with such fluency and understanding for the instrument. Of the six works here particularly appealing is Naiades, a pellucid, often ravishing fantasy-sonata for flute and harp composed in 1971 for Christopher Hyde-Smith and Marisa Robles. William Bennett was the lucky dedicatee of the engaging 1980 Concerto, while the distinguished French virtuoso René Le Roy premiered the resourceful (and technically demanding) Divertimento that Alwyn wrote for the 1941 ISCM Festival in New York.
Ten years later, Alwyn fashioned his twomovement Trio for Le Roy, pianist Jacques Février and composer-cellist Roger Albin. It's a most fetching creation, as is the compact Sonata from 1948. The French Suite (1937) is a graceful reworking of 18th-century airs for flute, violin, viola and harp. Needless to say, Philippa Davies performs with phenomenal control, sensitivity and panache throughout, and her colleagues in the Nash Ensemble tender immaculate support.
Strongly recommended.

Alwyn: Chamber Music

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