Rawsthorne: A Portrait - Woodwind Concertos and Chamber Works

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Linda Merrick (clarinet), Sylvia Harper (oboe), Jake Rea (violin), David Aspin (viola), Joseph Spooner (cello), David Owen Norris (piano), Laura Robinson (recorder), John Turner (recorder), Roger Child (lute), Jill Crowther (oboe)

Manchester Sinfonia, English Northern Philharmonia, Richard Howarth,...

This amiable, accomplished selection from a composer of great acumen hails from northern England — as he did — and comprises seven items...Oboe astringency sorts well with Rawsthorne’s expressive... — Sunday Times, 25th March 2018 More…

Release Date: 1st Dec 2017
Catalogue No: PFCD053
Label: Prima Facie
Length: 77 minutes

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Rawsthorne, A: Clarinet Concerto

Work length16:54

$6.00

$7.80

Linda Merrick (clarinet)
Manchester Sinfonia
Richard Howarth
Recorded: 29 July 2016
Recording Venue: Turner Simms Concert Hall, Southampton University, England, United Kingdom

Clarinet Concerto: I. Preludio. Moderato

Track length3:46

$1.00

$1.30

Clarinet Concerto: II. Capriccio. Allegro molto

Track length4:20

$1.00

$1.30

Clarinet Concerto: III. Aria. Adagio

Track length5:23

$1.00

$1.30

Clarinet Concerto: IVa. Invention. Allegro grocioso

Track length2:46

$1.00

$1.30

Clarinet Concerto: IVb. — (Original Ending)

Track length0:19

$1.00

$1.30

Clarinet Concerto: IVb. — (Revised Ending)

Track length0:20

$1.00

$1.30

Rawsthorne, A: Oboe Quartet No. 1

Work length16:16

$4.00

$5.15

Sylvia Harper (oboe), Jake Rea (violin), David Aspin (viola), Joseph Spooner (cello)
Recorded: 16 May 2000
Recording Venue: ASC Recording, England, United Kingdom

Rawsthorne, A: Studies On A Theme By Bach

Work length8:46

$2.00

$2.60

Jake Rea (violin), David Aspin (viola), Joseph Spooner (cello)
Recorded: 15 May 2000
Recording Venue: ASC Recording, England, United Kingdom

Rawsthorne, A: Brother James's Air

Work length2:02

$1.00

$1.30

Joseph Spooner (cello), David Owen Norris (piano)
Recorded: 29 June 2000
Recording Venue: Leeds University Great Hall, England, United Kingdom

Rawsthorne, A: Cello Sonata

Work length14:01

$3.00

$3.90

Joseph Spooner (cello), David Owen Norris (piano)
Recorded: 29 July 2016
Recording Venue: Turner Simms Concert Hall, Southampton University, England, United Kingdom

Cello Sonata: I. Adagio

Track length4:30

$1.00

$1.30

Cello Sonata: II. Adagio

Track length4:56

$1.00

$1.30

Cello Sonata: III. Allegro molto

Track length4:35

$1.00

$1.30

Rawsthorne, A: A Most Eloquent Music

Work length2:20

$1.00

$1.30

Laura Robinson (recorder), John Turner (recorder), Roger Child (lute)
Recorded: 10 January 2016
Recording Venue: St Thomas’s Church, Stockport, England, United Kingdom

Rawsthorne, A: Oboe Concerto

Work length17:36

$3.00

$3.90

Jill Crowther (oboe)
English Northern Philharmonia
Alan Cuckston
Recorded: 29 June 2000
Recording Venue: Leeds University Great Hall, England, United Kingdom

Oboe Concerto: I. Maestoso appasionato - Allegro

Track length5:57

$1.00

$1.30

Oboe Concerto: II. Allegretto con morbidezza

Track length6:29

$1.00

$1.30

Oboe Concerto: III. Vivace

Track length5:10

$1.00

$1.30

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This album from Prima Facie showcases Alan Rawsthorne's Woodwind Concertos and Chamber Works (composed between 1936 and 1961) performed by various artists including Linda Merrick, Sylvia Harper, Jill Crowther, the Manchester Sinfonia and The English Northern Philharmonia.

Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971) gained his first notable success at the London Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music in 1936 with a performance of his Theme and Variations for Two Violins. A further success was registered at the Warsaw Festival of the same organization in 1939 with his Symphonic Studies. Following the war, in which he served in the Army, he devoted himself to composition and between then and his death was to produce several substantial works, making important contributions to the chamber music and solo piano repertoire.

The recordings of three of the works on this disc, the Quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello (No.1), Studies on a Theme by Bach for string trio and the Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra were included on a now deleted CD released by ASC in 2002. These are represented here alongside new recordings of further chamber music and the Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra.

In the case of the Clarinet Concerto, this album provided an opportunity to include not only the premiere recording of the published, original ending, but also the revised ending. The very attractive arrangement of 'Brother James's Air', also for cello and piano, is a premiere recording. 'A Most Eloquent Music', from the incidental music Rawsthorne composed for the 1961 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet, has also been included on a CD released by the RSC in commemoration of the four- hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

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Manchester Sinfonia, English Northern Philharmonia, Richard Howarth, Alan Cuckston

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25th March 2018

This amiable, accomplished selection from a composer of great acumen hails from northern England — as he did — and comprises seven items...Oboe astringency sorts well with Rawsthorne’s expressive character.

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