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Cover of CDD22027 - English Music for Clarinet - Hyperion Records
Greta Bridge by John Sell Cotman (1782-1842)
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
CDD22027
(Originally issued on CDA66014, CDA66044)


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Recording details: February 1989
St George's, Brandon Hill, United Kingdom
Produced by Various producers
Engineered by Various engineers
Release date: September 1997
Total duration: 102 minutes 1 seconds

'Music, its performance, and its recording, of the highest class' (Gramophone)

'The recording is outstandingly truthful. A splendid record' (The Monthly Guide)

'I don't think I have ever heard a more convincing recorded account of the instrument so superbly played here by Thea King' (Hi Fi for Pleasure)

'This set should be on the shelf of every teacher and serious student of the clarinet' (American Record Guide)

English Music for Clarinet
Thea King (clarinet), Clifford Benson (piano)
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Sonata for clarinet and piano Op 129  Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
CD1
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Movement 1: Allegro moderato  [7'49]
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Movement 2: Caoine. Adagio, quasi Fantasia  [5'51]
3
Movement 3: Allegretto grazioso  [6'13]
Four Short Pieces Op 6  Howard Ferguson (1908-1999)
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No 1: Prelude. Non troppo allegro  [0'52]
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No 2: Scherzo  [0'35]
6
No 3: Pastoral  [1'52]
7
No 4: Burlesque. Con Spirito  [1'11]
Five Bagatelles Op 23  Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
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No 1: Prelude  [3'23]
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No 2: Romance  [3'40]
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No 3: Carol  [1'52]
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No 4: Forlana  [2'36]
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No 5: Fughetta  [2'16]
Four Characteristic Pieces  William Hurlstone (1876-1906)
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No 1: Ballade  [5'50]
14
No 2: Croon Song  [3'02]
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No 3: Intermezzo  [2'29]
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No 4: Scherzo  [3'21]
Sonata for clarinet and piano  Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
CD2
1
Movement 1: Con moto, dolce e con tenerezza  [10'45]
2
Movement 2: Allegro, ritmico, con brio  [10'41]
3
Pastoral  [4'38]  Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)
4
Arabesques Op 47  [3'52]  Franz Reizenstein (1911-1968)
Sonata in B flat major for clarinet and piano  Arnold Cooke (1906-2005)
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Movement 1: Allegro moderato  [6'03]
6
Movement 2: Scherzando  [3'28]
7
Movement 3: Adagio ma non troppo  [6'13]
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Movement 4: Molto vivace  [3'29]
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