Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Piper of Dreams – Ruth Gipps Chamber Music (2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Piper of Dreams – Ruth Gipps Chamber Music (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:12 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
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Ruth Gipps made her musical talents apparent from an early age, and they were encouraged by her very supportive mother. She entered the Royal College of Music in 1937, aged 16, studying oboe and piano, in addition to composition (with Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gordon Jacob). Whilst at college, she performed Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto, and her tone poem Knight in Armour (CHAN 20078) was presented by Sir Henry Wood at the Last Night of the Proms in 1942. As the war continued, Gipps left London to become principal oboe with the City of Birmingham Orchestra, where she also performed as pianist and had several of her works programmed. Returning to London after the war, Gipps found fewer opportunities as a performer, and less interest in her orchestral scores. She concentrated on composing more chamber music, alongside a successful teaching career.This album of her chamber music for oboe (and cor anglais) features works composed from 1938 to 1990, representing Gipps’s entire compositional life. In demand as a soloist all over Europe, Juliana Koch was appointed Professor of Oboe at the Royal College of Music, London, in 2018 and is Principal Oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra.

Tracklist:

01. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Sonata No. 2, Op. 66: I. Andante doloroso (03:56)
02. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Sonata No. 2, Op. 66: II. Adagio (03:13)
03. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Sonata No. 2, Op. 66: III. Allegro moderato (05:33)
04. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Kensington Gardens Suite, Op. 2: I. Elfin Oak (01:57)
05. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Kensington Gardens Suite, Op. 2: II. Fat Pigeon (01:41)
06. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Kensington Gardens Suite, Op. 2: III. Chestnut Trees (02:00)
07. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Sea-weed Song, Op. 12c (03:05)
08. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Sea-shore Suite, Op. 3b: I. Gulls (01:45)
09. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Sea-shore Suite, Op. 3b: II. Sea Anemone (01:35)
10. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Sea-shore Suite, Op. 3b: III. Stormy Beach (01:11)
11. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Sonata No. 1, Op. 5a: I. Allegro moderato (06:06)
12. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Sonata No. 1, Op. 5a: II. Adagio (02:19)
13. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Sonata No. 1, Op. 5a: III. Finale (03:47)
14. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: The Piper of Dreams, Op. 12b (04:05)
15. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Trio, Op. 10: I. Moderato (08:47)
16. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Trio, Op. 10: II. Adagio (04:49)
17. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Trio, Op. 10: III. Allegro ritmico (06:06)
18. Juliana Koch, Michael McHale, Julian Bliss – Gipps: Threnody, Op. 74 (07:10)

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