Various Artists – Williamson: Chamber Music for Winds & Piano (2025) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Various Artists – Williamson: Chamber Music for Winds & Piano (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:45 minutes | 1,42 GB | Genre: Classical
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The uncompromising and divisive Master of the Queen’s Music Once one of the most widely performed composers of his generation, Malcolm Williamson’s music has since fallen into obscurity. This new recording – featuring 16 world premieres — seeks to redress that balance, offering a fresh perspective on a composer whose work defied easy categorization. Williamson’s output ranged from bold serial explorations to tuneful lyricism, often within the same piece. His music was lauded for its ingenuity yet suffered from the composer’s refusal to conform to prevailing academic tastes. As Master of the Queen’s Music, he occupied a prestigious position but remained a divisive figure—uncompromising in his artistic voice and unpredictable in both temperament and style. Drawn from recently uncovered archives, this collection spans nearly five decades of Williamson’s career, from early student works to some of his final compositions. The album includes the Clarinet Trio (1958), a strikingly assured work praised for its “forthright tunefulness” and loose application of serial technique, and the Concerto for Wind Quintet and Two Pianos, Eight Hands (1966), an intricate, often densely chromatic score performed by an extraordinary ensemble of composer-pianists.

Tracklist:

1-1. Simon Tong – Gallery: Opening Music I (00:17)
1-2. Simon Tong – Gallery: Concluding Music I (00:16)
1-3. Sarah O’Flynn – Pas de quatre: I. Allegro vivace (01:50)
1-4. Sarah O’Flynn – Pas de quatre: II. Var. 1, Allegro… (01:55)
1-5. Sarah O’Flynn – Pas de quatre: III. Pas de trois (01:57)
1-6. Sarah O’Flynn – Pas de quatre: IV. Var. 2, Presto… (01:44)
1-7. Sarah O’Flynn – Pas de quatre: V. Pas de deaux (02:32)
1-8. Sarah O’Flynn – Pas de quatre: VI. Coda (02:36)
1-9. Neyire Ashworth – Vocalise in G Major (Arr. for Clarinet & Piano by Anonymous) (01:20)
1-10. Neyire Ashworth – A Year of Birds: December (Arr. for Clarinet & Piano by Anonymous) (01:35)
1-11. Neyire Ashworth – Vocalise in G Minor (Arr. for Clarinet & Piano by Anonymous) (03:51)
1-12. Neyire Ashworth – Clarinet Trio: I. Poco Lento (03:05)
1-13. Neyire Ashworth – Clarinet Trio: II. Allegro – Presto (03:16)
1-14. Simon Tong – Gallery: Opening Music II (00:24)
1-15. Simon Tong – Gallery: Concluding Music II (00:29)
1-16. Sally Lundgren – Pieta (19:56)
1-17. Simon Tong – Gallery: Opening Music III (00:27)
1-18. Simon Tong – Gallery: Sandwich Trailer II (00:25)
1-19. Roger Montgomery – Music for Solo Horn (05:27)
1-20. Antony Gray – Concerto Fragment (01:26)
1-21. Simon Tong – Gallery: Sandwich Trailer I (00:19)
1-22. Simon Tong – Gallery: Concluding Music III (00:46)
1-23. Sarah O’Flynn – Concerto for 2 Pianos & Wind Quintet (Arr. for 2 Pianos & Wind Quartet by Anonymous): I. Lento (09:48)
1-24. Sarah O’Flynn – Concerto for 2 Pianos & Wind Quintet (Arr. for 2 Pianos & Wind Quartet by Anonymous): II. Allegro (02:50)
1-25. Sarah O’Flynn – Concerto for 2 Pianos & Wind Quintet (Arr. for 2 Pianos & Wind Quartet by Anonymous): III. Lento (07:21)
1-26. Sarah O’Flynn – Concerto for 2 Pianos & Wind Quintet (Arr. for 2 Pianos & Wind Quartet by Anonymous): IV. Allegro vivo (03:40)

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