Magnard Ensemble - Dodgson: Chamber Music, Vol. 4 (2019)

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Artist: Magnard Ensemble
Title: Dodgson: Chamber Music, Vol. 4
Year Of Release: 2019
Label: Toccata Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 82:14 min
Total Size: 325 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. Sonata for Wind Quintet: I. Vivace
02. Sonata for Wind Quintet: II. Lento e sostenuto
03. Sonata for Wind Quintet: III. Allegro non troppo, giocoso
04. Gipsy Songs: No. 1, A Tattered Nation
05. Gipsy Songs: No. 2, Ptolemy's Bells
06. Gipsy Songs: No. 3, The Lord Treasurer's Fortune Is Told
07. Gipsy Songs: No. 4, The Faery Beam upon You
08. Wind in the Reeds: I. Lively and Accented
09. Wind in the Reeds: II. Songful and Expressive
10. Wind in the Reeds: III. Bright and Playful
11. Sonata for Horn & Piano: I. Allegro non tanto
12. Sonata for Horn & Piano: II. Andantino
13. Sonata for Horn & Piano: III. Moderato e maestoso
14. Trio for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano: I. Prelude
15. Trio for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano: II. Fly-by-Night
16. Trio for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano: III. Variations
17. 5 Minutes for Wind Quintet: I. First Light
18. 5 Minutes for Wind Quintet: II. Scamper
19. 5 Minutes for Wind Quintet: III. Sommeil
20. 5 Minutes for Wind Quintet: IV. Mischief
21. 5 Minutes for Wind Quintet: V. Pigeon Chorus

This fourth album in the Toccata Classics survey of the chamber music of London-born Stephen Dodgson (19242013) offers a first installment of his many works for woodwinds. Much of it brings Dodgsons sense of fun to the fore, often through rhythmic mischief or an insouciance that recalls Poulenc, but it also has that particularly English strain of lyricism that suggests the impermanence of beauty. British composer and broadcaster Stephen Dodgsons prolific musical output covered most genres, ranging from opera and large-scale orchestral music to chamber and instrumental music, as well as choral works and song. He wrote in a tonal, though sometimes unconventional, idiom. Paul Griffiths, in The Oxford Companion to Music, writes that Dodgson proved adept at producing likable, well-crafted music to order, often for unusual chamber ensembles.

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