Tippett Quartet, Gareth Hulse, Duncan Honeybourne, Peter Cigleris - Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Rhapsody for Clarinet & String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 23
02. The Kelpie of Corrievreckan, Op. 5b
03. Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet & String Trio, Op. 16: I. Allegro
04. Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet & String Trio, Op. 16: II. Adagio
05. Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet & String Trio, Op. 16: III. Energico
06. Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet & String Trio, Op. 16: IV. Finale. Allegro moderato
07. Prelude for Solo Bass Clarinet, Op. 51
08. Clarinet Sonata, Op. 45: I. Maestoso. Allegro ma non troppo
09. Clarinet Sonata, Op. 45: II. Andante con moto
10. Clarinet Sonata, Op. 45: III. Scherzando
11. Clarinet Sonata, Op. 45: IV. Maestoso. Allegro molto



SOMM Recordings celebrates the centenary of the birth of Ruth Gipps with "Dedication", featuring five premiere recordings of chamber works inspired by her clarinettist-husband, Robert Baker.

Based on a Scottish legend, the early The Kelpie of Corrievreckan (Op. 5b) is an evocative miniature for clarinet and piano revelling in Gipps’ facility for locating a human dimension within a tragic fantasy; the Op. 23 E-flat Rhapsody for clarinet and string quartet described by Robert Matthew-Walker in his informative booklet notes adroitly placing Gipps’ music within the wider context of her career and personal life, as “a fluent, masterfully eloquent composition”. The Op. 51 Prelude for Bass Clarinet is a heartfelt soliloquy with a series of dance-like variations at its heart.

Two substantial works include the Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet and String Trio, Op. 16 – a completion exercise for Gipps’ degree course at Durham University boasting an imaginative intertwining of the individual voices, and the Cobbett Prize-winning Clarinet Sonata composed at a single sitting. “I heard it in my mind and wrote it down as fast as I could scribble”, Gipps later recalled.

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