Matthew Nelson, Alexander Volpov, Chad Sloan, Anna Petrova - Charles Harford Lloyd: Chamber Music for Clarinet (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro con brio
02. Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano in B-Flat Major: II. Andante espressivo
03. Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro moderato
04. Duo concertante for Clarinet & Piano
05. Annette
06. Suite in the Old Style: I. Prelude
07. Suite in the Old Style: II. Allemande
08. Suite in the Old Style: III. Minuet
09. Suite in the Old Style: IV. Sarabande
10. Suite in the Old Style: V. Gigue
11. Le départ
12. 3 Little Pieces: No. 1, Romance
13. 3 Little Pieces: No. 2, A Simple Melody
14. 3 Little Pieces: No. 3, Valse mignonne
15. Idyll
16. Bon Voyage!

Charles Harford Lloyd (18491919) organist of Gloucester Cathedral and the Chapel Royal, Oxford theologian and concert-organiser, music master at Eton and much more was one of the most distinguished musicians of Victorian England. The largest part of his output is vocal music, mostly for the church; he composed only a handful of chamber works, often involving the clarinet. He wrote in a light Romantic idiom, where the influence of Brahms is often audible, as with his close friend, Hubert Parry. Lloyd knew how to make the clarinet sing, with one lovely, long-limbed melody after another. This first-ever album of his chamber music rescues a long-forgotten figure from the shadows.

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