Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke - Douglas Gordon Weiland: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 29: I. Allegro molto/Meno allegro
02. Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 29: II. Elegy. Adagio
03. Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 29: III. Allegro molto vivace
04. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 28: Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 28
05. Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 26: I. Allegro amabile
06. Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 26: II. Adagio molto
07. Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 26: III. Presto
08. Homage Fantasia, Op. 72, No. 2: Homage Fantasia, Op. 72, No. 2
09. Capriccio for Solo Violin, Op. 11: I. Gerschwind. Allegro – Allegro assai
10. Capriccio for Solo Violin, Op. 11: II. Quasi-sarabande
11. Capriccio for Solo Violin, Op. 11: III. Nachdenken (Caprice)
12. To a Butterfly, Op. 23

The music of Douglas Gordon Weiland – born, like Elgar, in Worcestershire, in 1954 – is one of the better-kept secrets of British musical life: very little of his substantial catalogue of orchestral, chamber and choral works has been recorded. This first volume in a projected series reveals a composer with an individual musical language, an angular lyricism informed by echoes of Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Frank Martin, its quieter moments having something of the autumn elegance of late Brahms and its more propulsive passages the energy and rough humour of Nielsen and Robert Simpson. Weiland was himself a professional violinist for some years, moreover, and he writes for the instrument with deep understanding.

Markiyan Melnychenko, violin
Rhodri Clarke, piano