Alwyn: Chamber Music and Songs

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
July 31, 2007
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ALWYN, WILLIAM
    • PERFORMER
      Various, Madeleine Mitchell
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 31, 2007
    • UPC
      747313034079
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8570340
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. Rhapsody

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Andrew Ball, Roger Chase, Madeleine Mitchell, Lucy Wilding

    2. I. Prelude

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Roger Chase, Madeleine Mitchell

    3. II. Theme and Variations

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Roger Chase, Madeleine Mitchell

    4. III. Finale alla capriccio

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Roger Chase, Madeleine Mitchell

    5. Ballade

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Andrew Ball, Roger Chase

    6. Wood Magic

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Iain Burnside, Madeleine Mitchell, Jeremy Huw Williams

    7. Lament of the Tall Tree

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Iain Burnside, Madeleine Mitchell, Jeremy Huw Williams

    8. No. 1. Nocturne

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Iain Burnside, Jeremy Huw Williams

    9. No. 2. Illumination

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Iain Burnside, Jeremy Huw Williams

    10. No. 3. Harvest

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Iain Burnside, Jeremy Huw Williams

    11. I. Allegro e grazioso

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Andrew Ball, Madeleine Mitchell

    12. II. Adagio

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Andrew Ball, Madeleine Mitchell

    13. III. Vivace

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Andrew Ball, Madeleine Mitchell

    14. No. 1. Winter Landscape

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    15. No. 2. Elegy, "Frozen Waters"

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    16. No. 3. Serenade, "Snow Shower"

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    17. Chaconne for Tom

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Performer: Iain Burnside, John Turner


William Alwyn composed prolifically in virtually all genres, orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental. Like his contemporary Samuel Barber, Alwyn was an unashamed Romantic who preferred his music to appeal to the heart rather than to the head.