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Dedication - The Clarinet Chamber Music of Ruth Gipps / Tippett Quartet
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Dedication - The Clarinet Chamber Music of Ruth Gipps / Tippett Quartet

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Composer
GIPPS, RUTH
Artist
Cigleris, Hulse, Honeybourne
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Oct 01, 2021
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0641
UPC
748871064126

About

SOMM Recordings celebrates the centenary of the birth of Ruth Gipps with Dedication, featuring five premiere recordings of chamber works inspired by her clarinetist-husband, Robert Baker, most of which were recently broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week. 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. Making their debuts on SOMM, clarinettist Peter Cigleris, oboist Gareth Hulse and pianist Duncan Honeybourne are joined by the Tippett Quartet, whose coupling of music by William Alwyn and Doreen Carwithen (SOMMCD 0194) was admired by The Strad for its “radiant insight and affection... beguiling lustre and allure”. SOMM’s coupling of Gipps’ Piano Concerto with works by Dora Bright (SOMMCD 273) was universally acclaimed, International Piano declaring it “a treat for fans of English music... unmissable”, MusicWeb International haiing it as “simply outstanding... really impressive”, with BBC Music Magazine remarking that Gipps’ Concerto “seizes one immediately with her distinctive personality and voice”.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 Rhapsody in E-Flat, Op. 23 11:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    Rhapsody in E-Flat, Op. 23
    Duration
    11:08
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris
    Ensemble
    Tippett Quartet
  2. 2 The Kelpie of Corrievreckan, Op. 5b 04:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    The Kelpie of Corrievreckan, Op. 5b
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris, Duncan Honeybourne
  3. 3 I. Allegro 10:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    10:49
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris, Gareth Hulse, John Mills, Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, Bozidar Vukotic
  4. 4 II. Adagio 05:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    05:45
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris, Gareth Hulse, John Mills, Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, Bozidar Vukotic
  5. 5 III. Energico 03:52
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Energico
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris, Gareth Hulse, John Mills, Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, Bozidar Vukotic
  6. 6 IV. Finale: Allegro moderato 06:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris, Gareth Hulse, John Mills, Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, Bozidar Vukotic
  7. 7 Prelude for Bass Clarinet 06:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    Prelude for Bass Clarinet
    Duration
    06:30
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris
  8. 8 I. Maestoso, Allegro ma non troppo 05:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Maestoso, Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris, Duncan Honeybourne
  9. 9 II. Andante con moto 05:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris, Duncan Honeybourne
  10. 10 III. Scherzando 03:12
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Scherzando
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris, Duncan Honeybourne
  11. 11 IV. Maestoso, Allegro molto 05:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Maestoso, Allegro molto
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris, Duncan Honeybourne