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Toccata

Douglas Gordon Weiland: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

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Details

Composer
Douglas Gordon Weiland
Artist
Markiyan Melnichenko, Rhodri Clarke
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Aug 07, 2026
Catalog #
TOCC0806
UPC
5060113448064

About

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, it's quieter moments having something of the autumn elegance of late Brahms and it's 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.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro molto - Meno allegro 09:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro molto - Meno allegro
    Duration
    09:56
    Composer
    Douglas Weiland
    Performer
    Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke
  2. 2 II. Elegy: Adagio 04:46
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Elegy: Adagio
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Douglas Weiland
    Performer
    Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke
  3. 3 III. Allegro molto vivace 07:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Douglas Weiland
    Performer
    Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke
  4. 4 Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 28 12:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 28
    Duration
    12:59
    Composer
    Douglas Weiland
    Performer
    Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke
  5. 5 I. Allegro amabile 05:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro amabile
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Douglas Weiland
    Performer
    Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke
  6. 6 II. Adagio molto 05:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio molto
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Douglas Weiland
    Performer
    Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke
  7. 7 III. Presto 04:05
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Douglas Weiland
    Performer
    Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke
  8. 8 Homage Fantasia, Op. 72, No. 2 05:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    Homage Fantasia, Op. 72, No. 2
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Douglas Weiland
    Performer
    Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke
  9. 9 I. Gerschwind: Allegro - Allegro assai 05:04
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Gerschwind: Allegro - Allegro assai
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Douglas Weiland
    Performer
    Markiyan Melnychenko
  10. 10 II. Quasi-sarabande 04:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Quasi-sarabande
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Douglas Weiland
    Performer
    Markiyan Melnychenko
  11. 11 III. Nachdenken (Caprice) 02:50
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Nachdenken (Caprice)
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Douglas Weiland
    Performer
    Markiyan Melnychenko
  12. 12 To a Butterfly, Op. 23 06:58
    Track
    12
    Title
    To a Butterfly, Op. 23
    Duration
    06:58
    Composer
    Douglas Weiland
    Performer
    Markiyan Melnychenko