Grace Williams: Chamber Music

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 8, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WILLIAMS, GRACE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      London Chamber Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Mitchell
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 08, 2019
    • UPC
      747313138074
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8571380
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro molto ritmico

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Performer: Madeleine Mitchell, Konstantin Lapshin

    2. II. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Performer: Madeleine Mitchell, Konstantin Lapshin

    3. III. Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Performer: Madeleine Mitchell, Konstantin Lapshin

    4. I. Poco adagio - Allegro con brio - Poco adagio

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble

    5. II. Allegro scherzando - Poco lento - Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble

    6. III. Andante: Tranquillo e semplice

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble

    7. IV. Allegro molto: Quasi una tarantella

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble

    8. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble

    9. II. Andantino

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble

    10. III. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble

    11. Romanza (arr. Z. Vulliamy for oboe and bass clarinet)

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Performer: John Anderson, Andrew Sparling

    12. Sarabande for Piano Left Hand

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Performer: David Owen Norris

    13. Rondo for Dancing (version for 2 violins and cello)

      Composer: Grace Williams

      Performer: Madeleine Mitchell, Gordon MacKay, Joseph Spooner


Grace Williams (19 February 1906 - 10 February 1977) was a Welsh composer. Born in the coastal town of Barry, near Cardiff, Grace learned piano and violin and developed her musical skills early. She won the Morfydd Owen scholarship to Cardiff University in 1923 where she studied under Professor David Evans and in 1926 she proceeded to the Royal College of Music, London, where she was taught by Gordon Jacob and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Williams is regarded by many as one of Wales finest composers. She wrote two symphonies, the earlier being the first symphony ever composed by a Welsh composer, a mass, one opera, numerous other pieces for orchestras and chamber ensemble, as well as accomplished vocal works. She was also the first British woman to score a feature film, with Blue Scar in 1949. Her chamber music, recorded here for the first time, spans 40 years.