VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: On Wenlock Edge / Piano Quintet / Romance and Pastorale
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On Wenlock Edge is a song cycle for tenor, piano and string quartet, published in 1909, setting six poems from A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad. Although...
On Wenlock Edge is a song cycle for tenor, piano and string quartet, published in 1909, setting six poems from
A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad. Although there have been a number of recordings of this song cycle recently,
this disc features the remarkable voice of Mark Padmore and uniquely adds the early Piano Quintet in C minor,
recently released for performance by the composer's widow and published in 2002, and also the Romance and
Pastorale, two similarly early, brief lyric pieces for violin and piano published in 1923. The Quintet was written for
piano, violin, viola, cello and double-bass - as was Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet. It is a wonderful early work, full of
passion and melodic invention.
This recording marks the Schubert Ensemble's debut on Chandos and also its 25th anniversary. The Ensemble has
always been at the forefront of British chamber music performance and is now firmly established as one of the
world's leading exponents of music for piano and strings. Classic FM Magazine has written, 'The Schubert
Ensemble of London are a marvelously unified ensemble, imparting their energy and lyricism to anything to which
they turn their expert hands', while Fanfare recently commented, 'The performances by The Schubert Ensemble
are exactly what the music requires - they fizzle with energy and pep'.
The Schubert Ensemble will tour throughout the UK during its anniversary year.
On Wenlock Edge (more info)
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No. 1. On Wenlock Edge - 3:41
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No. 2. From far, from eve and morning - 2:32
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No. 3. Is my team ploughing? - 3:34
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No. 4. Oh, when I was in love with you - 0:46
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No. 5. Bredon Hill - 7:39
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No. 6. Clun - 3:19
Piano Quintet in C minor (more info)
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I. Allegro con fuoco - 9:32
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II. Andante - 9:54
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III. Fantasia quasi variazioni: Moderato - 9:41
Romance and Pastorale (more info)
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Romance - 5:02
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Pastorale - 3:31