Robert Simpson: Chamber Music, Volume One
Most of the chamber music of Robert Simpson (1921–97) was recorded by Hyperion in the 1980s and ‘90s, but there remained some gaps in that discography. The Robert Simpson Society has sponsored two albums to plug them, this first one including an early string quartet and two songs that came to light only after the composer’s death. In later life Simpson used to say that poems good enough to set didn‘t need music – but these two youthful essays prove that he was already a master. Simpson wrote the D major string quartet as a student at Durham; an examiner described it as ‘fearless’. The two mature works – vintage Simpson – bring his sense of symphonic momentum into the clarinet repertoire.
The Tippett Quartet
Emma Johnson, clarinet
Raphael Wallfisch, cello
John Lenehan, piano
Eva-Maria Hartmann, soprano
Cornelis Witthoefft, piano
Peter Cigleris, clarinet
Derek Hannigan, bass clarinet
Will Duerden, double bass
Levi Andreassen, double bass
Daniil Margulis, double bass
Listen To This Recording:
String Quartet in D Major
- I. Allegro moderato (4:59)
- II. Adagio non troppo (6:18)
- III. Allegretto grazioso (3:24)
- IV. Presto
- Trocknet nicht! (4:12)
- The Cherry Tree (4:19)
Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
- Lento molto – (10:26)
- Quarter Note = c. 72 (6:58)
- Allegro molto e furioso (10:24)
Quintet for Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and Three Double Basses
- Adagio tranquillo (6:39)
- Allegro – (7:33)
- Adagio (4:06)
First Recordings
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