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Ferguson / Bliss / Holloway - Octets & Clarinet Quintet

Composer Arthur Bliss
Howard Ferguson
Robin Holloway
Performer Wigmore Soloists
Period Modern
Catalogue Number BIS-2547 SACD
EAN 7318599925479
Format SACD Hybrid

This hybrid disc plays on both CD and SACD players
SACD Surround - SACD Stereo - CD Stereo

Release date Nov 2023
Total time 74'09

Refined English works performed by the Wigmore Soloists
Upcoming release - available starting 17th November 2023
Following their critically acclaimed albums of Schubert (BIS-2597), Mozart and Birchall (BIS-2647), works for clarinet trio (BIS-2535) and, more recently, Beethoven and Berwald (BIS-2707), the Wigmore Soloists now turn their attention to twentieth-century English chamber works which, while eschewing some of the continent’s modernist tendencies, are both deeply personal and supremely written, highlighting the specific colours of each of the instruments. Read more
 
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  Howard Ferguson
  Octet, Op.4 20'05
01 I. Moderato 5'28
02 II. Allegro scherzoso 3'38
03 III. Andantino 5'22
04 IV. Allegro feroce 5'37
 
 
  Arthur Bliss
  Clarinet Quintet, F.20 28'11
05 I. Moderato 5'51
06 II. Allegro molto 7'41
07 III. Adagietto expressivo 8'24
08 IV. Allegro energico 6'15
 
 
  Robin Holloway
  Serenade in C, Op.41 25'48
09 I. Marcia 6'46
10 II. Menuetto alla tarantella 3'22
11 III. Andante 5'51
12 IV. Menuetto - Trio 5'28
13 V. Finale 4'21
 
  Album total 74'09
ComposerBliss, Arthur
Ferguson, Howard
Holloway, Robin
EnsembleWigmore Soloists

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