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Robin Milford – Chamber Music (FLAC)

Robin Milford - Chamber Music (FLAC)
Robin Milford – Chamber Music (FLAC)

Composer: Robin Milford
Performer: Robert Plane, Lucy Gould, Mia Cooper, David Adams, Alice Neary, Benjamin Frith, Gould Piano Trio
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0244
Release: 2014
Size: 276 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

01. Phantasy Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet, Op. 33
02. Idyll, Op. 57Lucy Gould05:03

Clarinet Trio in F Major, Op. 87
03. I. Allegro moderato
04. II. Adagietto affettuoso
05. III. Scherzo. Vivo brillante

06. Threne, Op. 81
07. Lyrical Movement, Op. 89
08. Prelude, Op. 92

Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 77
09. I. Moderato
10. II. Romanza
11. III. Tempo di minuetto
12. IV. Vivace

The revival of interest in the music of Robin Milford (1903–59) has largely bypassed his exquisite chamber music, an omission this recording seeks to redress.


It presents some of his most attractive compositions for chamber forces, showing his very personal – and very English – combination of melodic freshness, elegiac lyricism and echoes of folksong.


The clarinettist Robert Plane has been described as the ‘current occupier of the shoes of the late Thea King in his championship of British clarinet music’.


Two couples perform on this recording: Robert Plane is married to the violinist Lucy Gould and the cellist Alice Neary is married to the violist David Adams.


Robert Plane has been principal clarinet of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Northern Sinfonia and, now, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The Gould Trio – Lucy Gould, violin; Alice Neary, cello; Benjamin Frith, piano – are one of Britain’s best-known piano trio, touring internationally and recording frequently. They are also active as teachers and coaches, principally at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where they hold residencies. Mia Cooper is leader of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Dublin.

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