Composer: Stephen Dodgson
Performer: Magnard Ensemble, Suzie Clements, Mana Shibata, Joseph Shiner, Catriona McDermid, Jonathan Farey, Suling King, Catriona McDermid, Olivia Jageurs
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0499
Release: 2020
Size: 1.41 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Quintet for Winds & Piano
01. I. Poco lento – Allegro – Poco lento
02. II. Allegro
Serenade for Oboe, Clarinet & Bassoon
03. I. Poco lento
04. II. Allegro ben moderato
05. III. Andante
06. IV. Vivace
Baermann’s Treasure
07. Introduction. Andante maestoso
08. Theme. Poco allegro, amabile
09. Var. 1. Alla Mazurka
10. Var. 2
11. Var. 3. Scherzando
12. Var. 4
13. Var. 5. Più tranquillo. Semplice
14. Var. 6. Allegro vivace
15. Baermann’s Treasure, the Sequel (Further, Freer Variations)
Suite for Wind Quintet
16. I. Ouverture
17. II. Pastorale
18. III. Menuets I & II
19. IV. Musette
20. V. Rondeau
Duo for Horn & Harp
21. I. Andante
22. II. Allegro scherzando
23. III. Moderato
24. Promenade No. 2 for Wind Quintet
This fifth album in the Toccata Classics survey of the chamber music of London-born Stephen Dodgson (19242013) offers a second instalment of his many works for woodwinds, as well as a duo for the unusual combination of horn and harp. Much of it brings Dodgsons sense of fun to the fore, often through rhythmic mischief or an insouciance that recalls Poulenc. It can have a spiky vivacity that suggests Janáek, too, and a hint of Baroque formality but it also has that particularly English strain of lyricism that suggests the impermanence of beauty.