English Clarinet Quintets

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HOWELLS / COOKE / McCONCHY / FRANKEL / HOLBROOKE
English Clarinet Quintets
Thea King (clarinet) The Britten String Quartet

[ Hyperion Helios / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 24 March 2003

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'Yet another super disc from this company. Thea King is no stranger to Hyperion but I think this may be her best disc to date for them. [The Frankel] is a masterpiece pure and simple and anyone who tells you different must be deaf' (Tempo)

'Thea King is a peerless advocate in just such a voyage of discovery' (Hi Fi News)

'Easily the most important clarinet disc of the year' (Clarinet & Saxophone Journal)

'A CD to treasure and savour in the years to come' (Fanfare, USA)

'A most attractive disc, beautifully played' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

Tracks:

HERBERT HOWELLS
Rhapsodic Quintet Op 31 1917 [10'51]

ARNOLD COOKE
Clarinet Quintet 1962
Allegro [5'54]
Andante [7'36]
Rondo: Allegro vivace [3'50]

ELIZABETH MACONCHY
Clarinet Quintet 1963
Poco lento [3'25]
Scherzo: Presto [3'03]
Lento [3'24]
Allegro molto [3'02]

BENJAMIN FRANKEL
Clarinet Quintet Op 28 1956
Moderato [5'45]
Alla Burla [4'43]
Lento di molto [9'36]

JOSEPH HOLBROOKE
Ewean Shona [3'50]