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Toccata

Simpson: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

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Details

Composer
Robert Simpson, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, A. E. Housman
Artist
The Tippett Quartet, John Mills, Jeremy Isaac, Lydia Lowndes Northcott, Bozidar Vukotic, Eva-Maria H
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Jan 17, 2025
Catalog #
TOCC0701
UPC
5060113447012

About

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 to music didn't need it - 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.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro moderato 04:59
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Robert Simpson
    Ensemble
    Tippett Quartet
  2. 2 II. Adagio non troppo 06:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio non troppo
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    Robert Simpson
    Ensemble
    Tippett Quartet
  3. 3 III. Allegretto grazioso 03:23
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegretto grazioso
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Robert Simpson
    Ensemble
    Tippett Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Presto 04:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Robert Simpson
    Ensemble
    Tippett Quartet
  5. 5 Trocknet nicht, Träne 04:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    Trocknet nicht, Träne
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Robert Simpson
    Performer
    Eva-Maria Hartmann, Cornelis Witthoefft
  6. 6 The Cherry Tree 04:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    The Cherry Tree
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Robert Simpson
    Performer
    Eva-Maria Hartmann, Cornelis Witthoefft
  7. 7 I. Lento molto - Allegro non troppo 10:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Lento molto - Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    10:26
    Composer
    Robert Simpson
    Performer
    Emma Johnson, Raphael Wallfisch, John Lenehan
  8. 8 II. Quartet Note = c. 72 06:58
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Quartet Note = c. 72
    Duration
    06:58
    Composer
    Robert Simpson
    Performer
    Emma Johnson, Raphael Wallfisch, John Lenehan
  9. 9 II. Allegro molto e furioso 10:24
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Allegro molto e furioso
    Duration
    10:24
    Composer
    Robert Simpson
    Performer
    Emma Johnson, Raphael Wallfisch, John Lenehan
  10. 10 I. Adagio tranquillo 06:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Adagio tranquillo
    Duration
    06:39
    Composer
    Robert Simpson
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris, Derek Hannigan, Will Duerden, Levi Andreassen, Daniil Margulis
  11. 11 II. Allegro 07:33
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    07:33
    Composer
    Robert Simpson
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris, Derek Hannigan, Will Duerden, Levi Andreassen, Daniil Margulis
  12. 12 III. Adavio 04:06
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Adavio
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Robert Simpson
    Performer
    Peter Cigleris, Derek Hannigan, Will Duerden, Levi Andreassen, Daniil Margulis