Various - Jones: Chamber Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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My first encounter with Kenneth V. Jones was in 2016 when our family moved to the village of Bishopstone in the Sussex Downs. Over the course of several months I was able to learn more of Kenneth's musical life. As soon as he mentioned having once written a string quartet, it was decided to programme the work during the following Season of Seaford Music Society, of which Kenneth was a long-standing member and whose programming I had recently taken on. Such was the warmth of the reception upon hearing the work that it was decided to explore more of Kenneth's chamber music output, and thus the idea for this CD was born. We have Kenneth to thank for the fact the the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music made the decision, at his suggestion, to include contemporary compositions in their graded examination syllabuses. Several of the short character pieces that Kenneth wrote for the ABRSM remain in the syllabus to this day, and a selection of these is included on this recording. It gave me huge pleasure to be able to present to Kenneth the first edit of the current CD, just a few days before his death in December 2020. He was absolutely thrilled. © Sebastian Comberti Album Tracks 1. Quintet for Piano & String Quartet Op. 26~Allegro 2. Quintet for Piano & String Quartet Op. 26~Adagio 3. Quintet for Piano & String Quartet Op. 26~Allegro 4. Wind Quintet No. 2 Op. 2~Lento 5. Wind Quintet No. 2 Op. 2~Vigoroso 6. Wind Quintet No. 2 Op. 2~Sempre sostenuto et corrente 7. Wind Quintet No. 2 Op. 2~Giocoso 8. Day Dawns on the Breakwater, for cello 9. Valley Song, for violin 10. Moorhen's Tap Dance, for cello 11. Semi-Siesta, for violin 12. Dancing Puppet, for violin 13. Morning Song, for cello 14. Quinquifid for Brass Quintet~Andante-Allegro 15. Quinquifid for Brass Quintet~Allegro 16. Quinquifid for Brass Quintet~Jiocoso-Andant

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Jones: Chamber Music

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