DISCOGRAPHY

"Carnavalesque" by Arthur Benjamin

John Harding violin Ian Munro piano

CONTENTS

Jamaican Rumba (arr. Primrose) violin & piano

Sonatina (1924) violin & piano

Sonatina (1939) cello & piano

Sonata (1947) Elegy Waltz - Toccata viola & piano

Tombeau de Ravel (1958) clarinet & piano

Three Pieces (1924) Humoresque Arabesque (The Muted Pavane) Carnavalesque (Valse) violin & piano

 Following on from TP105 (solo piano music), we now hear several of Benjamin's best chamber works. Here are some pieces that will surprise those who expect more Jamaican pleasantries, although included is one of the arrangements of JR by violist William Primrose. Especially fine, in my view, are the dark wartime viola sonata and the ingenious homage to Ravel, a British Valses nobles et sentimentales perhaps.

Ian Munro piano

John Harding violin

Peter Jenkin clarinet

David Pereira cello

Esther van Stralen viola

Recorded in the Newcastle Conservatorium Recital Hall and the Eugene Goossens Hall, May, December 1998 and January 1999

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