Matthew Nelson – Charles Harford Lloyd: Chamber Music For Clarinet [CD]

Description

Charles Harford Lloyd (1849-1919) – organist of Gloucester Cathedral and the Chapel Royal, Oxford theologian and concert-organiser, music master at Eton and much more – was one of the most distinguished musicians of Victorian England. The largest part of his output is vocal music, mostly for the church; he composed only a handful of chamber works, often involving the clarinet. He wrote in a light Romantic idiom, where the influence of Brahms is often audible, as with his close friend, Hubert Parry. Lloyd knew how to make the clarinet sing, with one lovely, long-limbed melody after another. This first-ever album of his chamber music rescues a long-forgotten figure from the shadows.

Tracklist:

1. Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in B flat major~I. Allegro con brio
2. Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in B flat major~II. Andante espressivo
3. Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in B flat major~III. Allegro moderato
4. Duo Concertante
5. Annette
6. Suite in the Old Style~I. Prelude
7. Suite in the Old Style~II. allemande
8. Suite in the Old Style~III. Minuet
9. Suite in the Old Style~IV. Sarabande
10. Suite in the Old Style~V. Gigue
11. Dpart
12. Three Little Pieces~I. Romance
13. Three Little Pieces~II. A Simple Melody
14. Three Little Pieces~III. Valse Mignonne
15. Idyll
16. ‘Bon Voyage!’

UPC: 5060113447685
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 11.28.25
Format: CD