Ireland: Sextet, Trios, Sonatas for Clarinet, Violin and Cello)
6/1/2007, 20 Tracks, 2:59:33
Featuring
Yfrah Neaman
Julian Lloyd Webber
Eric Parkin
André Navarra
Gervase de Peyer
Melos Ensemble
John Ireland
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Composer's Artistic Vision
John Ireland was known to destroy much of his early work, always conscious of what he called the 'irrevocability of publication'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
John Ireland found it almost impossible to compose 'to order', refusing commissions for a second film score and a second piano concerto.
Compositional Technique
John Ireland was particularly successful in avoiding the pitfalls of composing for piano trio, despite the inherent pitch incompatibility between piano and stringed instruments.
Composer Biography
John Ireland was a student of Charles Stanford, who put him through a rigorous discipline of strict counterpoint, which Ireland later found to be of 'inestimable value'.
Composer Biography
John Ireland, the composer, once described himself as 'England's most laborious composer,' and compared to his contemporaries, his output is relatively small.
Composer's Artistic Vision
John Ireland rarely dedicated his works, wryly commenting that when he did, the piece never seemed to be played.
Composer's Artistic Vision
John Ireland maintained that he was not influenced by folk song, stating, 'the tunes I have written have been my own tunes'.
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