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2/10/2026

William Alwyn - Chamber Works Vol. 2

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

Chamber Works Volume 2

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

Divertimento for Solo flute

Crepuscule for Solo Harp

Sonata for Oboe and Piano

Sonata for Flute and Piano

Sonata Impromptu for Violin and Viola

The Haffner Wind Ensemble of London with Guests

Nicholas Daniel

Kate Hill - flute

Joy Farrall - clarinet

Leland Chen - violin

Clare McFarlane - viola

Ieuan Jones - harp

Julius Drake - piano

Recorded August 19-23, 1992 at The Faculty Of Music Concert Hall, West Road, Cambridge

Painting: Bird of Paradise Flowers by William Alwyn

British Tone Poems Vol.1 (Austin, Alwyn, Bantock, Gurney, Balfour Gardiner, Vaughan Williams)

British Tone Poems - Volume 1

Frederic AUSTIN (1872-1952)

Spring. Symphonic Rhapsody (1902-07)

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

Blackdown. A Tone Poem from the Surrey Hills (1926)

Granville BANTOCK (1868-1946)

The Witch of Atlas. Tone Poem No 5 for Orchestra (1902)

Ivor GURNEY (1890-1937)

A Gloucestershire Rhapsody for Orchestra (1919-21), ed. Philip Lancaster and Ian Venables

Henry BALFOUR GARDINER (1877-1950)

A Berkshire Idyll for Small Orchestra (1913)

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

The Solent. Impression for Orchestra (1902-03) ed. James Francis Brown

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Rumon Gamba

Recccorded: 14-16 September 2016, BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff

William Alwyn - Chamber Works Vol.1

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

Chamber Works - Volume 1

Concerto For Flute And Eight Wind Instruments (1980)

Suite for Oboe and Harp (1945)

Naiades: Fantasy - Sonata For Flute And Harp (1971)

Music for Three Players (1950)

Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano (1951)

London Haffner Wind Ensemble

Kate Hill (Flute)

Nicholas Daniel (Oboe)

Julius Drake (Piano)

Ieuan Jones (Harp)

Joy Farrall (Clarinet)

Leland Chen (Violin)

Caroline Dearnley (Cello)

Recorded on 19-23 August 1992 at Faculty Of Music Concert Hall, West Road, Cambridge

William Alwyn - Complete Symphonies; Sinfonietta for Strings

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

The Complete Symphonies

Sinfonietta for Strings

Symphony No. 1 (1949)

Symphony No. 2 (1953)

Symphony No. 3 (1956)

Symphony No. 4 (1959)

Symphony No. 5 "Hydriotaphia" (1973)

Sinfonietta for Strings (1970)

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

recorded Mar 1992 - Jan 1994 all digital recordings

William Alwyn - Quartet No.3; String Trio; Rhapsody for Piano Quartet

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

Rhapsody for Piano Quartet

String Trio

Quartet No. 3

Quartet of London

Carmel Kaine - violin

John Trusler - violin

Simon Rowland-Jones - viola

Peter Willison - cello

David Willison - piano

Cover Painting: Winter Sunrise by William Alwyn

William Alwyn - Mirages, Divertimento, Naiades, Fantasy Waltzes & Sonata alla toccata

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

CD 1

Mirages, A Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano (1970) [27:10]

Divertimento for Solo Flute (1939) [13:35]

Naiades, Fantasy-Sonata for Flute and Harp (1971) [12:53]

CD 2

Fantasy-Waltzes (1956) [33:25]*†

Sonata alla Toccata (1937) [11:38]*†

Benjamin Luxon (baritone); David Willison (piano); Christopher Hyde-Smith (flute); Marisa Robles (harp); * Sheila Randell (piano)

rec. ADD † mono recordings, 1959, 1971

William Alwyn - Fantasy Waltzes; Twelve Preludes

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

Fantasy Waltzes (1980)

Twelve Preludes

John Ogdon - piano

Cover Painting: The Ballet Dancer by William Alwyn

William Alwyn - String Quartets Nos. 10-13

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

Early String Quartets

String Quartet No. 10 En Voyage (1932)
String Quartet No. 11 in B minor (1933)
Fantasia (String Quartet No. 12) (1935)
String Quartet No. 13 (1936)

Tippett Quartet (John Mills, Jeremy Isaac (violins); Lydia Lowndes-Northcott (viola); Bozidar Vukotic (cello))
rec. St Nicholas Parish Church, Thames Ditton, 2-3 March 2016
First recordings