℗ 2021 SOMM Recordings
Released | September 17, 2021 |
Duration | 1h 07m 31s |
Record Label | SOMM Recordings |
Catalogue No. | SOMMCD0641 |
Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music
Peter Cigleris, Tippett Quartet, John Mills, Jeremy Isaac, Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, Bozidar Vukotic, Duncan Honeybourne, Gareth Hulse
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Rhapsody for Clarinet & String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 23
Ruth Gipps; Peter Cigleris; Tippett Quartet; John Mills; Jeremy Isaac; Lydia Lowndes-Northcott; Bozidar Vukotic |
11:08 | |||
1.2
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The Kelpie of Corrievreckan, Op. 5b
Ruth Gipps; Peter Cigleris; Duncan Honeybourne |
4:04 | |||
Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet & String Trio, Op. 16
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1.3
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I. Allegro
Ruth Gipps; Peter Cigleris; Gareth Hulse; John Mills; Lydia Lowndes-Northcott; Bozidar Vukotic |
10:49 | |||
1.4
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II. Adagio
Ruth Gipps; Peter Cigleris; Gareth Hulse; John Mills; Lydia Lowndes-Northcott; Bozidar Vukotic |
5:45 | |||
1.5
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III. Energico
Ruth Gipps; Peter Cigleris; Gareth Hulse; John Mills; Lydia Lowndes-Northcott; Bozidar Vukotic |
3:52 | |||
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IV. Finale. Allegro moderato
Ruth Gipps; Peter Cigleris; Gareth Hulse; John Mills; Lydia Lowndes-Northcott; Bozidar Vukotic |
6:06 | |||
1.7
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Prelude for Solo Bass Clarinet, Op. 51
Ruth Gipps; Peter Cigleris |
6:30 | |||
Clarinet Sonata, Op. 45
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1.8
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I. Maestoso. Allegro ma non troppo
Ruth Gipps; Peter Cigleris; Duncan Honeybourne |
5:27 | |||
1.9
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II. Andante con moto
Ruth Gipps; Peter Cigleris; Duncan Honeybourne |
5:12 | |||
1.10
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III. Scherzando
Ruth Gipps; Peter Cigleris; Duncan Honeybourne |
3:12 | |||
1.11
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IV. Maestoso. Allegro molto
Ruth Gipps; Peter Cigleris; Duncan Honeybourne |
5:26 | |||
Digital Booklet
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SOMM Recordings celebrates the centenary of the birth of Ruth Gipps with Dedication, featuring five premiere recordings of chamber works inspired by her clarinetist-husband, Robert Baker, most of which were recently broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week. Based on a Scottish legend, the early The Kelpie of Corrievreckan (Op.5b) is an evocative miniature for clarinet and piano revelling in Gipps’ facility for locating a human dimension within a tragic fantasy; the Op.23 E-flat Rhapsody for clarinet and string quartet described by Robert Matthew- Walker in his informative booklet notes adroitly placing Gipps’ music within the wider context of her career and personal life, as “a fluent, masterfully eloquent composition”. The Op.51 Prelude for Bass Clarinet is a heartfelt soliloquy with a series of dance-like variations at its heart. Two substantial works include the Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet and String Trio, Op.16 – a completion exercise for Gipps’ degree course at Durham University boasting an imaginative intertwining of the individual voices, and the Cobbett Prize-winning Clarinet Sonata composed at a single sitting. “I heard it in my mind and wrote it down as fast as I could scribble”, Gipps later recalled. Making their debuts on SOMM, clarinettist Peter Cigleris, oboist Gareth Hulse and pianist Duncan Honeybourne are joined by the Tippett Quartet, whose coupling of music by William Alwyn and Doreen Carwithen (SOMMCD 0194) was admired by The Strad for its “radiant insight and affection... beguiling lustre and allure”. SOMM’s coupling of Gipps’ Piano Concerto with works by Dora Bright (SOMMCD 273) was universally acclaimed, International Piano declaring it “a treat for fans of English music... unmissable”, MusicWeb International haiing it as “simply outstanding... really impressive”, with BBC Music Magazine remarking that Gipps’ Concerto “seizes one immediately with her distinctive personality and voice”.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – SOMM Recordings Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.87 -3.44 to -0.32 | -23.36 -25.56 to -21.56 | -19.85 -22.00 to -18.20 | 13 8 to 14 | |
1 | Rhapsody for Clarinet & String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 23 | -0.32 | -21.56 | -18.2 | 14 |
2 | The Kelpie of Corrievreckan, Op. 5b | -2.49 | -24.36 | -20.5 | 13 |
3 | I. Allegro | -0.32 | -22.30 | -18.9 | 14 |
4 | II. Adagio | -2.58 | -23.95 | -20.8 | 14 |
5 | III. Energico | -3.44 | -25.06 | -22.0 | 14 |
6 | IV. Finale. Allegro moderato | -2.19 | -21.71 | -18.5 | 12 |
7 | Prelude for Solo Bass Clarinet, Op. 51 | -2.88 | -23.88 | -19.7 | 8 |
8 | I. Maestoso. Allegro ma non troppo | -2.11 | -22.91 | -19.5 | 13 |
9 | II. Andante con moto | -1.88 | -25.56 | -21.6 | 13 |
10 | III. Scherzando | -2.05 | -22.85 | -19.4 | 13 |
11 | IV. Maestoso. Allegro molto | -0.32 | -22.75 | -19.2 | 14 |