Following critically acclaimed albums of Schubert, Mozart and Birchall, works for clarinet trio and, more recently, Beethoven and Berwald, the Wigmore Soloists turn their attention to twentieth-century English chamber works which, while eschewing some of the continent’s modernist tendencies, are both deeply personal and supremely written, highlighting the specific colours of each of the instruments.
The new album – out on BIS Records – features Howard Ferguson’s Octet, Op.4, Sir Arthur Bliss’s Clarinet Quintet and Robin Holloway’s Serenade in C, Op.41
