M. Arnold - Wind Chamber Music

Those who think of Malcolm Arnold as the composer of sparkling orchestral music and highly successful film scores will be delighted and perhaps surprised at the feast of smaller-scale treasures on this recording, several of them recorded here for the first time. They span virtually his entire composing life from the early Constant Lambert-inspired 'Overture for Wind Octet' to the enigmatic 'Duo (Divertimento) for Two Clarinets' written after serious mental illness and a number of years of compositional silence. This release follows March's issue of more Arnold Chamber music, the first and second String Quartets, released after the composer's death late last year at the age of 85. All nine symphonies are also already available separately on Naxos.

1) Allegro
2) Presto
3) Alla Marcia
4) 1. Allegro Energico
5) 2. Allegretto
6) Overture
7) 3. Vivace
8) 4. Lento
9) 5. Vivace
10) 1. Prelude
11) 2. Tango. Elaine
12) 3. Dance. Censored
13) 4. Ballad
14) 5. Valse. Ugo
15) 6. Adagio
16) Scherzetto
17) 1. Allegro Energico
18) 2. Languido
19) 3. Vivace
20) 4. Andantino
21) 5. Maestoso
22) 6. Piacevole
23) 1. Allegro Con Brio
24) 2. Allegretto Semplice
25) 3. Allegro Vivace