King, Thea > Chamber Music

Brahms: Complete Chamber Music / Hamelin, King, Power, New Budapest String Quartet, et al

12 CD / Hyperion / 2008-10-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sextet for Strings no 1 in B flat major, Op. 18; Sextet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 36; Quintet for Strings no 1 in F major, Op. 88; Quintet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 111...
Performers: Benson, Clifford; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Peter [Piano]; Hamelin, Marc-Andre [Piano]; Hosford, Richard; Hugh, Timothy; Isserlis, Steven; King, Thea; Lane, Piers; Lester, Richard [Cello]; Oso...
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Ensemble: Florestan Trio; Leopold String Trio; New Budapest String Quartet; Raphael Ensemble

This deluxe, mid-priced boxed set of twelve discs contains some of the finest recordings ever made of the chamber music masterpieces of Johannes Brahms. Containing...continue...

Chamber Music - Rawsthorne, Berkeley, Bush / Brymer, The Music Group of London, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-05-13

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina for violin & piano, Op. 17; Sextet for clarinet, horn & string quartet, Op. 47; Alan Bush: Concert Studies (3) for piano, violin & cello, Op. 31; Ballads (2) of the Sea, for...
Performers: Bean, Hugh; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Bush, Alan; Civil, Alan; Humphreys, Sydney; King, Thea; Major, Margaret; Parkhouse, David; Routh, Frances; Simpson, Derek; Wellington, Christopher
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Ensemble: London Music Group

Bliss: Music for Strings, A Prayer to the Infant Jesus, etc

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-03-11

Works: Herbert Howells: Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 21; Fantasy String Quartet, Op. 25; Rhapsodic Quintet, for clarinet quintet, Op. 31
Performers: King, Thea
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Ensemble: Richards Ensemble; Richards Piano Quartet

"I have often been told that I am a 'romantic' composer as though that carried in these days some deprecatory significance. I have not the...continue...

Clarinet Quintets / Thea King, Britten Quartet

1 CD / Hyperion / 2003-05-01

Works: Herbert Howells: Rhapsodic Quintet, for clarinet quintet, Op. 31; Arnold Cooke: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Elizabeth Maconchy: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Benjamin Frankel: Quintet for C...
Performers: King, Thea; Lale, Peter; Manning, Peter; Pascoe, Keith; Shulman, Andrew

'Yet another super disc from this company. Thea King is no stranger to Hyperion but I think this may be her best disc to date...continue...

Centenary Tribute to Frederick Thurston

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2001-09-01

Works: Arthur Bliss: Quintet for clarinet & string quartet, Op. 50, F. 20; Charles Villiers Stanford: Sonata for clarinet & piano, Op. 129; Alan Rawsthorne: Quartet for clarinet, violin, viola & cello; Gord...
Performers: Foggin, Myers; King, Thea; Thurston, Frederick

Romberg, Fuchs: Clarinet Quintets; Stanford / King, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-06-01

Works: Andreas Romberg: Quintet for clarinet, violin, 2 violas & cello, Op. 57; Robert Fuchs: Quintet for clarinet & strings in E flat minor, Op. 102; Charles Villiers Stanford: Fantasies (2) for clarinet a...
Performers: King, Thea

Neglected masterpieces? Not quite, though Andreas Romberg's undisguised homage to Mozart has something of the master's charm, as does the Brahms-saturated Quintet of Robert Fuchs;...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Music for Flute / William Bennett, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-11-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Quinteto em forma de Chôros, W 231; Modinha, W 534; Bachiana brasileira no 6 for Flute and Bassoon; Distribuiçao de flores, W 381; Assobio a jato (The Jet Whistle), f...
Performers: Bennett, William; Black, Neil; King, Thea; Robin O'Neill [Bassoon/Conductor]; Tunnell, Charles; Wynberg, Simon

William Bennett is one of the finest flautists of the present day - and on this disc, he is in excellent company with some leading...continue...

Crusell: Clarinet Quartets / King, Allegri String Quartet

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-11-01

Works: Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Quartet for Clarinet and Strings no 1 in E flat major, Op. 2; Quartet for Clarinet and Strings no 2 in C minor, Op. 4; Quartet for Clarinet and Strings no 3 in D major, Op. 7
Performers: Carter, Peter; King, Thea; Pacey, Prudence; Schrecker, Bruno

"Crusell's compositions for the clarinet are generally acknowledged today as the finest from the early years of the 19th Century...The generally relaxed approach of Thea...continue...

Simpson: String Quartet, String Quintet, Clarinet Quintet

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-09-01

Works: Robert Simpson: Quintet for clarinet & strings; Quartet for Strings no 13; String Quintet no 2 for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos
Performers: Kampen, Christopher van; King, Thea

'Stern but vigorous, with all the classic virtues of chamber music' (Classic CD)

'Yet another invigorating and thought-provoking disc in Hyperion's invaluable Simpson cycle. Richly...continue...

Beethoven, Mozart: Quintets for Piano & Winds / Perahia

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat major, K 452; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn in E flat major, Op. 16
Performers: Black, Neil; Halstead, Anthony; King, Thea; Perahia, Murray; Sheen, Graham

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet, Clarinet Trio / King, Gabrieli

1 CD / Hyperion / 1983-01-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115; Trio for clarinet (or viola), cello & piano in A minor, Op. 114
Performers: Benson, Clifford; Georgian, Karine; King, Thea

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Clarinet Quintet / Thea King

1 CD / Hyperion / 1983-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581
Performers: King, Thea
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey;
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli String Quartet