Beach, Howard

Recorder Bravura - Works by Sarasate; Paradis; Chopin; Massenet; Wessely; Finzi; Gossec et al. / Piers Adam: recorder; Howard Beach: piano

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Pablo de Sarasate: Ziegeunerweisen; Maria Theresia von Paradis: Sicilienne for keyboard in E flat major; Frédéric Chopin: Variations on "Non piú mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, f...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Beach, Howard

The inspiration for this project came with the discovery of a wealth of extravagant salon music written for a now-obsolete wind instrument called the czakan....continue...
Recording information: Vestry Hall, London College of Music (03/1997)....continue...

The English Nightingale: Virtuoso Recorder Music from Reniaissande to Romantic / Piers Adams: recorder; Howard Beach: keyboards; David Watkin: cello

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-10-09

Works: Jacob van Eyck: Variations on "Wat Zal Men Op Den Avond Doen"; Der Fluyten Lust-hof; Giovanni Bassano: Divisions on Crecquillon's "Onques amour" for ensemble; William Croft: Sonata in G major; Arcang...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Beach, Howard; Watkin, David

Piers Adams is widely regarded as one of the greatest recorder players of our time. He has worked tirelessly to develop the recorder's repertoire and...continue...
Recording information: St. Dunstan's Church, East Cheam (11/1989)....continue...

Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos; Handel: Recorder Sonatas / Piers Adams, recorder; Howard Beach, harpsichord, organ; David Watkin, cello

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-07-10

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Piccolo in A minor, RV 445; Concerto for Recorder in C minor, RV 441; Concerto for Flute in D ma...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Beach, Howard; Watkin, David
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: Musica Da Camera

Piers Adams is widely regarded as one of the greatest recorder players of our time. He has worked tirelessly to develop the recorder's reputation as...continue...

Baroque Cello Illuminations / Angela East

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-09-08

Works: Henry Eccles: Sonata for violin in G minor; Willem de Fesch: Sonata for bassoon & cello in D minor, Op. 8/3; Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata no 5 in E minor (Largo, Allegro, Largo, Allegro); François Co...
Performers: Beach, Howard

Played by a member of Red Priest, these pieces commonly taught to cello students assume a completely different dimension!...continue...

Pirates of the Baroque - Stolen Masterworks and Forgotten Musical Jewels / Red Priest

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-06-09

Works: Jean-Marie Leclair: Tambourin, for ensemble; Paola Simonetti: Sonata in C minor, 'La Burrasca' ("The Sea-Storm"), Op. 5/2; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Howard Beach: Suit...
Performers: Beach, Howard
Conductors:
Ensemble: Red Priest

"Spectacular virtuosity and mischievous wit... Red Priest go way over the top but return from the other side with previously unimagined delights." -BBC Music Magazine...continue...

Nightmare in Venice / Red Priest

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-06-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, Op. 3 no 8/RV 522; Robert Johnson / Nicholas Le Strange: English Fantasy Suite, for c...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Beach, Howard; Bishop, Julia; Carcassi, Tommaso; East, Angela; Walmsley, Peter
Conductors:
Ensemble: Red Priest

"Nightmare In Venice is a deliciously Baroque Halloween-fest if there ever was one. Replete with hissing and catcalls, this disc is a chiller... Image is...continue...

Jacob: Quartet for Oboe & Strings, etc

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-03-20

Works: Gordon Jacob: Quartet for oboe & strings; Shakespearian Sketches (6) for String Trio; Sonata for oboe & harpsichord; Sonatina for violin; Trio for flute, oboe & harpsichord
Performers: Beach, Howard; Dussek, Michael; Fitton, Judith; Francis, Sarah; Halsey, James; Mason, Frances; Schiele, Brian

[The Quartet] is a piece that clearly means a great deal to Francis, for she responds with even greater affection, characterful spark and disarming grace...continue...

Telemann: Oboe Sonatas / Sarah Francis, Jane Dodd, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-08-13

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Essercizii musici, P 47; Tafelmusik, Part 3; Getreue Music-Meister; Sonata for Oboe and Basso Continuo in G minor, TV 41 no g 10
Performers: Beach, Howard; Dodd, Jane; Francis, Sarah; Jordan, Robert; Powell, Margaret

"admirable collection draws on both the Essercizzi musici and Der getreue Musikmeister and includes an extra sonata... interplay between soloists and bassoon in particularly felicitous....continue...

The English Nightingale - Virtuoso Recorder Music / Adams

1 CD / Albany Records / 1993-02-01

Works: Jacob van Eyck: Variations on "Wat Zal Men Op Den Avond Doen"; Der Fluyten Lust-hof; Giovanni Battista Bassani: Divisions on "Onques Amour"; William Croft: Sonata in G major; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonat...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Beach, Howard; Watkin, David