Songs by Goossens, Bliss & Howells Consone Quartet Jakob Fichert

Jakob Fichert

these works—many previously overlooked—finally receive the attention they so richly deserve

The qualities that appeal in many of Schmitt's larger works are found in abundance in this selection that spans his entire creative life: his music’s gorgeous sensuality

this second volume of Keyboard Works by Johann Ludwig Krebs demonstrates his diverse compositional style that represent a significant sea-change in musical taste of the time

The flute concertos by Jacques Ibert

Songs by Goossens, Bliss & Howells Consone Quartet Jakob FichertJames Geer (tenor) Ronald Woodley (piano) In the years immediately leading up to the First World War the Royal College of Music in London welcomed three of the most brilliant young musicians of their generation as students: Eugene Goossens, Arthur Bliss, and Herbert Howells. Close friends as they became, their musical personalities nevertheless evolved over the following years as notably distinct from one another. This disc brings something of their