Weiland: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 - Works For Violin and Piano
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DOUGLAS GORDON WEILAND
Weiland: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 - Works For Violin and Piano
Markiyan Melnichenko (violin), Rhodri Clarke (piano)
[ Toccata Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 7 August 2026
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The music of Douglas Gordon Weiland - born, like Elgar, in Worcestershire, in 1954 - is one of the better-kept secrets of British musical life: very little of his substantial catalogue of orchestral, chamber and choral works has been recorded. This first volume in a projected series reveals a composer with an individual musical language, an angular lyricism informed by echoes of Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Frank Martin, its quieter moments having something of the autumn elegance of late Brahms and its more propulsive passages the energy and rough humour of Nielsen and Robert Simpson. Weiland was himself a professional violinist for some years, moreover, and he writes for the instrument with deep understanding.
Tracks:
D. WEILAND - Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 29
Work length: 22:07
Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke (piano)
I. Allegro molto / Meno allegro - 9:56
II. Elegy. Adagio - 4:46
III. Allegro molto vivace - 7:25
D. WEILAND - Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 28
Work length: 12:59
Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke
(No movement details provided)
D. WEILAND - Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 26
Work length: 14:20
Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke
I. Allegro amabile - 5:08
II. Adagio molto - 5:07
III. Presto - 4:05
D. WEILAND - Homage Fantasia, Op. 72 No. 2
Work length: 5:09
Markiyan Melnychenko, Rhodri Clarke
(Single‑movement work)
D. WEILAND - Capriccio for Solo Violin, Op. 11
Work length: 11:54
Markiyan Melnychenko
I. Gerschwind. Allegro - Allegro assai - 5:04
II. Quasi‑sarabande - 4:00
III. Nachdenken (Caprice) - 2:50
D. WEILAND - To a Butterfly, Op. 23
Work length: 6:58
Markiyan Melnychenko
(Single‑movement work)
