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Clifford Benson

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The Dartington Ensemble

ex The Nash Ensemble

Born: 17th November 1946, Grays, Essex, England.
Died: 10th August 2007.
Classical pianist specialising in sonatas. His most important duo partners being William Bennett and Levon Chilingirian.

ALBUMS

Clifford Benson, Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe, Michael George

2006, CD, Album, Helios

Charles Villiers Stanford, Stephen Varcoe, Clifford Benson

Stanford: Songs Vol 2

2000, CD, Hyperion

Stanford* - Stephen Varcoe, Clifford Benson

Songs - 1 (Including Songs From: 'The Glens Of Antrum' And Settings Of Heine, Keats, George Eliot)

2000, CD, Album, Hyperion

Sir Hubert Parry* / Stephen Varcoe, Clifford Benson

Songs By Sir Hubert Parry

1998, CD, Album, Hyperion,

Thea King, Clifford Benson, Stanford*, Ferguson*, Finzi*, Hurlstone*, Howells*, Bliss*, Reizenstein*, Cooke*

Music For Clarinet And Piano

1997, 2xCD, Comp, RE, Hyperion

Thea King, Clifford Benson

English Music For Clarinet

1997, 2xCD, Comp, RE, Hyperion

Sir Charles Stanford*, Clifford Benson, James Griffett

Trottin' To The Fair: Songs And Ballads By Sir Charles Stanford

Respighi* & Ravel*, Lydia Mordkovitch, Clifford Benson

1995, CD, Album, Chandos

Bennett* & Benson*

Reinecke: "Undine" Concert Live At Nova Hall

1995, CD, Album, Camerata

Bennett* & Benson*

Poulenc: Flute Sonata

1995, CD, Album, Camerata

William Bennett (3), Clifford Benson

Flying High With Altus

1994, CD, The Altus Flute

Gary Gray (5), Clifford Benson, Malcolm Arnold, Leonard Bernstein, Claude Debussy, Bohuslav Martinů, Francis Poulenc, Camille Saint-Saëns

Arnold / Bernstein / Debussy / Martinů / Poulenc / Saint-Saëns

1993, CD, Centaur Records

George Butterworth, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Brian Rayner Cook, Clifford Benson

Songs Cycles By Vaughan Williams And Butterworth

1991, CD, Album, Unicorn-Kanchana

Thea King, Clifford Benson

Music For Clarinet And Piano Volume 2

1989, CD, Hyperion

Nielsen* • Lydia Mordkovitch, Clifford Benson

Sonatas For Violin And Piano

Clifford Benson, Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe, Michael George

Margaret Fingerhut, Margaret Cable, William Bennett (3), Kenneth Sillito, Clifford Benson

Homage A Joseph Haydn, Homage A Albert Roussel, Homage A Gabriel Faure

Brahms*, Thea King, Clifford Benson

Clarinet Sonatas

Gerald Finzi, Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe, Clifford Benson

Earth And Air And Rain

Brahms* - Thea King, Gabrieli Quartet*, Karina Georgian, Clifford Benson

Clarinet Quintet / Clarinet Trio

Stanford*, James Griffett, Clifford Benson

Songs From The Elfin Pedlar

1983, LP, Hyperion,

Thea King, Clifford Benson

Music For Clarinet And Piano Volume 2

1982, LP, Album, Hyperion,

Robin Milford - Marion Milford, Evelyn Barbirolli*, Clifford Benson, Christopher Wellington, The Southern Pro Arte, Christopher Finzi

Fishing By Moonlight (The Music Of Robin Milford)

1982, LP, Hyperion,

Susan Milan, Clifford Benson, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jacques Ibert, Eugène Bozza, Henri Dutilleux, Sergei Prokofiev

Music For Flute And Piano

1982, LP, Dir, Hyperion

Fritz Kreisler - Shlomo Mintz, Clifford Benson

Recital (Liebesfreud, Liebesleid...)

Thea King, Clifford Benson, Stanford*, Ferguson*, Finzi*, Hurlstone*

Music For Clarinet And Piano

Finzi* - Ian Partridge, Stephen Roberts (2), Clifford Benson

Songs By Finzi & His Friends (Gerald Finzi 25th Anniversary Celebration 1981)

Frank Bridge, Levon Chilingirian / Clifford Benson / Rohan de Saram / Druvi de Saram

Violin Sonata ~ Cello Sonata

1977, LP, Pearl

William Bennett (3), Trevor Wye & Clifford Benson

The Romantic Silver Flute

1976, LP, Album, Pearl

Gabriel Fauré, Thomas Igloi, Clifford Benson

Violoncello Sonatas

Julian Lloyd Webber, Clifford Benson

The Voice Of The Instrument

Levon Chilingirian, Clifford Benson

Schubert Three Sonatinas For Violin And Piano

1971, LP, Pearl

Mr. William Bennett*, Mr. Trevor Wye*, Mr. Clifford Benson*

A Victorian Music Evening

Gabriel Fauré, Thomas Igloi, Clifford Benson

Cello Sonatas Op. 109 And 117, Sicilienne, Elegie

CD, CRD Records

APPEARANCES +

The Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings

2019, 15xCD, Comp, RE + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon

50 Violin Masterworks

2018, 3xCD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Impressionist

Hyperion New Release Sampler – August 2014

2014, 23xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion,

Fritz Kreisler – Ferras* · Heifetz* · Kreisler* · Kremer* · Mintz* · Mutter* · Oistrakh* · Ricci*

Liebesfreud · Liebesleid – Homage To Fritz Kreisler

2011, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon,

Romantic/Impressionist

Lydia Mordkovitch, Locatelli*, Ysaÿe*, Chausson*, Shostakovich*, Rachmaninoff*

Pays Tribute To David Oïstrakh

2010, CD, Comp, Chandos Classics

2009, CD, Comp, SJ Entertainment Group GmbH & Co. KG, Xclu, Impogram

The Complete Chamber Music

2008, 12xCD, Comp + Box, Hyperion

Franck* • Debussy* • Ravel* • Fauré*, Shlomo Mintz, Yefim Bronfman

French Violin Sonatas

2005, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Deutsche Grammophon

A Violin Weekend

2005, CD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon,

Classical/Romantic

The Essential Hyperion 2

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Hyperion Records Limited

Joel McNeely, The London Chamber Orchestra

Lover's Prayer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Echoes Of The Past

All Time Great String Solos

1996, CD, Comp, Classic FM

The Best Of Best Melody II: Light Classic Music

1996, CD, Comp, Gol, Deutsche Grammophon

Hummel* - The Nash Ensemble

Septet In D Minor Op. 74 • Septet In C Major Op. 114 'The Military'

1995, CD, Comp, RE, CRD Records

Various Artists*

Fairest Isle (British Music From Medieval To Modern Times)

1995, 2xCD, Comp, BBC Music Magazine, BBC Music Magazine, Hyperion, Hyperion,

Howard Ferguson

Discovery: Selected Chamber Works

1995, CD, Chandos

Debussy*, Saint-Saëns*, William Bennett (3), Nicholas Daniel, James Campbell (6), Rachel Gough

French Chamber Music for Woodwinds, Volume One

1994, 2xCD, Cala

Maurice Ravel, Francis Poulenc, William Bennett (3), Nicholas Daniel, James Campbell (6), Rachel Gough

French Chamber Music For Woodwinds, Volume Two

1994, 2xCD, Cala,

Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saëns, William Bennett (3), Nicholas Daniel, James Campbell (6), Rachel Gough

French Chamber Music For Woodwinds, Volume One

1994, 2xCass, Comp, Cala

Shlomo Mintz • Christian Ferras • Hans Calafues

Liebesfreud (Violin Recital)

1993, CD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon

The Essential Hyperion

1993, CD, Comp, Hyperion,

Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Post-Modern

Klassiska Pärlor Volym 2

1991, Cassette,

Mendelssohn* • Bruch* • Kreisler*, Shlomo Mintz, Claudio Abbado • Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Violinkonzerte = Violin Concertos / Caprice Viennois • Liebesleid • Liebesfreud

Margaret Fingerhut

Homage A Joseph Haydn, Homage A Albert Roussel, Homage A Gabriel Faure

Richard Strauss - Jeffrey Tate, English Chamber Orchestra

Suite Der Burger Als Edelmann Op.60. Metamorphosen.

Howard Ferguson (3) - The Nash Ensemble, Levon Chilingirian

Octet - Bagatelles - Violin Sonata No.2

Julian Lloyd Webber

Debut - Music For The Cello

Martinů* - Dartington Ensemble*

Three Madrigals / Five Madrigal Stanzas / Four Madrigals / Madrigal Sonata

Charles Villiers Stanford

Trottin' To The Fair: Songs By Sir Charles Stanford

1981, LP, Discourses,

Technical/Interview/Spoken Word

The Magic Flute Of Susan Milan: French Flute Music

Schubert*, The Nash Ensemble

Piano Quintet In A Major, Op.114, D.667 "The Trout" • Adagio In E Flat (Notturno) for Pianoforte, Violin And Violoncello, Op.148, D.897

Beethoven* / Archduke Rudolph Of Austria*, The Nash Ensemble

Trio For Pianoforte, Clarinet And Violoncello In B Flat Major Op. 11 / Trio For Pianoforte, Clarinet And Violoncello

Johann Nepomuk Hummel / Franz Berwald – The Nash Ensemble

Septet In D Minor, Op. 74 For Piano, Flute, Oboe, Horn, Viola, Cello And Double Bass • Grand Septet In B Flat For Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello And Double Bass

D. Shostakovich*, B. Britten*, The Alberni Quartet

Shostakovich: Piano Quintet In G Minor Op. 57 / Britten: String Quartet No. 1 In D Major, Op. 25

Felicity Palmer Sings Ravel* With John Constable And The Nash Ensemble Directed By Simon Rattle*

Felicity Palmer Sings Ravel

1976, LP, Argo (2),

Impressionist/Modern

Twentieth-Century Music III

1974, LP, Open University

Sings Pierrot Lunaire

Box, Comp + 5xCD, RM, Brilliant Classics,

Neo-Romantic/Modern

Spohr*, Hummel*, Berwald*, Kreutzer*, Beethoven*, Franz Schubert

Romantic Ensembles (Septets, Octets & Nonets)

6xCD, RM + Box, Comp, Brilliant Classics,

Romantic/Classical

Prokofiev*, Shostakovich*, Schnittke*, Lydia Mordkovitch

Sonata In D Op. 115 / Sonata In C Op. 56 / Sonata Op. 134 / Praeludium In Memoriam D. Shostakovich

CD, RE, RP, Chandos,

Michael Townsend

CDr, Not On Label (Michael Townsend (4) Self-released)

Hummelflug (Ein Musikalischer Frühling)

CD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon,

LP, Album, Toshiba Records

Romantische Cellowerken

2xCD, Comp, Astoria

2013, 19xCD, Comp, Box, Brilliant Classics,

Kyung-Wha Chung, Joshua Bell, Nicola Benedetti, Janine Jansen

2012, CD, Comp, Decca,

State Of The Art - Deutsche Grammophon - The Story = Die Geschichte

A Treasury Of English Song

2004, CD, Comp, Hyperion

1999, CD, Promo, Smplr, Boosey & Hawkes,