John Lenehan

Tasmin Little, John Lenehan – C. Schumann, D. E. Smyth & A. Beach: Works for Violin & Piano (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · October 13, 2023 · Comments off

Tasmin Little returns with a line-up of three women composers whose lives share some features but also significant differences that illustrate the complex lives of female musicians. Clara Schumann, Dame Ethel Smyth, and Amy Beach all came from families that encouraged their musical interests but balked, in varying degrees, at professional training and engagement. All three composers draw on the influence of Robert Schumann and Brahms; Beach and Smyth, in particular, were fond of metrical and motivic manipulation. Tasmin Little plays this music, so close to her heart, with her usual warmth and dexterity. The manuscript of Clara Schumann’s final chamber work, Three Romances, declares it ‘for piano and violin’, an ordering reflected in the relative complexity of the parts, the florid passagework here played beautifully by Little’s long-term collaborator, John Lenehan.

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Huw Wiggin & John Lenehan – Reflections (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · March 11, 2023 · Comments off

One of the most popular saxophonists performing today, Huw Wiggin has been said by The Times to have a tone of ‘liquid gold’. For his latest album Huw has put together a programme that is as varied as it is popular, and for which he commissioned several brand new arrangements by John Lenehan, including Debussy’s ‘The Girl with the Flaxon Hair’. The result is a unique journey of contrasting repertoire, enlivened by the versatile nature of the saxophone, and these innovative interpretations bring a new twist to familiar musical territory.

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Helen Habershon, John Lenehan – Found in Dreams (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · March 6, 2023 · Comments off

Helen Habershon, John Lenehan - Found in Dreams (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Helen Habershon is both an accomplished performer and an inspired composer of music which often evokes nature, or human emotions and sensibilities this is music which is ‘easy listening’ and in the light music tradition, and is unpretentious, but never facile: it has deep meaning. Her first two CDs have been highly praised and were Album of the Month and Album of the Week on Classic FM (UK) respectively.
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Helen Habershon & John Lenehan – Finzi & Brahms: Music for Clarinet & Piano (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · June 11, 2022 · Comments off

Helen Habershon is both an accomplished performer and also an inspired composer of music which often evokes nature, or human emotions and sensibilities. Her first two CDs have been highly praised and were Album of the Month and Album of the Week on Classic FM (UK) respectively. Her album ‘Found in Winter’, released in 2019, has been aired by Classic FM ever since. Helen had an established performing career until a serious injury led her to turn to composing, but she is now once again able to perform.

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