Three remarkable chamber music discoveries make this an unmissable release. The world premiere of Paul Adrian Rooke's performing edition of three Elgar sketches ranging from the early 1880s to 1920 is an essential listen for all Elgarians, presented by Rooke in true Elgarian style. The early Frank Bridge Piano Quartet is a delightful and engaging score, which has not been heard for over a hundred years, while Adela Maddison said to be Fauré's mistress produced a large scale and gripping Piano Quintet from the dark years of the First World War. All are now revived in powerful performances by the Fibonacci Sequence with pianist Kathron Sturrock.

Edward Elgar/Rooke
Three Movements for Piano Trio*
(i) Lento assai Allegro moderato (1920)
(ii) Menuetto and Trio (1882)
(iii) March for the Grafton Family (1924)

* The three piano trio movements, all left incomplete by Edward Elgar, were turned into a performable work by Paul Adrian Rooke in 2007

Benjamin Nabarro (violin), Benjamin Hughes (cello), Kathron Sturrock (piano)

Adela Maddison
Piano Quintet (1916)
(i) Largamente Andante moderato
(ii) Vivace
(iii) Tranquillamente, ma non troppo lento
(iv) Allegro vivo

Jack Liebeck (violin), Helen Paterson (violin), Louise Williams (viola), Benjamin Hughes (cello), Kathron Sturrock (piano)

Frank Bridge
Piano Quartet in C minor (1902)
(i) Allegro ma non troppo
(ii) Scherzo: Presto
(iii) Poco adagio
(iv) Presto

Benjamin Nabarro (violin), Yuko Inoue (viola), Benjamin Hughes (cello), Kathron Sturrock (piano),

THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE

World premiere recordings

Recorded:
All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, 4-6 September 2008

CDLX 7220

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“Pianist Kathron Sturrock and the Fibonacci Sequence bring elegant virtuosity to the Elgar, to Adela Maddison’s fluent, French-influenced Piano Quintet ... and to Frank Bridge’s Piano Quartet. Fascinating additions to English Edwardian music.” Fiona Maddocks, The Observer, 17 May 2009