Songs and Chamber Music

Listen to an excerpt from the second movement 'Mesto Semplice' of String Quartet No. 1 played by the Maggini Quartet

RONALD CORP

STRING QUARTETS

String Quartet No. 1 'The Bustard'
Country Matters (song-cycle) for tenor and string trio
String Quartet No. 2

Maggini Quartet
Mark Wilde, tenor

NAXOS 8.570578

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'Ronald Corp has composed two beautiful and highly effective quartets. They are original in concept and clearly establish a very individual voice, perhaps stemming from Ron's extensive work with choirs. Both have a very wide expressive range, from highly energetic, motoric scherzos to the evocation of the stillness and expanse of the Salisbury Plain [in No. 1]. We have greatly enjoyed performing and recording these quartets and look forward to future chamber works from this enterprising and hugely accomplished musician.'

Martin Outram, Viola player of the Maggini Quartet

THE SONGS OF RONALD CORP

Song-cycles: The Music of Housman
The Music of Whitman
Flower of Cities

Break, break, break
The Bath
Sleep
Toward the Unknown Region

and songs from his choral works
for baritone and piano, including
Give to my Eyes, Lord
The Owl and the Pussycat
'Weep You no More, Sad Fountains'
and other songs from Cornucopia

Mark Stone, baritone
Simon Lepper, piano

STONE RECORDS 5060192780031

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The first recording of the songs of Ronald Corp, including his settings of Housman, Whitman and his London cycle as well as selections from his larger choral works.

Watch video of recording session of
'The Owl and the Pussycat'

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