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Hamilton Harty: String Quartets; Piano Quintet. Goldner String Quartet and Piers Lane. © 2012 Hyperion Records Ltd

Irish musician Sir Hamilton Harty made his reputation as Conductor in Chief of the Hallé Orchestra. Today though, his music making and line of compositions are known only to connoisseurs and admirers of musicians of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He lived from 1878 until 1941 and his best known compositions are An Irish Symphony, The Children of Lir, A Comedy Overture, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, With The Wild Geese, A John Field Suite and Variations on a Dublin Air for violin and orchestra...

Copyright © 10 August 2012 Bill Newman,
London UK

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HAMILTON HARTY: STRING QUARTETS; PIANO QUINTET

HAMILTON HARTY

GOLDNER QUARTET

PIERS LANE

HYPERION RECORDS LTD

CHAMBER MUSIC

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