JONES: String Quartet No. 1, Wind Quintet, NIELSEN: Aladdin, Op. 34 (arr. Jones)

This recording contains two compostions by
Welsh composer Matthew Owain Jones, String
Quartet No. 1, ‘Deletia’ and Wind Quintet along
with his arrangement of nine movements from
Carl Nielsen’s ballet Aladdin, Op. 63 for chamber
ensemble. All three works on this album are
première recordings and performed by Denmark’s
leading chamber ensemble Ensemble MidtVest.

Jones is widely regarded as a unique, visionary
musician and educator. Alongside composition,
Jones is one of the leading violists and violinists of
his time, recording 25 solo and chamber albums
to date, premièring numerous concertos and
commissioning dozens of works.