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  • Howells & Wood : String Quartets : London Chamber Ensemble string Quartet director Madeleine Mitchell. SOMM CD 0692. The first recording of the Earlier version of Howells' In Gloucestershire together with the first recording of String Quartet No. 6 by Charles Wood, Howells' teacher at the RCM. 
  • Howells Chamber Music                                           Naxos 8.573913
    String Quartet No. 3 “In Gloucestershire”(1916-20 revised late 1930s); Lady Audrey’s Suite 1915 (World Premiere recording); Piano Quartet in A minor (1916, revised 1936)
    Dante Quartet; Gould piano Trio plus David Adams
    ​Recorded Oct 2017
  • The Complete works for violin & piano                        English Music Festival EMR CD019-20 DDD
CD 1: Sonata for Violin & Piano in B minor , incl. Alternative opening (1911); Slow Air; Country Tune; Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 2 in E flat major Op 26.
CD 2: Sonata for Violin & Piano No.1 in E major; Cradle Song; Lento Assai Espressivo; Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 3 in E minor; Three pieces for Violin & Piano
Rupert Marshall- Luck (violin) Matthew Rickard (piano).  Recorded 2013
  • The English Phantasy                                                                English Music Festival EMR CD025 DDD
Phantasy String Quartet Op 25 (1917)
The Bridge Quartet.  Recorded 2014
  • Rhapsodic Quintet & Violin sonata                                                                     Naxos 8.557188 DDD
Rhapsodic Quintet for Clarinet & String Quartet (1919); Sonata for Clarinet & Piano(1946); Prelude for Harp (1915); A Near-Minuet for Clarinet & Piano(1946); Sonata No. in E minor for Violin & Piano (1923)
Mobius    Recorded 2002
  • String Quartet “In Gloucestershire” and Fantasy String Quartet       EMI CD C  5 55349 2 DDD
Britten Quartet.   Recorded 1995
  • An English Rhapsody                                                                                  British Music Label BML 010 DDD
Sonata No. 1 in E for violin & piano
The Holywell Ensemble      Recorded 1994
  • Herbert Howells: Music for Violin & Piano                                   Hyperion / Helios CDH 55139 DDD
Sonata No. 1 in E major Op 18 (1917/19); Cradle Song Op 9No.1 (1918); Sonata No. 3 in E minor Op 38 (1923); Three pieces Op 28 (1917); Sonata No. 2 in E flat major Op 26 (1917)
Paul Barritt (violin)   Catherine Edwards (piano).  Recorded 1993 (Originally issued as Hyperion CDA 66665)
  • Chamber Music of Howells & Bridge                                                British Music Label BML 003 DDD
Piano Quartet in A minor; Sonata for Clarinet & Piano
The Holywell Ensemble     Recorded 1992
  • To Chosen Hill                                                                                                Metier msvcd 92003 DDD
Piano Quartet in A minor Op 21; Phantasy String Quartet Op 25; Rhapsodic Quintet for Clarinet & String Quartet Op 31
The Lyric Quartet; Andrew West (piano); Michael Collins (clarinet).   Recorded 1992
  • English Clarinet Quintets                                                       Hyperion CDA 66428 DDD
Rhapsodic Quintet  Op 31 (1917)
Thea King (clarinet); The Britten String Quartet.  Recorded 1990
  • English Music for Clarinet                                                                       Hyperion CDD 22027 DDD
Originally issued as two separate CDs
Includes Sonata for clarinet & piano
Dame Thea King (clarinet) Clifford Benson (piano).  Recorded 1989
  • Music for Oboe                                                                                              Hyperion /Helios CDH 55008
Includes Sonata for Oboe & piano
Sarah Francis (oboe) Peter Dickinson (piano). Recorded  1985
  • String Quartet “In Gloucestershire”                                                 Hyperion CDA 66139 DDD
Divertimenti    Recorded  1984
  • Herbert Howells Quartets                                                                       Lyrita SRCD 292 ADD
Piano Quartet in A minor Op 21 (1916); Fantasy String Quartet Op 25 (1917); Rhapsodic Quintet Op13 (1919)
Richard Piano Quartet; Richards Ensemble    Recorded 1973  Re-released 2007