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wrote in 1995: "It was the remarkable rapport between this pair of lower strings, which remained constant throughout a succession of distinguished leaders, that gave a special distinction to this outstanding ensemble."
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was filmed in London, with Benjamin Britten (piano), Emanuel Hurwitz and Cecil Aronowitz. Many reviews of his recordings are available in the
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were reissued in 2011, including the works for larger ensembles which were the reason to found the ensemble, such as
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with the Pro Arte Piano Quartet and string quartets with the Cremona Quartet. He was the cellist in a recording of
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In 1974, he became the first Professor of Chamber Music at the newly opened Royal Northern College of Music in
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in 1950. He was its principal cellist for decades, and Aronowitz its principal violist. Bassoonist
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and later a cello built by Domenico Montagnana that had belonged to
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began in 1946, when he played in the premiere of his opera
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in 1962, and also in the first recording of it in 1963.
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as second violinist and Aronowitz as violist. In the
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Index

London
Figueras
Royal Academy of Music
cellist
Melos Ensemble
English Chamber Orchestra
Royal Northern College of Music
London
Figueras
British
cellist
English Chamber Orchestra
Melos Ensemble
chamber musician
Royal Northern College of Music
Herbert Walenn
Royal Academy of Music
string quartet
Emanuel Hurwitz
chamber orchestras
Goldsbrough Orchestra
continuo cellist
Gervase de Peyer
Cecil Aronowitz
Melos Ensemble
William Waterhouse
Benjamin Britten
The Rape of Lucretia
Glyndebourne Festival
Aldeburgh Festivals

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