Ensemble Q is an Australian chamber music group (Q for Queensland) that was formed in 2017 by co-directors Paul Dean (clarinetist) and Trish Dean (cellist).[1] They are professionally associated with the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Queensland Conservatorium, and Musica Viva. Ensemble Q performs contemporary and classical works, [2] but their deepest roots belong to 20th and 21st century music. [3]
Ensemble Q has been very favorably reviewed in Australia,[4] [5] and enjoys a strong international presence on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
| Album | Composer | Work | |
| Web site: Mahler 4. | Gustav Mahler, arr. Klaus Simon | Klaus Simon's arrangement for 15 piece chamber ensemble of Mahler's Symphony No 4. Live performance recording by Ensemble Q, led by Elizabeth Layton. Soprano Greta Bradman appears courtesy of Universal Music. | |
| Web site: Fantasy & Folksong. | Benjamin Britten | Phantasy for Oboe, violin, viola and cello. | |
| Luciano Berio | Folksongs, featuring mezzo soprano Lotte Betts-Dean | ||
| Krzysztof Penderecki | Quartet for clarinet and string trio | ||
| Web site: Ciaccona. | Osvaldo Golijov | Lullaby & Doina (from the film "The Man Who Cried") | |
| Guiseppe Colombi | Chiacona a Basso Solo | ||
| William Walton | Passacaglia for Solo Cello | ||
| Silvius Leopold Weiss | Ciacona, arranged for solo cello by Trish Dean | ||
| Paul Dean | Chaconne for Solo Cello (in the time of Covid 19) | ||
| Krzysztof Penderecki | Ciaccona in Memoriam Giovanni Paolo II, with Natsuko Yoshimoto, violin | ||
| Sally Beamish | The Wise Maid |