Herbert Howells’s chamber music is for the most part a product of his early maturity, circa 1916–1923. In fact he first attracted attention less for his organ and choral pieces (for which he is best known today) than for the Piano Quartet, the Rhapsodic Quintet for clarinet and strings, the Phantasy Quartet and the first and third violin sonatas. Less well known are the Lady Audrey’s Suite for string quartet, and the rhapsody By the Waters of Babylon for solo baritone, cello and organ.