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CHANDOS
2for1
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Sir
ARTHUR
BLISS
Checkmate Suite* Quintet for Clarinet and Strings** Hymn to Apollo* Music
for Strings † Pastoral 'Lie
Strewn the White Flocks' ¶
Janet Hilton (clarinet)**, Della Jones
(mezzo)¶
Lindsay String Quartet** Ulster Orchestra/Handley* Northern
Sinfonia/Hickox†
CHANDOS
2for1 CHAN 241-1 |
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BENJAMIN
BRITTEN (1913-76) Four Sea Interludes and
Passacaglia from Peter Grimes (1945) [22:58] * Young
Apollo (1939) [8:02] ** Suite from Death in Venice
(arr Steuart Bedford) (1976) [26:53] *** Variations on a
Theme of Frank Bridge (1937) [29:32] ** Lachrymae -
Reflections on a song of John Dowland (1950, 1976) [16:12] **
Simple Symphony (1934) [18:23 ]**
* Ulster
Orchestra/Vernon Handley ** I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky ***
English Chamber Orchestra/Steuart Bedford Rivka Golani (viola) in Lachrymae
Recorded Ulster Hall, Belfast, 26 March 1986 (Grimes); Tooting
27 Nov 1984 (Death in Venice); Paroisse La Nativité,
Montréal, 3-4 June 1989 (remainder) CHANDOS 2for1 CHAN 241-2
[122:20] |
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Antonin
DVORÁK (1841-1904) Complete Symphonic
Poems:- Overture: My Home; The Water Goblin; The Golden Spinning Wheel;
The Noon Witch; The Wood Dove; The Hero's
Song.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi
2 CDs
- CHANDOS CHAN 241-3 [111:11] |
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Sir Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934) Variations on an Original
Theme 'Enigma'/Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1-5 Sir Alexander Gibson
conducting the Royal National Scottish
Orchestra
Chanson de matin/Chanson de nuit/Serenade lyrique/Salut d'amour/Dream
Children/Contrasts/Soliloquy for Oboe and Orchestra/Woodland Interlude from
Caractacus/Two Interludes from Falstaff/Three Bavarian dances/Sospiri*/Minuet
from Beau Brummel*/ Burlesco from The Spanish Lady */ Adieu*/Waltz from The
Starlight Express*/Sursum corda* Norman Del Mar and George Hurst*
conducting the Bournemouth Sinfonietta
2CDs CHANDOS CHAN 241-4 [133:55] |
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GUSTAV
HOLST
The
Cloud Messenger, The Hymn of Jesus, Ave Maria, The Evening Watch, Seven Part
Songs, A Choral Fantasia, A Dirge for Two Veterans, Ode to Death, This I
have done for my true love, Four Part
Songs.
Dellaa Jones (mezzo), LSO Chorus and Orchestra/ Hickox (Cloud & Hymn);
The Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer (Ave & Evening-watch/This I have
done[Rachel Wheatley -soprano], Four part songs); Patricia
Rozario, Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Hickox (7 part
songs, Chorla Fantasia, Dirge,
Ode) CHANDOS
2for1 CHAN 241-6 |
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LEOŠ
JANÁCEK (1954-1928) Idyll for String
Orchestra (1878) [30:10] Suite for Strings (1877) [21:59]
Jupiter Orchestra/Gregory Rose Sinfonietta (1926) [23:18]
Overture - Jealousy (1894) [5:58] The Fiddler's Child
(1912) [12:50] The Cunning Little Vixen Suite (1937)
[17:43] Taras Bulba (1918) [23:28] Czech PO/Jirí
Behlolávek
CHANDOS
2for1 CHAN 241-7 |
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ALEXANDER
SCRIABIN (1872-1915) The Poem of Ecstasy
(1904) [19:43]* Symphony No. 2 (1902) [39:59] **
Symphony No. 3 The Divine Poem (1904) [46:46] ***
Rêverie (1898) [3:51] **
* Chicago SO **
Royal Scottish National Orchestra *** Danish National Radio SO Conducted
by Neeme Järvi
recorded Orchestra Hall, Chicago 27-28 Nov 1989 (Ecstasy);
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, 9-10 December 1985 (Sym 2 and Reverie);
Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, 31 May - 2 June 1990 (Sym 3). CHANDOS
2for1 CHAN 241-5 [110:30] |
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STRAVINSKY
+Symphony no l in E flat, Op 1;
+Symphony in C; +Ode; +Symphony in three
movements: *Symphonies of wind instruments; ^The Fairy's
Kiss.
+Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson, *Nash Ensemble,
Sir Simon Rattle; ^Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi.
Chandos 2 CD set CHAN 241-8 [70' 45" and 76' 44"]. |
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WILLIAM
WALTON
Symphony
no 1 (a) Cello Concerto
(a) Belshazzar's Feast (a &
b), Coronation Te Deum (a &
c) Coronation March: Crown Imperial (d)
Anniversary Fanfare (d) Coronation
March: Orb and Sceptre (d)
Ralph Kirshbaum (cello) Sherill Milnes (baritone) George McPhee (organ)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus (b & c)
Scottish Festival Brass bands
(c) Royal Scottish National Orchestra
(a & d) Philharmonia Orchestra
(d) conducted by Alexander Gibson
(a) David Willcocks
(d)
CHANDOS
2for1 CHAN 241-10 |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Overture; The Poisoned Kiss; Overture The
Wasps; 2 Hymn Tune Preludes; The Running Set; Flos Campi; Suite for viola
and orchestra; Sea Songs; Three Songs from The House of Life; Six Studies
in English Folksong; Romance for harmonica and strings; Linden Lea; Fantasia
on Greensleeves; Serenade to Music.
Various
artistes Chandos
2for1 set CHAN 241-9 [70' 02" and 55' 43"]. |
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