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Bax - déja vu? a composer’s musings
• Ancestral
Voices - Elgar's Symphony No. 3
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with Musicweb's Len Mullenger
A 75th Birthday Tribute by Richard Noble
King
Arthur - AB at 85 by Lynne Walker
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ARTHUR
BUTTERWORTH (1923-) Symphony No. 1 (1957) [40:09]
RUTH GIPPS (1921-99) Symphony No. 2 (1945) [23:57] Munich SO/Douglas
Bostock rec Arco Studios, München, 2-3 December 1998 ClassicO
CLASSCD 274 [64:18]
Arthur
Butterworth - Symphony no 4 (1970-86) University
of Warwick Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Touchin Butterworth
Hall, Warwick Arts Centre 8/12/98) Concert arranged by MusicWeb
International on the occasion of Arthur's 75th birthday.
Arthur
BUTTERWORTH (b. 1923) CD 1 Symphony No. 4 op. 72
(1986) [43:14] Arthur Butterworth talking about his life and
work [27:06] CD 2 Viola Concerto op. 82 (1988-92) [38:57] Symphony
No. 1 op. 15 (1957) [34:10] Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Royal
Scottish National Orchestra/Arthur Butterworth Hallé
Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli (op. 15) rec. Henry Wood Hall,
Glasgow, 30-31 May 2008. DDD; Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London,
29 August 1958 (op. 15); Talk: New Cavendish Club, London, 15
April 2008, British Music Society lecture. 2 CDs for price of
1.
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7212 [70:40 + 73:07]
Arthur BUTTERWORTH (b.1923)
Symphony No.5, Op.115 (2001-02) [27:58] Three Nocturnes: ‘Northern
Summer Nights’, Op.18 (1958) [15:26] The Quiet Tarn, Op.21
(1960) [5:00] The Green Wind, Op.22 (1960) [6:39] Coruscations,
Op.127 (2007) [6:02] Gigues, Op.42 (1969) [6:00] Royal Scottish
National Orchestra/Arthur Butterworth rec. Henry Wood Hall,
Glasgow, 4-5 May 2010. DDD World Premiere Recordings
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX7253 [67:49] Reviews: John
France Rob
Barnett
Arthur
BUTTERWORTH
(b. 1923) Three Impressions for Brass Op. 36 Passacaglia
on a Theme of Brahms Op. 87
Sinfonia Concertante Op. 111 * Johannes BRAHMS (1833-97) Trans.
Butterworth Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel Op. 24
Robert Blackburn (baritone); Lesley Howie (tenor horn) * Black
Dyke Band/Nicholas J. Childs
Recorded Morley Town Hall, 2001 DDD DOYEN DOYCD130 [61:13]
Arthur
BUTTERWORTH (b. 1923) Piano Trio No.1 Op.73 (1983)
[21:06] Viola Sonata Op.78 (1986)a [18:26]
Piano Trio No.2 Op.121 (2004) [16:13] The Terroni Piano Trio
(John Trusler, violin; Fiona Murphy, cello; Raphael Terroni,
piano); Morgan Goff (viola)a rec. All Saints Church, Durham
Road, East Finchley, June 2005 DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7164 [56:06]
ENGLISH
BASSOON CONCERTOS Eric FOGG (1903-1939) Bassoon
Concerto (1930) John ADDISON (1920-1998) Bassoon Concertino
(1998) Peter HOPE (b.1930) Bassoon Concertino (2000) Arthur
BUTTERWORTH (b.1923) Summer Music (1985) Graham Salvage
(bassoon) Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Butterworth
conducted by composer) Rec 26/27 Feb 2001, Whitfield Street
Studios, London ASV CD WHL 2132 [75.21]
(Brass Band) Regionals
2003 Simon DOBSON Lydian Pictures Peter GRAHAM
Northern Landscapes Wilfred HEATON (1918-2000) Celestial Prospect
Arthur BUTTERWORTH (b. 1923) Passacaglia on
a Theme of Brahms Op.87 Judith BINGHAM (b. 1952) Prague Besses
O’ The Barn Band – Lynda Nicholson (Dobson) Black
Dyke Band – Nicholas J. Childs (Graham and Butterworth)
Eikanger Bjørsvik Musikklag – Howard Snell (Heaton)
Williams Fairey Band – James Gourlay (Bingham) Recorded
Morley Town Hall, July 2002 (Dobson) Pell Hall, Salford, July
2002 (Graham) Studio 7, BBC Manchester, 1996 (Bingham) DDD DOYEN
DOYCD143 [57:52]
Ancient
Sorceries Richard STEINITZ (b.1938) Hymn to Apollo
at Delphi [10:11] Arthur BUTTERWORTH (b.1923)
Ancient Sorceries [13:16] Stephen HOUGH (b.1961) Three Grave
Songs [6:20] Nicholas MARSHALL (b.1942) Cat & Mouse [12:14]
John McCABE (b.1939) Two Latin Elegies [7:43] John GARDNER (b.1917)
Six by Four [12:20] John JOUBERT (b.1927) Crabbed Age [14:36]
Nicholas Clapton (counter-tenor); John Turner (recorder); Jonathan
Price (cello); Ian Thompson (harpsichord) rec. DDD GUILD GMCD
7348 [77:30]
Over
the Water: Music for Recorder and String Orchestra
Franz REIZENSTEIN (1911–1968) Partita for recorder and
string orchestra Op.13b (1939, orch. 1954) [10:00] Gordon CROSSE
(b. 1937) Watermusic for recorder and string orchestra (1982,
orch. 1988) [10:31] Arthur BUTTERWORTH (b.
1923) Rêverie Rêverie ('Farewell Manchester') op.113a
for recorder, harp and string orchestra (2000, orch. 2005) [3:43]
Anthony HOPKINS (b. 1921)
Suite for recorder, string orchestra and harp (1952, orch. 2006)
[6:07] Francis JACKSON (b. 1917) Moonrise for recorder and string
orchestra (1999, orch. 2004) [5:07] Arnold COOKE (1906–2005)
Divertimento for recorder and string orchestra (1959) [9:53]
Michael HURD (1928–2006) Three-Piece Suite for recorder
and string orchestra (2004) [4:39] Anthony HEDGES (b. 1931)
Three Miniatures for recorder, strings, harp and percussion
(2004, orch. 2005) [7:57] Elis PEHKONEN (b. 1942) Concerto “Over
the Water” for recorder and string orchestra (2004) [18:15]
John Turner (recorder) Louise Thomson (harp), Janet Fulton (percussion)
Manchester Camerata Ensemble/Philip Mackenzie rec. Hallam Hall,
Stockport Grammar School, 13-14 July 2006. DDD This recording
is affectionately dedicated to the memory of David Munrow, on
the thirtieth anniversary of his death premiere recordings DUTTON
EPOCH CDLX7191 [77:09]
