AWARD WINNING BRITISH MUSIC
William
ALWYN
Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion
London Symphony Orchestra - Alwyn
Piano Concerto No. 2 - second movement - Allegro con fuoco
(conclusion)
Howard Shelley / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard -Hickox
Sir Malcolm ARNOLD
Symphony No.2, Op. 40 - last movement (excerpt)
London Symphony Orchestra - Hickox
English Dances: Second Set, Op. 53 - Allegro non troppo
Philharmonia Orchestra / Bryden Thomson
Sir Arnold Bax
Winter Legends molto moderato - Allegro molto (opening)
Margaret Fingerhut / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson
Dance of Wild Irravel (conclusion)
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
Benjamin BRITTEN
Four Sea Interludes, Op 33a - Storm
Ulster Orchestra - Handley
King Arthur: Suite for Orchestra - Scherzo: Doom - Wild Dance
(opening)
BBC Philharmonic / Richard Hickox
George DYSON
The Canterbury Pilgrims - The Poor Parson of the Town -
(opening)
London Symphony Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
Violin Concerto - second movement Vivace - (opening)
Lydia Mordkovitch / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox
Sir Edward ELGAR
The Light of Life, Op. 29 - Light of the World, we know Thy praise
The Apostles, Op. 49 - The Calling of the Apostles: The Dawn - Morning Psalm
(opening)
London Symphony Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox
Herbert HOWELLS
Three Carol-Anthems - A Spotless Rose
The Finzi Singers / Paul Spicer
John IRELAND
Hope the Hornblower
Varcoe - City of London Sinfonia - Hickox
Graham PEEL
The Early Morning
Felicity Lott / Graham Johnson
Henry PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas Dido: When I am laid in earth
Emma Kirkby / Taverner Choir / Taverner Players / Andrew Parrott
Edmund RUBBRA
Symphony No. 1, Op. 44 - second movement (excerpt)
BBCNOW - Hickox
Sir Charles Villiers STANFORD
Symphony No. 3 Irish - third movement
(excerpt)
Ulster Orchestra - Handley
Thomas TALLIS
Spem in Alium - opening
The Sixteen - Christophers
Sir John TAVENER
We Shall See Him as He Is - The Unfolding of the Great
Mystery
Rozario, Ainsley, Murgatroyd, BBC Nat. Chor. of Wales, Britten Singers, BBCNOW
Hickox
Sir Michael TIPPETT
Symphony No. 3 - Part 2: Fast Blues. Allegro
Faye Robinson / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox
Sir William WALTON
Richard Ill: A Shakespeare Scenario (arr. Christopher Palmer) -
Coronation
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
Peter WARLOCK
Capriol Suite - fourth movement Mattachins
Sir John Blackwood McEWEN
A Solway Symphony -second movement - The Souwest wind: Vivace
(opening)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Alasdair Mitchell
CHANDOS BRIT 0014
[75.55]. Bargain Price
Crotchet
What a mixture. Chandos has this year very cleverly released this sampler
disc at the same time as the Brits Awards, thus probably leading potential
buyers hopefully into thinking that this is a disc summarising the Awards
ceremony. Nothing could be further from the truth, but it is clever marketing
never the less.
The disc is nothing more than a complilation taken from Chandos's magnificent
catalogue of British music of bits and pieces assembled in no formal order.
On top of that, Chandos is expecting the buyer to pay for this - in past
years similar discs have been supplied free, attached to the front of magazines.
Given that the recording quality is superb in all excerpts, and the performances
likewise, many of them award winners, this issue is a bit of a shame. I cannot
see why we should be expected to pay for this, which is after all an
advertisement for their discs. It all seems to be a bit of a con.
Reviewer
John Phillips
