Classical Genres
French Romantic Organ Music
UKCD2070
FROM SAINTE-CLOTILDE TO THE SACRE-COEUR
1. Tournemire (1870-1939)
Choral Improvisation sur le Victimae Pascali 8:59
2 -4. Hakim (b.1955) The Embrace of Fire 13:43
5. Alain (1911-40) Fantasmagorie 2:27
6. Alain Litanies 4 :16
7. Langlais (1907-91) Plainte 6:15
8. Langlais Chant Heroïque 4:37
9. Franck (1822-90) Prière 12:43
10. Langlais Chant de Paix 3:58
11-12. Duruflé (1902-86) Sur le nom Alain 11:27
Total Duration: 69:26
SIMON BERTRAM at the Rieger Organ of St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
Peter Maxwell Davies – Vesalii Icones
UKCD2068
1-14. VESALII ICONES 39:22
15. THE BAIRNS OF BRUGH 5:52
16-20. RUNES FROM A HOLY ISLAND 10:49
Total duration: 58:33
THE FIRES OF LONDON
SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES conductor
J.S. Bach – Violin Concertos
The City of London Ensemble
UKCD2067
1-3. CONCERTO IN A MINOR, BWV 1041 15:43
4-6. CONCERTO IN E MAJOR, BWV 1042 17:51
7-9. CONCERTO IN D MINOR, after BWV1052 22:42
TOTAL DURATION: 59:04
RUGGIERO RICCI
Ralph Vaughan Williams
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
UKCD2062
1-6. On Wenlock Edge for tenor and orchestra 21:41
1. On Wenlock Edge 3:46
2. From afar 2:21
3. Is my team ploughing? 3:30
4. Oh when I was in love with you 7:19
5. Bredon Hill 0:48
6. Clun 3:42
JOHN IRELAND (1879-1962)
7-11. Suite: The Overlanders 20:39
7. March: Scorched Earth 4:35
8. Romance: Mary and the Sailor 4:28
9. Intermezzo: Open Country 3:09
10. Scherzo: The Brumbies 4:41
11. Finale: Night Stampede 3:43
12. Epic March 9:53
Total duration: 52:30
GERALD ENGLISH tenor
DAVID MEASHAM conductor
Benjamin Britten – Early Chamber Music
The Gabrieli String Quartet
UKCD2060
1. Temporal Variations (1936) 13:49
For Oboe and Piano (1936)
2. Phantasy in F minor 11:40
For String Quintet (1932)*
3. Alla Marcia (1933) 2:53
4-6. Thee Divertimenti (1936) 10:14
7-8. Two Insect Pieces (1935) 5:10
9. Phantasy Quartet Op. 2 13:41
For Oboe and Strings (1932)
Total duration: 57:48
DEREK WICKENS oboe
JOHN CONSTABLE piano
(Kenneth Silito & Brendan O;Reilly violins, Ian Jewel viola, Keith Harvey cello)
*Kenneth Essex second viola
Side note
The posthumous publication and present recording of these works for string quartet, string quintet and oboe and piano offer exceptional insight into Britten’s early development, while the works themselves substantially and fascinatingly extend the range of his chamber music.
Edvard Grieg – Olav Trygvasion
London Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Chorus
UKCD2056
*OLAV TRYGVASON, Operatic Fragments, Op. 50
For Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Baritone, Chorus & Orchestra
- Scene 1 7:35
- Scene 2 14:54
- Scene 3 11:20
- *LANDKJENNING, Cantata Op. 31 7:39
(Recognition of Land) For Baritone, Chorus & Orchestra
PEER GYNT – Choral Scenes from Act 5
For Soprano, Chorus & Orchestra - Night Scene 7:10
- Churchgoers Singing on the Forest Path 0:58
- Solveig’s Lullaby 6:28
Total duration: 56:36
*First Recordings
Toril Carlsen soprano
Vessa Hansen mezzo-soprano
Asbjørn Hansli baritone
Oslo Philharmonic Chorus (Chorus Master, Oskar Raaum)
London Symphony Orchestra conductor PER DREIER
