Bantock & Wilson: British Music for Strings, Vol. 2 / Bostock, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

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Label
CPO
Release Date
August 20, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BANTOCK WILSON
    • PERFORMER
      Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Bostock
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 20, 2021
    • UPC
      761203539529
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555395-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prélude: Con spirito

      Composer: Christopher Wilson

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    2. II. Air: Andante moderato

      Composer: Christopher Wilson

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    3. III. Scherzo: Allegro molto - Trio: Meno mosso

      Composer: Christopher Wilson

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    4. IV. Bourrée: Vivace - Trio: Meno mosso

      Composer: Christopher Wilson

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    5. V. Romance: Andante moderato

      Composer: Christopher Wilson

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    6. VI. Rigaudon: Vivace - Trio

      Composer: Christopher Wilson

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    7. I. Lento - Poco Allegro - Animato - Cantabile sostenuto

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    8. II. Andante, con espressione

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    9. III. Scherzo: Vivo quasi presto - Trio

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    10. IV. Finale: Con Brio - Molto lento - Con moto, cantabile

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    11. I. Strathspey, "The braes o Tullymet"

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    12. II. Dirge, "The Isle of Mull"

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    13. III. Quickstep, "Inverness gathering"

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    14. IV. Gaelic melody, "Baloo, baloo"

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    15. V. Reel, "The de'il among the tailors"

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock


Our second album with music for strings by British composers features most highly creative compositions by Sir Granville Bantock and Christopher Wilson. When Bantock reached the pinnacle of his fame, the Three Choirs Festival held in Hereford in 1912 ordered a work for string orchestra from him. The result was the four-movement Serenade for Strings, to which he assigned the subtitle “In the Far West.” Bantock’s string movements are distinguished by an impressive tonal richness. After the performance Douglas Bostock remarked: “I am truly amazed – this is anything but a ‘Serenade,’ as the innocuous title suggests. The succinct, symphonically developed music is nothing other than a string symphony with a demanding writing style representing a genuine tour de force.” Moreover, extensive recorded material documents the Scottish melodies used by Bantock in his Scenes from the Scottish Highlands. For them he chose the finely managed format of three fast dances separated by two euphonious slow movements. The six short movements in traditional or dance style forming Christopher Wilson’s Suite for String Orchestra made it something new and fresh when it was premiered in 1901, and it came over very well. It is thought that one of the composer’s goals was to connect with the tradition of Johann Sebastian Bach.