Docker: Three Contrasts, Scenes de ballet, Pastiche Variations / Davies, Presley, Knight, RTÉ Concert Orchestra

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
May 13, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Robert Docker
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Rte Concert Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      William Davies, David Presley, Barry Knight
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 13, 2022
    • UPC
      747313432271
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574322
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical

Robert Docker was one of the giants of light music – a composer and arranger whose works graced stage, screen, radio and television. Two of his best pieces were written for piano and orchestra: Legend, which can rank alongside Addinsell’s Warsaw Concerto (Naxos 8.554323); and the brilliantly witty inventions of the Pastiche Variations. Not only was Docker a distinguished orchestrator, he was also a rich melodist as his classic Scèneduba lillustrates, while the composer’s impish humor can be savored in Tabarinage. Docker’s early training as a classical violinist fully equipped him to explore the British pastoral tradition in the languid and beautiful Air.