English String Miniatures - Rutter, Cordell, Melachrino, Etc

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 1, 2000
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Royal Ballet Sinfonia
    • PERFORMER
      David, Lloyd-Jones
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 01, 2000
    • UPC
      636943418628
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8554186
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. A-Roving

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    2. I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    3. O, Waly Waly

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    4. Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    5. A Cotswold Hill Tune

      Composer: Charles Wilfrid Orr

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    6. Les jeux

      Composer: George Melachrino

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    7. Irish Idyll

      Composer: Peter Dodd

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    8. March

      Composer: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    9. Quick Minuet

      Composer: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    10. Graceful Dance

      Composer: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    11. Sarabande

      Composer: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    12. Jig

      Composer: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    13. King Charles's Galliard

      Composer: Frank Cordell

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    14. Rustic Dance

      Composer: David Lyon

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    15. Gavotte

      Composer: David Lyon

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    16. Aria

      Composer: David Lyon

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    17. Moto perpetuo

      Composer: David Lyon

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    18. Cantilena

      Composer: Roy Douglas

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    19. Alla marcia

      Composer: Philip Lane

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    20. Andante

      Composer: Philip Lane

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    21. Vivace

      Composer: Philip Lane

      Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones


This CD of light music for string orchestra seems just right to usher in the summer. It starts with a suite by John Rutter based on folk tunes, its four movements devoted to "A-Roving," "I have a bonnet trimmed with blue,""O, Waly, Waly," and "Dashing away with the smoothing iron." Those familiar with Rutter's Christmas discs will know what a clever arranger he is, and not be a bit surprised that he manages to work in several other folk songs in counterpoint to the featured ones. Orr's pastoral piece smacks, in a good way, of Delius, and Melachrino's composition is idiomatically written for strings, as one would expect from the creator-conductor of the "Melachrino Strings." Two of the works, by Cordell and Gibbs, are compositions of a type that English composers do so well: tributes to earlier times. The Gibbs is reminiscent of Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite in its harmonic "modernization" of consonant tunes set to old-fashioned dance rhythms, such as the Minuet and Sarabande. The Royal Ballet Sinfonia plays all this music with confidence and charm, not to mention good tone. David Lloyd-Jones, one of my favorite underrated English conductors, paces performances that are just right and beautifully phrased, and the recorded sound is generally excellent, if a bit bass shy and remote. --Rad Bennett, ClassicsToday.com