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Ireland, Bridge: Suites, Etc / Garforth, English Co

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Composer
IRELAND, JOHN
Artist
David, Garforth
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Feb 27, 2008
Catalog #
CHAN 8390
UPC
095115839027

About

All these works are small in scale and modest in their emotional range, but they make a highly enjoyable collection. John Ireland's wistful, slightly melancholy romanticism is well brought out by David Garforth, and the orchestra respond with warm, sensitive playing. Though the ECO are not a large ensemble they produce considerable depth of tone and their rich string sound has been well captured by the engineers.

Norman del Mar's performance of the Bridge Suite, also on Chandos, is most sympathetic and there is little to choose between his version and that of Garforth. But Del Mar's original 1978 recording is a little pale in comparison with the new issue, and though the strings of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta play well they sound fewer in number and less tonally opulent than the ECO players.

-- Gramophone [5/1987]

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Prelude 04:10
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    John Ireland
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Garforth
  2. 2 II. Elegy 05:23
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Elegy
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    John Ireland
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Garforth
  3. 3 III. Minuet 04:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Minuet
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    John Ireland
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Garforth
  4. 4 IV. Rondo 03:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Rondo
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    John Ireland
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Garforth
  5. 5 4 Preludes: No. 3. The Holy Boy 02:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    4 Preludes: No. 3. The Holy Boy
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    John Ireland
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Garforth
  6. 6 Elegiac Meditation (arr. G. Bush for orchestra) 05:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    Elegiac Meditation (arr. G. Bush for orchestra)
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    John Ireland
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Garforth
  7. 7 I. Prelude 08:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Frank Bridge
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Garforth
  8. 8 II. Intermezzo 03:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Intermezzo
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Frank Bridge
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Garforth
  9. 9 III. Nocturne 06:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Nocturne
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Frank Bridge
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Garforth
  10. 10 IV. Finale 03:41
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Finale
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Frank Bridge
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Garforth