Lyrita - Celebrating Fifty Years Devoted To British Music - Set One

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Lyrita
Release Date
October 1, 2009
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 2009
    • UPC
      5020926233721
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SRCD2337
    • LABEL
      Lyrita
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. The Magic Island

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Alwyn

    2. No. 1. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Malcolm Arnold

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Malcolm Arnold

    3. No. 2. Con brio

      Composer: Malcolm Arnold

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Malcolm Arnold

    4. No. 3. Grazioso

      Composer: Malcolm Arnold

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Malcolm Arnold

    5. No. 4. Guibiloso

      Composer: Malcolm Arnold

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Malcolm Arnold

    6. Toccata and Fugue, D Minor, BWV 565 (arr. H. Wood for orchestra)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    7. No. 6. At the Fair

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    8. No. 7. Mazurka

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    9. No. 8. Polka

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    10. No. 9. Valse

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    11. No. 10. Cossack Dance

      Composer: Granville Bantock

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    12. Northern Ballad No. 1

      Composer: Arnold Bax

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    13. Overture to an Italian Comedy

      Composer: Arthur Benjamin

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Myer Fredman

    14. Caprice in E Major, Op. 22

      Composer: William Sterndale Bennett

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Malcolm Binns

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    15. I. Vivace

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Lennox Berkeley

    16. II. Andantino

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Lennox Berkeley

    17. III. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Lennox Berkeley

    18. IV. Lento

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Lennox Berkeley

    19. II. Dance of Spring

      Composer: Arthur Bliss

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arthur Bliss

    20. IV. Bridal Ceremony

      Composer: Arthur Bliss

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arthur Bliss

    21. V. Dance of Summer

      Composer: Arthur Bliss

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Arthur Bliss

    22. I. Prelude

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    23. II. Intermezzo

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    24. III. Nocturne

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    25. IV. Finale

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    26. Cello Concerto: II. Allegretto quasi andante con dolcezza

      Composer: William Busch

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch

      Conductor: Vernon Handley

    27. Yorick: Overture

      Composer: Geoffrey Bush

      Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Vernon Handley

    28. A Shropshire Lad

      Composer: George Butterworth

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    29. I. In the Country - Rustic Dance

      Composer: Eric Coates

      Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    30. III. Evening in Town - Valse

      Composer: Eric Coates

      Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    31. 4 Characteristic Waltzes, Op. 22: No. 3. Valse de la Reine

      Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    32. I. Introduction

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    33. II. The Devil's Dance

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    34. III. Fiddle Polka

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    35. IV. Waltz

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    36. V. Dance of the Devils

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    37. VI. Slow Dance

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    38. VII. Percussion Dance

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    39. VIII. Finale

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    40. A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Myer Fredman

    41. Eclogue, Op. 10

      Composer: Gerald Finzi

      Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Katin

      Conductor: Vernon Handley

    42. 3 Mantras, Op. 61b: No. 2. Mantra of Bliss

      Composer: John Foulds

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Barry Wordsworth

    43. I. Hurly Burly

      Composer: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Simon Joly

    44. II. Dance of the Mummers

      Composer: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Simon Joly

    45. III. Dusk

      Composer: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Simon Joly

    46. IV. Pageantry

      Composer: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Simon Joly

    47. I. Con Moto - Tranquillo - Cadenza

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: David Pyatt

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    48. II. Scherzo: Allegretto

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: David Pyatt

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    49. III. Finale: Allegro ritmico - giocoso

      Composer: Ruth Gipps

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: David Pyatt

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    50. One Morning in Spring

      Composer: Patrick Hadley

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    51. I. Maestoso - Moderato

      Composer: Alun Hoddinott

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Wales

      Conductor: Arthur Davison

    52. II. Presto

      Composer: Alun Hoddinott

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Wales

      Conductor: Arthur Davison

    53. III. Lento, ma non troppo e rubato

      Composer: Alun Hoddinott

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Wales

      Conductor: Arthur Davison

    54. IV. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Alun Hoddinott

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Wales

      Conductor: Arthur Davison

    55. I. Prelude: Song of the Fisherman

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    56. II. Ceremonial Dance

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    57. III. Dance of the Marionette

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    58. IV. Interlude: Song of the Fisherman

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    59. V. Dance under the Cherry Tree

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    60. VI. Finale: Dance of the Wolves

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    61. Merry Eye, Op. 20, No. 2

      Composer: Herbert Howells

      Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

      Performer: Herbert Downes

      Conductor: Adrian Boult

    62. Variations on a Hungarian Air

      Composer: William Hurlstone

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite

    63. The Forgotten Rite

      Composer: John Ireland

      Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Adrian Boult


Also Available: Lyrita - Celebrating Fifty Years Devoted To British Music - Set Two

In Set One strong choices are made time after time. Alwyn’s Magic Island is in fact Prospero’s island - from The Tempest. The English Dances beguile and enchant. They are drawn from an LP and then from an extended CD which found Lyrita orchestral recording standards at their utter peak. The Russian Scenes are well done although ultimately they are a collection of exotic postcards and dances. The Benjamin Overture is a playful piece in the manner of the lighter examples by Barber and Bax. It comes as no surprise to discover that it was used as the overture to Benjamin’s opera Prima Donna. Berkeley’s crisp Serenade for Strings is presumably authoritative with the composer at the helm. Bliss conducting a suite from his Adam Zero seems underwhelming as music and as a performance - Handley’s version is much better. The delightful Bridge Suite for Strings is lovingly done by Boult. Similarly sumptuous and achingly poignant is A Shropshire Lad. Finzi’s Eclogue, Howells’ Merry-Eye and Hadley’s One Morning in Spring speak for themselves. The Forgotten Rite by John Ireland is a subtle, poetic and completely convincing piece. It’s interesting that this first set has only one bleeding chunk from a larger piece and that is the second movement of Busch’s Cello Concerto. The Cello Concerto is a strong work and makes quite a discovery among the rich crop of new Lyritas in 2008. Although issued on CD in the early 1990s the Foulds Mantras - of which we here have the Mantra of Bliss - is amongst the most radical and impressive. Then again Foulds was an extraordinary composer whose significance is international. Light music is represented by shapely performances of Coates’ From Meadow to Mayfair, Gibbs’ Fancy Dress and the Coleridge Taylor Valse. Fredman’s reading of the famous Delius Walk is to be treasured. He would have made an estimable Song of the High Hills had the opportunity been offered. Lyrita are the only label to provide Holst’s tangy Japanese Suite and, audaciously enough, it’s here in this set. From the 19th century comes Sterndale Bennett’s Caprice and the remarkable Variations on a Hungarian Air by Hurlstone. Henry Wood’s orchestration of the Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor was originally presented under a pseudonym, Paul Klenovsky. Oh how those Russian names legitimise British talent! Gipps’ Horn Concerto is played by the very talented David Pyatt. Would that Lyrita had also recorded her other concertos. Don’t forget her works for Clarinet (1940); Viola (Jane Grey Fantasy, 1940), Oboe (1941), Violin (1943), Piano (1948), Violin and Viola (1957) and Contra-Bassoon (Leviathan) and the five symphonies (1942, 1945, 1965, 1972, 1982). Names much associated with Cheltenham are represented by the Yorick overture, the Jabez and The Devil and the only recently vinyl-liberated Hoddinott Welsh Dances (Set 2).

- Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International


Lyrita - Celebrating Fifty Years devoted to British Music - Set One

CD 1 [73:53]
William ALWYN Symphonic Prelude - The Magic Island - LPO/Alwyn [10:11]
Malcolm ARNOLD English Dances - Set 2 - LPO/Arnold [9:49]
Bach orch. Henry WOOD Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - LPO/Braithwaite [9:49]
Granville BANTOCK Russian Scenes - LPO/Wordsworth [14:13]
Arnold BAX Northern Ballad No.1 - LPO/Boult [10:09]
Arthur BENJAMIN Overture to an Italian Comedy - RPO/Fredman [6:17]
William Sterndale BENNETT Caprice in E - Malcolm Binns (piano) LPO/Braithwaite [13:17]

CD 2 [75:21]
Lennox BERKELEY Serenade for Strings - LPO/Berkeley [13:14]
Arthur BLISS Adam Zero - Suite - excerpt - LSO/Bliss [8:53]
Frank BRIDGE Suite for String Orchestra - LPO/Boult [20:50]
William BUSCH Cello Concerto (II) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) - RPO/Handley [6:51]
Geoffrey BUSH Overture - Yorick - NPO/Handley [8:30]
George BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody - LPO/Boult [8:38]
Eric COATES From Meadow to Mayfair Suite (excerpt) - NPO/Boult [8:14]

CD 3 [74:28]
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Valse de la Reine - LPO/Wordsworth [4:32]
Arnold COOKE Jabez and The Devil - Suite - LPO/Braithwaite [18:02]
Frederick DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden - LPO/Fredman [10:53]
Gerald FINZI Eclogue Peter Katin (piano) - NPO/Handley [10:32]
John FOULDS Mantra of Bliss - LPO/Wordsworth [13:06]
Cecil Armstrong GIBBS Fancy Dress - Dance Suite - RPO/Joly [17:20]

CD 4 [67:58]
Ruth GIPPS Horn Concerto - David Pyatt (horn) LPO/Braithwaite [17:14]
Patrick HADLEY One Morning in Spring - LPO/Boult [3:56]
Alun HODDINOTT Welsh Dances Set 2 - NYOW/Davison [9:04]
Gustav HOLST Japanese Suite - LSO/Boult [11:01]
Herbert HOWELLS Merry-Eye - NPO/Boult [8:52]
William HURLSTONE Variations on a Hungarian Air - LPO/Braithwaite [10:36]
John IRELAND The Forgotten Rite - Prelude - LPO/Boult [7:05]

rec. 1966-2007. ADD/DDD
LYRITA SRCD.2337 [4 CDs: 73:53 + 75:21 + 74:28 + 67:58]