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

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Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Lyrita
Released
Oct 01, 2009
Catalog #
SRCD2337
UPC
5020926233721

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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]

Tracklist 63 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 The Magic Island 10:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Magic Island
    Duration
    10:11
    Composer
    William Alwyn
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Alwyn
  3. 2 No. 1. Allegro non troppo 03:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 1. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Malcolm Arnold
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Malcolm Arnold
  4. 3 No. 2. Con brio 01:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 2. Con brio
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Malcolm Arnold
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Malcolm Arnold
  5. 4 No. 3. Grazioso 02:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 3. Grazioso
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Malcolm Arnold
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Malcolm Arnold
  6. 5 No. 4. Guibiloso 02:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 4. Guibiloso
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Malcolm Arnold
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Malcolm Arnold
  7. 6 Toccata and Fugue, D Minor, BWV 565 (arr. H. Wood for orchestra) 09:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    Toccata and Fugue, D Minor, BWV 565 (arr. H. Wood for orchestra)
    Duration
    09:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  8. 7 No. 6. At the Fair 03:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 6. At the Fair
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  9. 8 No. 7. Mazurka 02:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 7. Mazurka
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  10. 9 No. 8. Polka 02:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 8. Polka
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  11. 10 No. 9. Valse 03:44
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 9. Valse
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  12. 11 No. 10. Cossack Dance 02:11
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 10. Cossack Dance
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  13. 12 Northern Ballad No. 1 10:09
    Track
    12
    Title
    Northern Ballad No. 1
    Duration
    10:09
    Composer
    Arnold Bax
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  14. 13 Overture to an Italian Comedy 06:17
    Track
    13
    Title
    Overture to an Italian Comedy
    Duration
    06:17
    Composer
    Arthur Benjamin
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Myer Fredman
  15. 14 Caprice in E Major, Op. 22 13:17
    Track
    14
    Title
    Caprice in E Major, Op. 22
    Duration
    13:17
    Composer
    William Sterndale Bennett
    Performer
    Malcolm Binns
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  16. Disc 2
  17. 1 I. Vivace 02:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Vivace
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lennox Berkeley
  18. 2 II. Andantino 03:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lennox Berkeley
  19. 3 III. Allegro moderato 03:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lennox Berkeley
  20. 4 IV. Lento 03:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Lento
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lennox Berkeley
  21. 5 II. Dance of Spring 02:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Dance of Spring
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Arthur Bliss
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arthur Bliss
  22. 6 IV. Bridal Ceremony 02:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Bridal Ceremony
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Arthur Bliss
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arthur Bliss
  23. 7 V. Dance of Summer 03:48
    Track
    7
    Title
    V. Dance of Summer
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Arthur Bliss
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Arthur Bliss
  24. 8 I. Prelude 07:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    07:18
    Composer
    Frank Bridge
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  25. 9 II. Intermezzo 03:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Intermezzo
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Frank Bridge
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  26. 10 III. Nocturne 06:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Nocturne
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Frank Bridge
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  27. 11 IV. Finale 04:02
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Finale
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Frank Bridge
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  28. 12 Cello Concerto: II. Allegretto quasi andante con dolcezza 06:51
    Track
    12
    Title
    Cello Concerto: II. Allegretto quasi andante con dolcezza
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    William Busch
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vernon Handley
  29. 13 Yorick: Overture 08:30
    Track
    13
    Title
    Yorick: Overture
    Duration
    08:30
    Composer
    Geoffrey Bush
    Ensemble
    National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vernon Handley
  30. 14 A Shropshire Lad 08:38
    Track
    14
    Title
    A Shropshire Lad
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    George Butterworth
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  31. 15 I. In the Country - Rustic Dance 03:32
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. In the Country - Rustic Dance
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Eric Coates
    Ensemble
    New Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  32. 16 III. Evening in Town - Valse 04:47
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Evening in Town - Valse
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Eric Coates
    Ensemble
    New Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  33. Disc 3
  34. 1 4 Characteristic Waltzes, Op. 22: No. 3. Valse de la Reine 04:32
    Track
    1
    Title
    4 Characteristic Waltzes, Op. 22: No. 3. Valse de la Reine
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  35. 2 I. Introduction 02:25
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Introduction
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  36. 3 II. The Devil's Dance 01:23
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. The Devil's Dance
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  37. 4 III. Fiddle Polka 01:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Fiddle Polka
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  38. 5 IV. Waltz 02:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Waltz
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  39. 6 V. Dance of the Devils 02:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    V. Dance of the Devils
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  40. 7 VI. Slow Dance 02:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    VI. Slow Dance
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  41. 8 VII. Percussion Dance 01:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    VII. Percussion Dance
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  42. 9 VIII. Finale 03:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    VIII. Finale
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  43. 10 A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden 10:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
    Duration
    10:49
    Composer
    Frederick Delius
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Myer Fredman
  44. 11 Eclogue, Op. 10 10:32
    Track
    11
    Title
    Eclogue, Op. 10
    Duration
    10:32
    Composer
    Gerald Finzi
    Performer
    Peter Katin
    Ensemble
    National Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vernon Handley
  45. 12 3 Mantras, Op. 61b: No. 2. Mantra of Bliss 13:06
    Track
    12
    Title
    3 Mantras, Op. 61b: No. 2. Mantra of Bliss
    Duration
    13:06
    Composer
    John Foulds
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Barry Wordsworth
  46. 13 I. Hurly Burly 03:08
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Hurly Burly
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Joly
  47. 14 II. Dance of the Mummers 03:40
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Dance of the Mummers
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Joly
  48. 15 III. Dusk 05:11
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Dusk
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Joly
  49. 16 IV. Pageantry 05:21
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Pageantry
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Joly
  50. Disc 4
  51. 1 I. Con Moto - Tranquillo - Cadenza 06:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Con Moto - Tranquillo - Cadenza
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    David Pyatt
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  52. 2 II. Scherzo: Allegretto 04:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegretto
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    David Pyatt
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  53. 3 III. Finale: Allegro ritmico - giocoso 06:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro ritmico - giocoso
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Ruth Gipps
    Performer
    David Pyatt
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  54. 4 One Morning in Spring 03:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    One Morning in Spring
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Patrick Hadley
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  55. 5 I. Maestoso - Moderato 01:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Maestoso - Moderato
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Alun Hoddinott
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Arthur Davison
  56. 6 II. Presto 01:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Presto
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Alun Hoddinott
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Arthur Davison
  57. 7 III. Lento, ma non troppo e rubato 03:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Lento, ma non troppo e rubato
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Alun Hoddinott
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Arthur Davison
  58. 8 IV. Allegro con brio 02:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Alun Hoddinott
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Arthur Davison
  59. 9 I. Prelude: Song of the Fisherman 02:35
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Prelude: Song of the Fisherman
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  60. 10 II. Ceremonial Dance 01:29
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Ceremonial Dance
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  61. 11 III. Dance of the Marionette 02:06
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Dance of the Marionette
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  62. 12 IV. Interlude: Song of the Fisherman 00:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Interlude: Song of the Fisherman
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  63. 13 V. Dance under the Cherry Tree 02:18
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. Dance under the Cherry Tree
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  64. 14 VI. Finale: Dance of the Wolves 01:39
    Track
    14
    Title
    VI. Finale: Dance of the Wolves
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  65. 15 Merry Eye, Op. 20, No. 2 08:50
    Track
    15
    Title
    Merry Eye, Op. 20, No. 2
    Duration
    08:50
    Composer
    Herbert Howells
    Performer
    Herbert Downes
    Ensemble
    New Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult
  66. 16 Variations on a Hungarian Air 10:36
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variations on a Hungarian Air
    Duration
    10:36
    Composer
    William Hurlstone
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Braithwaite
  67. 17 The Forgotten Rite 07:07
    Track
    17
    Title
    The Forgotten Rite
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    John Ireland
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adrian Boult