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Songs for Strings / Fraser, English Symphony & English Chamber Orchestras
Avie Records

Songs for Strings / Fraser, English Symphony & English Chamber Orchestras

$19.99

Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Fraser
Format
CD
Label
Avie Records
Released
Sep 07, 2018
Catalog #
AV2391
UPC
822252239126

About

In the 1990s, Donald Fraser scored a hit with his orchestral arrangement of Marin Marais’ baroque classic The Bells of Genevieve which reached the Top 5 of Billboard’s Classical Chart and remains a radio evergreen to this day. Numerous commissions for arrangements followed for musicians such as The King’s Singers, Yehudi Menuhim and the English Chamber Orchestra. In 2016, AVIE released Don’s large-scale orchestration of Edward Elgar’s Piano Quintet and choral version of Sea Pictures, which charted in the Top 10 of the UK Specialist Classical Chart. Don now returns to the art of arranging smaller scale, classic works by John Dowland, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi and others, including new versions of his own “Amen” from A Christmas Symphony which was written for and premiered by soprano Jessye Norman, a new remix of The Bells of St. Genevieve and orchestrations of four Elgar art songs that evoke the album’s title, Songs for Strings.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 The Queen's Hall 04:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Queen's Hall
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Donald Fraser
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  2. 2 Book of Songs, Book 3: Time stands still (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra) 03:31
    Track
    2
    Title
    Book of Songs, Book 3: Time stands still (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Ensemble
    English Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  3. 3 Ground in C Minor, Z. D221 (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra) 03:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ground in C Minor, Z. D221 (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Henry Purcell
    Ensemble
    English Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  4. 4 Crucifixus (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra) 03:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    Crucifixus (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Antonio Lotti
    Ensemble
    English Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  5. 5 Fugue in G Minor (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra) 03:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    Fugue in G Minor (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Ensemble
    English Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  6. 6 Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531: II. Largo (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra) 03:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531: II. Largo (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Ensemble
    English Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  7. 7 Lord Lovat's Lament (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra) 04:28
    Track
    7
    Title
    Lord Lovat's Lament (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    David Fraser
    Ensemble
    English Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  8. 8 Trübe Wolken (Nuages gris), S199/R78 (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra) 03:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    Trübe Wolken (Nuages gris), S199/R78 (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Ensemble
    English Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  9. 9 Canon in D Minor (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra) 03:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    Canon in D Minor (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Ensemble
    English Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  10. 10 A la manière de Borodine (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra) 03:04
    Track
    10
    Title
    A la manière de Borodine (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    English Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  11. 11 Pleading, Op. 48 (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra) 03:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    Pleading, Op. 48 (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  12. 12 A Child Asleep (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra) 06:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    A Child Asleep (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  13. 13 Queen Mary's Song (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra) 04:08
    Track
    13
    Title
    Queen Mary's Song (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  14. 14 Epilogue 04:25
    Track
    14
    Title
    Epilogue
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Donald Fraser
    Ensemble
    English Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Donald Fraser
  15. 15 La Sonnerie de Ste. Genevieve du Mont de Paris (arr. D. Fraser for violin and electronics) 04:36
    Track
    15
    Title
    La Sonnerie de Ste. Genevieve du Mont de Paris (arr. D. Fraser for violin and electronics)
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Marin Marais
    Performer
    Donald Fraser