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

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Label
Avie Records
Release Date
September 7, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      English Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Fraser
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 07, 2018
    • UPC
      822252239126
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AV2391
    • LABEL
      Avie Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. The Queen's Hall

      Composer: Donald Fraser

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    2. Book of Songs, Book 3: Time stands still (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)

      Composer: John Dowland

      Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    3. Ground in C Minor, Z. D221 (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    4. Crucifixus (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)

      Composer: Antonio Lotti

      Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    5. Fugue in G Minor (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)

      Composer: Nicola Porpora

      Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    6. Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531: II. Largo (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    7. Lord Lovat's Lament (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)

      Composer: David Fraser

      Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    8. Trübe Wolken (Nuages gris), S199/R78 (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    9. Canon in D Minor (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)

      Composer: Alexander Scriabin

      Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    10. A la manière de Borodine (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    11. Pleading, Op. 48 (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    12. A Child Asleep (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    13. Queen Mary's Song (arr. D. Fraser for orchestra)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    14. Epilogue

      Composer: Donald Fraser

      Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Donald Fraser

    15. La Sonnerie de Ste. Genevieve du Mont de Paris (arr. D. Fraser for violin and electronics)

      Composer: Marin Marais

      Performer: Donald Fraser


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.