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British Light Music Vol.5: Coleridge-Taylor - Hiawatha Overture, Petite Suite, etc. | Naxos - British Light Music 8555191

British Light Music Vol.5: Coleridge-Taylor - Hiawatha Overture, Petite Suite, etc.

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Label: Naxos - British Light Music

Cat No: 8555191

Barcode: 0747313519125

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 25th February 2022

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The Hiawatha trilogy, with its stirring overture, established Coleridge-Taylor as one of Britain’s leading young composers and stimulated commissions in a wide variety of music. The Othello Suite was written for a stage production of the play, its powerful and contrasting themes illustrating the composer’s prowess in characterisation. Redolent of popular ballads and romances, the Petite Suite de Concert is a masterpiece of light music, while the charming Romance of the Prairie Lilies shows Coleridge-Taylor’s lasting influence on future generations of British composers.

This is another release in the British Light Music series, and is a reissue of Marco Polo originally released in July 1995. The Penguin Guide gave it a strong three-star award writing ‘performances and recording are excellent’. ‘These are commendable and affectionate performances from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under Adrian Leaper’s spirited lead and with very good recorded sound’ (Gramophone). This disc will be released in the 110th anniversary year of Coleridge-Taylor’s death.

Recent release in this series featured Ronald Binge (Vol.2 on 8555190). ‘These idiomatic performances remind us why so much of Binge’s music was chosen for radio and TV theme tunes, now forgotten, but the music retains its appeal and this reissue does it credit. Roll on the rest of these re-releases’ (MusicWeb International). Adrian Leaper’s earlier recording of Eric Coates was released in November 2021 (Vol.4 on 8555178).

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