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Bantock - Orchestral Music

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Label: Hyperion

Cat No: CDS442816

Barcode: 0034571142814

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 6

Release Date: 1st October 2007

Works

Bantock
A Celtic Symphony for string orchestra and six harps

Bantock
The Witch of Atlas Tone Poem for Orchestra No 5, after Shelley

Bantock
The Sea Reivers Hebridean Sea Poem No 2

Bantock
A Hebridean Symphony

Bantock
Pagan Symphony ‘Et ego in Arcadia vixi’

Bantock
Fifine at the Fair ‘A Defence of Inconstancy’

Bantock
Cuchullan’s Lament Heroic Ballad No 1

Bantock
Kishmul’s Galley Heroic Ballad No 2

Bantock
The Cyprian Goddess Symphony No 3

Bantock
The Helena Variations Orchestral variations on the theme HFB

Bantock
Dante and Beatrice Poem for orchestra

Bantock
Sappho Prelude and Nine Fragments for mezzo-soprano and orchestra

Bantock
Sapphic Poem for cello and orchestra

Bantock
Prelude to The Song of Songs

Bantock
Prelude to Omar Khayyam

Bantock
Camel Caravan from Omar Khayyam with chorus

Bantock
Caristiona Hebridean Sea Poem No 1

Bantock
Processional Orchestral Scene No 1

Bantock
Thalaba the Destroyer

Bantock
Overture to a Greek Tragedy

Bantock
The Wilderness and the Solitary Place

Bantock
Pierrot of the Minute

Bantock
The Song of Songs (excerpts)

Artists

Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
Elizabeth Connell (soprano)
Kim Begley (tenor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Vernon Handley

Works

Artists

Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
Elizabeth Connell (soprano)
Kim Begley (tenor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Vernon Handley

About

‘The finest large symphonic recordings of the decade. The burnished colors of Bantock’s singular music—moody, quirky, haunting—glow under the direction of Vernon Handley’ (Fi, USA)

"Magnificently recorded and performed. When audiences are crying out for “melodious music” how can such music as this have been ignored for so long?’ (Gramophone)

‘A towering classic, as important as a landmark in the rediscovery of British music as it is a monument to the technique of orchestral recording’ (International Record Review)

CD 1 [73'57]
- A Celtic Symphony for string orchestra and six harps

- The Witch of Atlas Tone Poem for Orchestra No 5, after Shelley

- The Sea Reivers Hebridean Sea Poem No 2
- A Hebridean Symphony

CD 2 [79'39]
- Pagan Symphony ‘Et ego in Arcadia vixi’

- Fifine at the Fair ‘A Defence of Inconstancy’

- Cuchullan’s Lament Heroic Ballad No 1

- Kishmul’s Galley Heroic Ballad No 2

CD 3 [69'25]
- The Cyprian Goddess Symphony No 3
- The Helena Variations Orchestral variations on the theme HFB

- Dante and Beatrice Poem for orchestra

CD 4 [75'24]
- Sappho Prelude and Nine Fragments for mezzo-soprano and orchestra(SUSAN BICKLEY mezzo-soprano)
- Sapphic Poem for cello and orchestra (JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER cello)

CD 5 [76'48]
- Prelude to The Song of Songs

- Prelude to Omar Khayyám
- Camel Caravan from Omar Khayyám with chorus

- Caristiona Hebridean Sea Poem No 1

- Processional Orchestral Scene No 1

- Thalaba the Destroyer

CD 6 [77'56]
- Overture to a Greek Tragedy

- The Wilderness and the Solitary Place (ELIZABETH CONNELL soprano)
- Pierrot of the Minute
- The Song of Songs excerpts (ELIZABETH CONNELL soprano, KIM BEGLEY tenor)

6 CDs: available separately as CDA66450, CDA66630, CDA66810, CDA66899, CDA67250 & CDA67395