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Album Summary

Performers

• Rosanne Hunt (Cello)
• Elizabeth Wallfisch (Violin)
• Paul Dyer (Harpsichord)
• Michael Harvey (Piano)
• Slava Grigoryan (Guitar)
• Jane Rutter (Flute)
• Sara Macliver (Soprano)
• Marina Kolomiitseva (Piano)
• Donald Westlake (Clarinet)
• Diana Doherty (Oboe)
• Orchestra of the Antipodes (Synthesizer)
• Lin Jiang (Horn)
• Jane Sheldon (Voice)
• Geoffrey Lancaster (Harpsichord)
• Teddy Rhodes (Bass Baritone)
• Sharolyn Kimmorley (Piano)
• Roberto Cominati (Piano)
• Richard Tognetti (Violin)
• David Stanhope (Piano)
• Karin Schnaupp (Guitar)
• Linda Kent (Harpsichord)

Conductors

• Divall, Richard
• Dyer, Paul
• Fredman, Myer
• Fritzsch, Johannes
• Lancaster, Geoffrey
• Lanchbery, John
• Measham, David
• Mills, Richard
• Northey, Benjamin
• O'Boyle, Sean
• O'Leary, Mark
• Otterloo, Willem Van
• Pikler, Robert
• Ronly-Riklis, Shalom
• Rudner, Ola
• Serebrier, Jose
• Simon, Geoffrey
• Stanhope, David
• Steinberg, Pinchas
• Thomas, Patrick
• Tuckwell, Barry
• Walker, Antony
• Weymark, Brett

Ensembles

• 
• Guitar Trek
• Macquarie Trio

Composers

• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Australian Traditional
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Nicola Matteis (circa 1650 - after 1709)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
• Elena Kats-Chernin (Composer) (1957 - )
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Scottish Traditional
• Irish Traditional
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Graeme Koehne (1956 - )
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Anatol Lyadov (1855 - 1914)
• Geoffrey Burgon (1941 - 2010)
• Venezuelan Traditional
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• American Traditional
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)

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Works Details

Respighi, Ottorino : Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 2 :: Bergamasca

• Conductor: Benjamin Northey
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1924

Grieg, Edvard : From Holberg's Time, Op. 40 :: Rigaudon

• Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg
• Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1885

Handel, George Frideric : Concerto Grosso in A major, Op.6/11, HWV 329 :: Andante larghetto e staccato

• Performer: Geoffrey Lancaster (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Geoffrey Lancaster
• Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1739

Liadov, Anatole : Russian Folksongs (8), Op. 58 :: Round Dance

• Conductor: Shalom Ronly-Riklis
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1906

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Let Beauty Awake, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Songs of Travel no 2)

• Performers: Teddy Rhodes (Bass Baritone); Sharolyn Kimmorley (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1904

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Naïs, pastorale héroïque :: Overture

• Conductor: Richard Divall
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1749

Burgon, Geoffrey : Brideshead Revisited, television film score :: Theme

• Conductor: José Serebrier
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: circa 1981

Traditional, Australian : Morning Tide, for chorus

• Conductor: Mark O'Leary
• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.

Chopin, Frédéric : Prelude for piano no 3 in G major, Op. 28/3, CT. 168

• Performer: Roberto Cominati (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838-1839

Venezuelan Traditional : Los Mamonales, song

• Ensemble: Guitar Trek
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166) :: Zion hears the watchmen singi

• Conductor: Brett Weymark
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 11/25/1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 :: Preludio

• Performer: Richard Tognetti (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Grieg, Edvard : Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen), lyric piece for piano, Op. 65/6

• Performer: David Stanhope (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1896

Mussorgsky, Modest : Khovanschina :: Dawn on the Moscow River

• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1872-1880

Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in A major, K 208/L 238

• Performer: Karin Schnaupp (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1756-1757

Matteis, Nicola : II Russignolo, for consort

• Performers: Linda Kent (Harpsichord); Rosanne Hunt (Cello); Elizabeth Wallfisch (Violin)
• Running Time: 1 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Traditional, Scottish : Bobby Shaftoe, folksong

• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
• Form: Vocal

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 :: Sinfonia

• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1734

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" :: Allegretto

• Conductor: Willem Otterloo
• Running Time: 8 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Handel, George Frideric : Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op.6/7, HWV 325 :: Hornpipe

• Performer: Paul Dyer (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Paul Dyer
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1739

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) :: Prelude

• Performer: Michael Harvey (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1722

Vivaldi, Antonio : Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 :: Largo

• Performer: Slava Grigoryan (Guitar)
• Conductor: Benjamin Northey
• Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1716

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis :: [Excerpt]

• Conductor: Patrick Thomas
• Running Time: 6 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910

Traditional, Irish : The Last Rose of Summer, folk song

• Performer: Jane Rutter (Flute)
• Conductor: Sean O'Boyle
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Traditional, American : Shenandoah, folk song

• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 18th Century

Ravel, Maurice : Chanson des cueilleuses de lentiques, for voice & piano (Mélodies popularies grecques no 4)

• Performer: Sara Macliver (Soprano)
• Conductor: Benjamin Northey
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1904

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Intermezzo

• Conductor: Richard Divall
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Schubert, Franz : Frühlingsglaube ("Die Linden Lüfte"), song for voice & piano (3 versions), D. 686 (Op. 20/2)

• Performer: Marina Kolomiitseva (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1820-1822

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622 :: Adagio

• Performer: Donald Westlake (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Robert Pikler
• Running Time: 7 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1791

Koehne, Graeme : Palm Court Suite, for orchestra :: Nocturne (Prelude 1)

• Conductor: Richard Mills
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Albinoni, Tomaso : Concerto à cinque, for oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo no 2 in D minor, Op. 9/2, (T. 9/2)

• Performer: Diana Doherty (Oboe)
• Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1722

Purcell, Henry : Fairy Queen, Z 629 :: A Dance for the Followers of Night

• Performer: Orchestra of the Antipodes (Synthesizer)
• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1689

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Humming Chorus

• Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Bizet, Georges : L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1

• Conductor: John Lanchbery
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1872

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, K. 417 :: Andante

• Performer: Lin Jiang (Horn)
• Conductor: Barry Tuckwell
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1783

Grainger, Percy : Danish Folk Music Suite, for orchestra (elastic scoring) (DFMS 1, 2, 9, 10) :: The Nightingale and the

• Conductor: Geoffrey Simon
• Notes: Composition written: 1922-28.
• Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1922-1928

Elgar, Edward : Enigma Variations :: Nimrod

• Conductor: Myer Fredman
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1898-1899

Piazzolla, Astor : Enrico IV

• Ensemble: Macquarie Trio
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1982

Kats-Chernin, Elena : Eliza's Aria (from Wild Swans), for soprano & orchestra

• Performer: Jane Sheldon (Voice)
• Conductor: Ola Rudner
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Dvorak, Antonin : Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World" :: Largo

• Conductor: José Serebrier
• Notes: Composition written: 01/10/1893-05/24/1893.
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral