Musical Handyman

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Album Summary

Performers

• Michael Dudman (Organ)
• Karin Schaupp (Guitar)
• David Hobson (Bass Baritone)
• Teddy Rhodes (Bass Baritone)
• Li Wei (Cello)
• Alison Morgan (Voice)
• Sally-Anne Russell (Mezzo Soprano)
• Jenny Duck-Chong (Voice)
• Simon Tedeschi (Piano)
• Rosario Spina
• Ian Munro (Piano)
• Dene Olding (Violin)

Conductors

• Abbott, Graham
• Black, Stanley
• Bonynge, Richard
• Braithwaite, Nicholas
• Challender, Stuart
• Dommett, Leonard
• Johnson, Craig
• Lehmann, Wilfred
• Measham, David
• Mould, Stephen
• Nicholls, Christopher
• Northey, Benjamin
• Otterloo, Willem Van
• Porcelijn, David
• Stanhope, David
• Swierczewski, Michel
• Thomas, Patrick
• Walker, Antony
• Woods, Thomas

Ensemble

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Composers

• Brian May (1934 - 1997)
• John Williams (Film Composer) (1932 - )
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Eric Coates (Composer) (1886 - 1957)
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Ross Edwards (1943 - )
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Bernardino Monterde (1880 - 1959)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Maurice Jarre (1924 - 2009)
• Kenneth J. Alford (Composer) (1881 - 1945)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)
• Irish Traditional
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Henry Litolff (1818 - 1891)

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Works Details

Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: O fortuna

• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936
• Studio/Live: Live

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565

• Performer: Michael Dudman (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1708

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : Concierto de Aranjez :: 1. Allegro con spirito

• Performer: Karin Schaupp (Guitar)
• Conductor: Benjamin Northey
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1939

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers :: Au fond du temple saint (In the depths of the temple)

• Performers: David Hobson (Bass Baritone); Teddy Rhodes (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Thomas Woods
• Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Khachaturian, Aram : Gayane :: Sabre Dance

• Conductor: Leonard Dommett
• Notes: Composition written: 1941-42.
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1941-1942

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: The Ride of s

• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1854-1856

Elgar, Edward : Concerto for Cello :: 1. Adagio - Moderato

• Performer: Li Wei (Cello)
• Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite
• Running Time: 8 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1919

Traditional, Irish : Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song

• Conductor: Stuart Challender
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Vocal
• Written: by 1855

Coates, Eric [Composer] : The Dam Busters, march for the film score

• Conductor: Michel Swierczewski
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: March
• Written: 1954
• Studio/Live: Live

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Toreador's Song

• Performers: Alison Morgan (Voice); Teddy Rhodes (Bass Baritone); Sally-Anne Russell (Mezzo Soprano); Jenny Duck-Chong (Voice)
• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Prokofiev, Sergei : Romeo and Juliet :: Montagues and Capulets

• Conductor: Christopher Nicholls
• Notes: Composition written: 1935-36.
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1935-1936

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Piano no 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 :: 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (Excerpt)

• Performer: Simon Tedeschi (Piano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1874

Sibelius, Jean : Finlandia, Op. 26

• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 8 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1900

Jarre, Maurice : Witness :: Building the Barn

• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048 :: 1. Allegro

• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 5 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : 1812 - Overture, Op. 49 :: Galop

• Conductor: Stuart Challender
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Rossini, Gioachino : William Tell :: Overture (Excerpt)

• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1829

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il trovatore :: Vedi! Le fosche (Anvil Chorus)

• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Alford, Kenneth : Colonel Bogey

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: March
• Written: 1913

Handel, George Frideric : Solomon :: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1748

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun dorma (No-one shall sleep)

• Performer: Rosario Spina
• Conductor: Stephen Mould
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 :: 1. Allegro con brio

• Conductor: Willem Otterloo
• Running Time: 7 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Litolff, Henry Charles : Concerto Symphonique no 4 in D major, Op. 102 :: 2. Scherzo

• Performer: Ian Munro (Piano)
• Conductor: David Porcelijn
• Running Time: 7 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1852

Edwards, Ross : Maninyas - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra :: 3. Maninya 2

• Performer: Dene Olding (Violin)
• Conductor: Stuart Challender
• Running Time: 6 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1988

Falla, Manuel de : Love, the Magician :: Ritual Fire Dance

• Conductor: Leonard Dommett
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1916-1917

May, Brian : Mad Max 2 :: Theme

• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Mendelssohn, Felix : Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"

• Conductor: Wilfred Lehmann
• Notes: Composition written: 12/11/1830.
• Running Time: 9 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 12/11/1830

Holst, Gustav : The Planets :: Mars, the Bringer of War

• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 6 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914-1916

Williams, John : Raiders of the Lost Ark :: Main Title

• Conductor: Stanley Black
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1981

Handel, George Frideric : Music for the Royal Fireworks :: La Réjouissance (Rejoicing)

• Conductor: Graham Abbott
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1749

Monterde, Bernardino : La Virgen de la Macarena, for orchestra

• Conductor: David Measham
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Elgar, Edward : Coronation Ode, Op. 44

• Conductor: Patrick Thomas
• Running Time: 6 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: 1901