Meditations for All Seasons - Music for Spring, Summer, etc

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Album Summary

Performers

• John Anderson (Oboe)
• Judith Hall (Flute)
• Elinor Bennett (Harp)
• Karl Leister (Clarinet)
• Vlado Perlemuter (Piano)
• Jeremy Cornes (Percussion)
• Peter Hamburger (Percussion)
• Colin Lawson (Clarinet)
• Martin Westlake (Percussion)
• Maurice Hodges (Recorder)
• Graham Ashton (Trumpet)
• Martin Jones (Piano)
• Evelyn Nallen (Recorder)
• Robert Johnston (Harp)
• Adrian Partington (Organ)
• Kevin Bowyer (Organ)
• John Lill (Piano)

Conductors

• Boughton, William
• Fischer, Adam
• Laredo, Jaime
• Swierczewski, Michel
• Tippett, Michael
• Wright, Simon

Ensembles

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• Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
• Brandis Quartet
• English Northern Philharmonia
• English String Orchestra
• English Symphony Orchestra
• Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon
• Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Composers

• Emile Waldteufel (1837 - 1915)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Eduardo Toldrá (1895 - 1962)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Anthony Payne (1936 - )
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Howard Blake (1938 - )
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
• Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989)
• Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
• Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987)
• Marcel Tournier (Composer/Harp) (1879 - 1951)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
• Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801)
• William Alwyn (1905 - 1985)
• Carl Nielsen (Composer) (1865 - 1931)
• André Jolivet (1905 - 1974)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)

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Works Details

Mendelssohn, Felix : Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian" :: 1. Allegro vivace

• Conductor: Jaime Laredo
• Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 03/13/1833.
• Running Time: 10 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/13/1833

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 6 in D major ("Le Matin"), H. 1/6 :: 1. Adagio-Allegro

• Conductor: Adam Fischer
• Ensemble: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1761.
• Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1761

Copland, Aaron : Appalachian Spring

• Conductor: William Boughton
• Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 24 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1945

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" :: 1. Allegro ma non troppo

• Running Time: 10 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Eduardo Toldrá (1895 - 1962) : Vistes al mar, for string quartet (or string orchestra) :: 1. Allegro con brio

• Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1921

Berkeley, Lennox : Serenade for Strings, Op. 12 :: 1. Vivace

• Conductor: William Boughton
• Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1939

Cimarosa, Domenico : Concerto for Oboe in C major/C minor :: 2. Allegro

• Performer: John Anderson (Oboe)
• Conductor: Simon Wright
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: circa 1780

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in D major, RV 453

• Performer: John Anderson (Oboe)
• Conductor: Simon Wright
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1742

Smetana, Bedrich : Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93

• Conductor: William Boughton
• Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1863-1870

Alwyn, William : Fantasy-Sonata for Flute and Harp "Naiades"

• Performers: Judith Hall (Flute); Elinor Bennett (Harp)
• Notes: Composition written: 1971.
• Running Time: 12 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1971

Debussy, Claude : Children's Corner :: Le Petit Berger

• Performers: Judith Hall (Flute); Elinor Bennett (Harp)
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1906-1908

Debussy, Claude : Arabesques (2) for Piano

• Performers: Judith Hall (Flute); Elinor Bennett (Harp)
• Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888-1891

Persichetti, Vincent : Serenade no 10 for Flute and Harp - Allegretto

• Performers: Judith Hall (Flute); Elinor Bennett (Harp)
• Running Time: 10 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1957

Nielsen, Carl : Carl Neilsen -The Fog is Lifting :: The Fog Is Lifting

• Performers: Judith Hall (Flute); Elinor Bennett (Harp)
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1920

Debussy, Claude : Syrinx

• Performers: Judith Hall (Flute); Elinor Bennett (Harp)
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1913

Payne, Anthony : A 1940's Childhood for flute & guitar

• Performers: Judith Hall (Flute); Elinor Bennett (Harp)
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Tournier, Marcel : Vers la source dans le bois

• Performers: Judith Hall (Flute); Elinor Bennett (Harp)
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: circa 1910-1950

André Jolivet (1905 - 1974) : Alla rustica for Flute and Harp

• Performers: Judith Hall (Flute); Elinor Bennett (Harp)
• Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1963

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'

• Conductor: William Boughton
• Ensemble: English String Orchestra
• Running Time: 10 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1939

Brahms, Johannes : Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115 :: 2. Adagio-Piú lento

• Performer: Karl Leister (Clarinet)
• Ensemble: Brandis Quartet
• Running Time: 11 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1891

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Prelude for piano no 15 in D flat major, Op. 28/15, CT. 180

• Performer: Vlado Perlemuter (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838-1839

Copland, Aaron : Rodeo

• Conductor: William Boughton
• Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Tippett, Michael : Crown of the year :: 6. Prelude, Autumn

• Performers: Jeremy Cornes (Percussion); Peter Hamburger (Percussion); John Anderson (Oboe); Colin Lawson (Clarinet); Martin Westlake (Percussion); Maurice Hodges (Recorder); Graham Ashton (Trumpet); Martin Jones (Piano); Evelyn Nallen (Recorder)
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1958

Britten, Benjamin : Peter Grimes :: 4. The Storm

• Conductor: William Boughton
• Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1944

Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings

• Conductor: William Boughton
• Ensemble: English String Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Elgar, Edward : Sospiri

• Performers: Robert Johnston (Harp); Adrian Partington (Organ)
• Conductor: William Boughton
• Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1913-1914

Finzi, Gerald : Eclogue for Piano and Strings in F major, Op. 10

• Conductor: William Boughton
• Ensemble: English String Orchestra
• Running Time: 9 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: circa 1925-1929

Waldteufel, Emile : Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"), Op. 183

• Conductor: Michel Swierczewski
• Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon
• Running Time: 9 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1882

Blake, Howard : The Snowman :: Walking in the air

• Performer: Kevin Bowyer (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1982

Debussy, Claude : Children's Corner

• Performer: Martin Jones (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1906-1908

Bridge, Frank : Sir Roger de Coverley, H 155

• Conductor: William Boughton
• Ensemble: English String Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1922

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orgelbüchlein

• Performer: Kevin Bowyer (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1713-1715

Tippett, Michael : Suite in D major for the birthday of Prince Charles :: 4. Carol

• Conductor: Michael Tippett
• Ensemble: English Northern Philharmonia
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1948

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Preludes (13) for Piano, Op. 32

• Performer: John Lill (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910

Offenbach, Jacques : Les contes d'Hoffmann :: Ballet des Flocons de Neige

• Conductor: Michel Swierczewski
• Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon
• Running Time: 11 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Debussy, Claude : Préludes, Book 1

• Performer: Martin Jones (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1909

Waldteufel, Emile : Roses de Noël, waltz for orchestra, Op 230

• Conductor: Michel Swierczewski
• Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon
• Running Time: 9 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz

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

• Conductor: Jaime Laredo
• Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 12/11/1830.
• Running Time: 9 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 12/11/1830