British Music - Green & Pleasant Land

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Album Summary

Performers

• Christopher Whitton (Organ)
• Christopher Maltman (Baritone)
• Graham Johnson (Piano)
• Nicholas Daniel (Oboe)
• Michael Cox (Flute)
• Anthony Rolfe Johnson
• Iain Farrington (Organ)

Conductors

• Lloyd-Jones, David
• Penny, Andrew
• Robinson, Christopher

Ensembles

• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Dublin RTE Concert Orchestra
• Duke Quartet
• English Northern Philharmonia
• Maggini Quartet
• Northern Sinfonia
• Queensland Symphony Orchestra
• Royal Ballet Sinfonia
• Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• St. John's College Choir, Cambridge

Composers

• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• E.J. Moeran (1894 - 1950)
• Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• C.W. Orr (1893 - 1976)
• Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
• Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953)
• William Walton (Composer) (1902 - 1983)
• Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
• Malcolm Arnold (1921 - 2006)
• Arthur Somervell (1863 - 1937)
• Arthur Bliss (1891 - 1975)

Notes & Reviews:

A delightful selection of English music with a pastoral theme featuring several individual tracks from award winning discs in the British Music series. Performed by the elite of British artists such as the Maggini Quartet, the Choir of St. John's College Cambridge and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under David Lloyd-Jones.

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Works Details

Moeran, Ernest John : Symphony in G minor, R. 71 :: Vivace

• Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
• Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1937

Finzi, Gerald : Seven Poems of Robert Bridges, for unaccompanied chorus, Op. 17 :: Clear and Gentle Stream

• Performer: Christopher Whitton (Organ)
• Conductor: Christopher Robinson
• Ensemble: St. John's College Choir, Cambridge
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934-1937

Somervell, Arthur : The Shropshire Lad, song cycle :: Loveliest of trees

• Performers: Christopher Maltman (Baritone); Graham Johnson (Piano)
• Ensemble: Duke Quartet
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1904

Delius, Frederick : Aquarelles (2), for strings (arr. by Fenby from 2 songs "to be sung on a summer night") :: Gaily, but

• Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
• Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia
• Running Time: 2 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1936

Bax, Arnold : Summer Music, for orchestra

• Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
• Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Running Time: 9 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1913-1932

Bliss, Sir Arthur : Conversations, for woodwinds & strings, Op. 15, F. 16 :: In the Wood

• Performers: Nicholas Daniel (Oboe); Michael Cox (Flute)
• Ensemble: Maggini Quartet
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1920

Elgar, Edward : Sospiri

• Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
• Ensemble: English Northern Philharmonia
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1913-1914

Walton, William : As you like it :: Under the Greenwood Tree

• Conductor: Andrew Penny
• Ensemble: Dublin RTE Concert Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Holst, Gustav : Egdon Heath (Homage to Hardy), for orchestra, Op. 47, H. 172

• Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
• Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Running Time: 12 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1927

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra)

• Performers: Anthony Rolfe Johnson; Graham Johnson (Piano)
• Ensemble: Duke Quartet
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1908-1909

Howells, Herbert : Anthems (4) for Chorus

• Performer: Iain Farrington (Organ)
• Conductor: Christopher Robinson
• Ensemble: St. John's College Choir, Cambridge
• Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1941

Britten, Benjamin : Alla Marcia, for string quartet

• Ensemble: Maggini Quartet
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1933

Orr, C.W. : A Cotswold Hill Tune

• Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
• Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
• Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Arnold, Malcolm : Cornish Dances (4), for orchestra, Op. 91

• Conductor: Andrew Penny
• Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 9 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1966