Pastoral Classics - Music for a Summer's Day

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Album Summary

Performers

• Alison Stephens (Mandolin)
• Craig Ogden (Guitar)
• Phillip McCann (Trumpet)
• Skaila Kanga (Harp)
• Tommy Reilly (Harmonica)
• Lydia Mordkovitch] (Violin)
• Colin Fleming (Flute)

Conductors

• del Mar, Norman
• Godwin, Anthony
• Handley, Vernon
• Hickox, Richard
• Järvi, Neeme
• Newsome, Roy
• Rothstein, Jack [Violin]
• Thompson, Bryden
• Tortelier, Yan Pascal
• Weller, Walter

Ensembles

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• Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• City of London Sinfonia
• Johann Strauss Orchestra
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Palm Court Theatre Orchestra
• Sellers Engineering Band
• Ulster Orchestra

Composers

• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• John Andrew Stevenson (1761 - 1833)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
• Ernest Bucalossi
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936)
• Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• George Butterworth (1885 - 1916)
• Albert W. Ketèlbey (1875 - 1959)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• English Traditional
• Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
• George Dyson (1883 - 1964)
• Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870)

Notes & Reviews:

Various artists including Craig, Ogden, Lydia Mordkovich, BBC Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Tommy Reilly, and The Academy of St Martin in The fields ar eheard in this latest series of rich orchestral music. This set, which features a variety of distinguished performances, will serve as a wonderful accompaniment to the light-hearted activities it lends its emotions to. Including Gershwin's Summertime, Glazunov's The Seasons, Howell's Pastoral Rhapsody and the traditional Last Rose of Summer, this collection really does bring together a wonderful selection of pastoral music for the lazy days of summer. Engaging, enchanting, elegant and beautiful - with over two hours of music, this is a great collection to sit and unwind to.

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Works Details

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" :: 2nd movement

• Conductor: Walter Weller
• Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 12 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Les saisons, Op. 37b :: June

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875-1876

Grainger, Percy : Work(s) :: Early One Morning

• Performers: Skaila Kanga (Harp); Tommy Reilly (Harmonica)
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Howells, Herbert : Dances (3) for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 7 :: 2nd movement

• Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch] (Violin)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1914-1915

Bridge, Frank : Summer, tone poem for orchestra, H. 116

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• Running Time: 10 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1914-1915

Elgar, Edward : Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2

• Conductor: Norman del Mar
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1879-1899

Dyson, George : Children's Suite :: "Pastoral"

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Bucalossi, Ernest : Grasshoppers' Dance

• Conductor: Anthony Godwin
• Ensemble: Palm Court Theatre Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1905

Butterworth, George : Banks of Green Willow

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1913.
• Running Time: 6 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1913

Strauss, Josef : Die Libelle, Op. 204

• Conductor: Jack Rothstein
• Ensemble: Johann Strauss Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1866

Debussy, Claude : Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86

• Performer: Colin Fleming (Flute)
• Conductor: Yan Tortelier
• Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
• Running Time: 9 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1894

Ketèlbey, Albert W. : In a Lovers' Garden, suite :: 1st movement

• Conductor: Anthony Godwin
• Ensemble: Palm Court Theatre Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1925

Gershwin, George : Porgy and Bess

• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1935

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral") :: 1st movement

• Conductor: Bryden Thompson
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 10 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1921

Prokofiev, Sergei : Symphonic Suite from 'War and Peace' :: 2. (Intermezzo)

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Notes: Composition written: 1941-43.
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1941-1943

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Mandolin in C major, RV 425 :: 1. (Allegro)

• Performers: Alison Stephens (Mandolin); Craig Ogden (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1742

Dyson, George : Concerto for Violin in E flat major :: 3rd movement

• Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch] (Violin)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 10 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto

Grainger, Percy : Shepherd's Hey

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1908-1913

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on Greensleeves

• Conductor: Vernon Handley
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Dvorak, Antonin : In Nature's Realm (V prírode), concert overture, B. 168 (Op. 91)

• Conductor: Vernon Handley
• Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
• Running Time: 13 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Traditional, English : Cherry Ripe

• Performers: Tommy Reilly (Harmonica); Skaila Kanga (Harp)
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: 1st movement

• Conductor: Vernon Handley
• Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Glazunov, Alexander : The Seasons, Op. 67 :: Spring / Summer [extract]

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1899

Delius, Frederick : Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra

• Conductor: Norman del Mar
• Notes: Composition written: 1911.
• Running Time: 7 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1911

Grainger, Percy : Country Gardens

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1908-18.
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1908-1918

Stevenson, John Andrew : The Last Rose of Summer, song

• Performer: Phillip McCann (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Roy Newsome
• Ensemble: Sellers Engineering Band
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1813