Arte Nova > Beckett, Edward

Warlock: Capriol Suite, etc / Pople, et al

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-10-10

Works: Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite, for full orchestra; The Curlew, song cycle for voice & small orchestra; Six English Tunes, suite for orchestra; Serenade for string orchestra; Six Italian Dances, for or...
Performers: Alty, Alison; Beckett, Edward; Gibbs, Robert; Hill, Martyn; Smith, Amanda; Stevens, Peter; Szucs, Ferenc
Conductors: Pople, Ross
Ensemble: London Festival Orchestra

Peter Warlock, pseudonym of Philip Heseltine, was born in London in 1894 and became a friend and protégé of Frederick Delieus. He published books and...continue...

Janácek: Idyll, Mladi, Suite / Ross Pople, London Festival

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-09-12

Works: Leos Janácek: Idyll for Strings; Mládí (Youth), suite for wind sextet, JW 7/10; Suite for string orchestra, JW 6/2
Performers: Beckett, Edward; Jennings, Anthony; Messiter, Malcolm; Pike, Anthony; Skinner, Richard; Taylor, Derek
Conductors: Pople, Ross
Ensemble: London Festival Orchestra

In a colorfully pained peasant trunk, Leos Janacek's pupil Bfietislav Bakala discovered the long-forgotten earliest orchestral works of his teacher: the 'Suite for Strings' (around...continue...

Holst: Orchestral Music / Pople, London Festival Orchestra

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Gustav Holst: St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118; Lyric Movement, for viola & chamber orchestra, H. 191; Brook Green Suite, for strings, H. 190; A Fugal Concerto, for flute, oboe & strin...
Performers: Beckett, Edward; Bolt, Rachel; Freyhan, Michael; Messiter, Malcolm
Conductors: Pople, Ross
Ensemble: London Festival Orchestra

English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) is universally loved for his popular orchestral suite 'The Planets', but much of his other estimable orchestral music is seldom...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, etc/ Ross Pople, et al

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-02-14

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Déluge, oratorio for voices, chorus & orchestra, Op. 45; Carnival of the animals; Wedding Cake for Piano and String Orchestra in A flat major, Op. 76; Septet for pia...
Performers: Beckett, Edward; Freyhan, Michael; Knight, Julia; McGee, Robin; Page, David le; Smith, Amanda; Szucs, Ferenc; Walker, Nicholas
Conductors: Pople, Ross
Ensemble: London Festival Orchestra

The grand zoological fantasy called Le Carnaval des Animaux by Camille Saint-Sans (1835-1921) is only the best known of several devilishly witty pieces this composer...continue...