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CHAN 10194
Multiple Set of 3 CDs
Harty: Complete Orchestral Works
Running Time: 224:14
Release Date: April 2004
Originally recorded in June 1979
Composer (1879-1941)
Sir Hamilton Harty
Sir Hamilton Harty
Solo soprano‡
Heather Harper
Heather Harper
Solo violin*
Ralph Holmes
Ralph Holmes
Solo piano†
Malcolm Binns
Malcolm Binns
Orchestra
Ulster Orchestra
Ulster Orchestra
Conductor
Bryden Thomson
Bryden Thomson
Venue
Ulster Hall, Belfast
Ulster Hall, Belfast
Producer
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos
Orchestral & Concertos
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SIR HAMILTON HARTY
(1879-1941)COMPACT DISC ONE
Violin Concerto (1908)*
33:13
in D minor - in d-Moll - en ré mineur
1.
I
Allegro deciso
12:26
2.
II
Molto lento
11:07
3.
III
Allegro con brio
9:34
Piano Concerto (1922)†
37:37
in B minor - in h-Moll - en si mineur
4.
I
Allegro risoluto
14:07
5.
II
Tranquillo e calmo
9:44
6.
III
Con brio e vivace
13:45
71:00
COMPACT DISC TWO
The Children of Lir (1938)‡
31:48
Poem for orchestra
1.
Introduction -
4:34
2.
Allegro brioso ed animato -
4:47
3.
The swan-children -
2:31
4.
Calm seas and blue skies -
2:00
5.
Approach of the evening -
6:07
6.
Allegro brio ed animato -
6:06
7.
Transformation, baptism and death
5:43
Variations on a Dublin Air (1912)*
16:19
8.
Introduction and Theme -
3:45
9.
Variation I -
1:01
10.
Variation II -
1:03
11.
Variation III -
2:11
12.
Variation IV -
0:39
13.
Variation V -
1:55
14.
Varation VI -
2:01
15.
Varation VII -
3:44
16.
The Londonderry Air (1924)
5:27
Pan Hon Lee violin
Ode to a Nightingale (1907)‡
22:30
for Soprano and Orchestra
17.
[Introduction] -
1:42
18.
'My heart aches' -
2:36
19.
'O for a draught of vintage!' -
2:02
20.
'. . .and quite forget' -
4:03
21.
'Already with thee!' -
4:20
22.
'Darkling I listen' -
4:06
23.
'Forlorn!' -
0:54
24.
'Adieu! Adieu!'
2:45
76:38
COMPACT DISC THREE
1.
A Comedy Overture (1906, revised 1908)
14:12
An Irish Symphony (1904, revised 1915 and 1924)
34:00
2.
I
On the Shores of Lough Neagh: Allegro molto
13:13
3.
II
The Fair Day: Vivace ma non troppo presto
3:08
4.
III
In the Antrim Hills: Lento ma non troppo
7:21
5.
IV
The Twelfth of July: Con molto brio
10:10
6.
In Ireland (1935)
9:13
Fantasy for Flute, Harp and Orchestra
Colin Fleming flute
Denice Kelly harp
Moderato con passione
With the Wild Geese (1910)
20:12
7.
Introduction -
1:45
8.
Soldiers' life abroad -
6:58
9.
The night before the battle -
4:22
10.
Battle -
4:51
11.
Return home
2:16
78:06
Solo: Heather Harper soprano‡
Solo: Ralph Holmes violin*
Solo: Malcolm Binns piano†
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra
Conductor: Bryden Thomson
June 1979 (Violin Concerto) & April & May 1983 (Piano Concerto)
3-4 October 1981 (The Children of Lir & Ode to a Nightingale, June 1979 (Variations on a Dublin Air & The Londonderry Air)
4-5 Octoer 1980 (An Irish Symphony & A Comedy Overture) & April & May 1983 (In Ireland & With the Wild Geese)
