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Overtures from the British Isles, Volume 2

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CHAN 10898
 
Overtures from the British Isles, Volume 2
Running Time: 80:04
CD UPC: 0095115189825

Release Date: May 2016
Originally recorded in 2015
Composer (1902-1983)
William Walton
Composer (1905-1942)
Walter Leigh
Composer (1884-1961)
York Bowen
Composer (1858-1944)
Dame Ethel Smyth
Composer (1874-1948)
John Ansell
Composer (1847-1935)
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Composer (1886-1957)
Eric Coates
Composer (1848-1918)
Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry
Composer (1877-1953)
Roger Quilter
Composer (1880-1939)
John Foulds
Conductor
Rumon Gamba
Venue
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales
Producer
Tim Thorne
Engineer
Jonathan Cooper
Engineer (Assistant)
Simon Smith
Genre:
Orchestral & Concertos
Classical

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WILLIAM WALTON

(1902-1983)
1.

Portsmouth Point (1924-25)

5:33
Overture
Robusto - Full and broad

WALTER LEIGH

(1905-1942)
2.

Agincourt (1935)

12:29
(Jubilee Overture)
Overture for Orchestra
Edited by Malcolm Riley (b. 1960)
Allegro con brio - Andante - Maestoso - Allegro con brio (Tempo I)

YORK BOWEN

(1884-1961)
premiere recording
3.

Fantasy Overture, Op. 115 (1945)

8:27
for Orchestra
With acknowledgements to Tom Bowling
To Meyer de Wolfe, 1945
Allegro con spirito - Poco più sostenuto - Tempo I -

DAME ETHEL SMYTH

(1858-1944)
4.

Overture to 'The Boatswain's Mate' (1913-14)

6:05
Comedy in One Act
Allegro

JOHN ANSELL

(1874-1948)
5.

Plymouth Hoe (1914)

7:57
A Nautical Overture
Allegro con brio - Andante - Poco più mosso - Tempo I -

SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL MACKENZIE

(1847-1935)
6.

Britannia, Op. 52 (1894)

7:37
A Nautical Overture
Dedicated by permission to
His Royal Highness The Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha K.G.
Lento - Allegro vivace - Largamente - Presto - Largamente

ERIC COATES

(1886-1957)
7.

The Merrymakers (1923)

4:54
Miniature Overture
Molto vivace - Grazioso - Appassionato - Brillante -
Tempo I -

SIR CHARLES HUBERT H. PARRY

(1848-1918)
8.

Overture to an Unwritten Tragedy (1893, revised 1894, 1905)

12:29
for Orchestra
Lento - Allegro energico

ROGER QUILTER

(1877-1953)
9.

A Children's Overture, Op. 17 (1911-19)

10:50
Andante moderato - Allegretto marcato - Giocoso - Allegro marcato -

JOHN FOULDS

(1880-1939)
10.

Le Cabaret, Op. 72a (c. 1921, revised 1934)

3:43
Overture to a French Comedy
from incidental music to the play Deburau, Op. 72 by Sacha Guitry (1885-1957)
Not too hurried - Tempo slightly more commodious - Steady - First Tempo
Total time: 81:18
Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Rumon Gamba
2-4 December 2015






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