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Richard Rodney Bennett - Orchestral Works, Vol.5

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Richard Rodney Bennett - Orchestral Works, Vol.5
CD UPC: 0095115526620

Release Date: February 2025
Originally recorded in November 2023
Solo Cello *
Jonathan Aasgaard
Conductor
John Wilson
Producer
Brian Pidgeon
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Assistant Engineer
Alexander James
Venue 28-30 November 2023
City Halls, Glasgow, UK
Genre:
Classical
Orchestral & Concertos

Available: 31/JAN/2025

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SIR RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT

Concerto for Orchestra (1973)

22:06
1.
I
Aubade. Vivo - Doppio valore - Quasi cadenza - Scherzando
6:59
2.
II
Adagio - Pochissimo più mosso - Agitato - Presto spettrale –
7:57
Tempo I (Doppio valore) – Tranquillo
Variations
3.
Tema. Presto -
0:25
4.
Variazione I. Leggero -
0:25
5.
Variazione II. Molto agitato -
0:34
6.
Variazione III. Misterioso -
0:24
7.
Variazione III. Strepitoso -
0:24
8.
Variazione V. Quasi campane -
0:38
9.
Variazione VI. Appassionato -
0:47
10.
Variazione VII. Scherzando -
0:22
11.
Variazione VIII. Brillante -
0:21
12.
Finale. Molto ritmico - Maestoso
2:37
première recording

Sonnets to Orpheus (1978-79) *

32:00
for Cello and Orchestra
To Dan Klein
13.
I
Allegro - A tempo, tranquillo - Con moto - [Cadenza.]
8:00
A piacere, poco meno, molto appassionato - Ancora meno – Poco lento –
Tempo I – Agitato – Tempo I – Meno mosso
‘A tree sprang up, O sheer transcendence! ‘A tree sprang up, O sheer transcendence!
14.
II
Capriccioso - Stesso tempo ma tranquillo - Come prima -
4:14
Cadenza, quasi stesso tempo, molto drammatico -
Presto - Molto mosso -
‘And with tiny steps the clocks walk beside our primal day.’
15.
III
Arioso - Molto tranquillo
6:01
''Erect no memorial stone. Let the rose bloom every year to remind us of him''
16.
IV
Molto animato - [ ] - Tempo I - [ ] -
8:57
Tempo I - Molto mosso - [ ] - A tempo, molto mosso -
Cadenza. Poco largamente - Poco meno - Sempre più tranquillo -
Sempre più tranquillo –
Only the Song above the land blesses and celebrates.’
17.
V
Adagio – Senza misura
4:38
‘But the echo of your music lingered
in the rocks and lions, trees and birds. You still sing there.’

Diversions (1989)

18:00
for Chamber Orchestra
18.
Theme (‘Whistle and I’ll come to you, my lad’). Vivo –
1:14
19.
Variation I. Grazioso –
1:31
20.
Variation II. Scherzando –
0:46
21.
Interlude 1 (‘In your [sic] garden’). Allegretto – Scherzando – Largamente-
1:30
22.
Variation III. Poco lento – A tempo con moto – A tempo poco sostenuto –
2:11
23.
Variation IV. Con fuoco –
1:21
24.
Variation V. Tranquillo – A tempo con moto –
2:24
25.
Variation VI. Con brio –
1:40
26.
Interlude 2 (‘My love’s in Germanie’). Lento –
2:39
27.
Finale. Molto allegro – Alla marcia – Giocoso – Molto vivo
2:41
Total time: 72:17
Conductor: John Wilson
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
John Millsleader






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