The best of British light music / including Butterworth, Fanshawe, Lambert, Arnold, Rutter.
| Other author/creator | Sutherland, Gavin. |
| Other author/creator | Wordsworth, Barry. |
| Other author/creator | BBC Concert Orchestra. |
| Other author/creator | Royal Ballet Sinfonia. |
| Contents | Disc 1. The Roots of Heaven (Overture) / Sir Malcolm Arnold -- Suite of Scottish Dances / William Alwyn -- An Impression on a Windy Day / Sir Malcom Sargent -- The Glass Slipper (Overture) / Clifton Parker -- The Coloured Counties / James Langley -- The Barber of Seville Goes to the Devil (Overture) / Gordon Jacob -- Tarn Hows (A Cumbrian Rhapsody) / Maurice Johnstone -- Two Worlds (Overture) / Alan Langford -- Little Suite / Sir Richard Rodney Bennett -- Joie de Vivre (Overture) / David Lyon. |
| Contents | Disc 2. Little Suite No. 4, op. 80a / Sir Malcom Arnold -- The River / William Blezard -- Traditional Hornpipe Suite / Adrian Cruft -- Rossini on Ilkla Moor / Eric Fenby -- Wexford Bells (Suite of Old Irish Tunes) / Raymond Warren -- The Path Across the Moors / Arthur Butterworth -- An Ayreshire Serenade, op. 42 / Anthony Hedges -- An English Overture / Paul Lewis -- Suite of Cotswold Folk Dances / Philip Lane. |
| Contents | Disc 3. HRH the Duke of Cambridge March, op. 60a / Sir Malcom Arnold -- Divertissment / Bryan Kelly -- Elegiac Blues / Constant Lambert -- Three Dances for Orchestra / David Lyon -- Overture for Farnham / Alan Rawsthorne -- Romeo and Juliet: Second Tableau / Constant Lambert -- Promenade / Carlo Martelli -- Celestial Fire / Patric Standford. |
| Contents | Disc 4. Partita / John Rutter -- Suite Francaise / Sir Richard Rodney Bennett -- The Padstow Lifeboat / Sir Malcom Arnold -- Fantasy on Dover Castle / David Fanshawe -- Battersea Park Suite / William Blezard -- Dance Diversions / Michael Hurd -- A Miniature Symphony / Paul Lewis. |
| Contents | Disc 5. Caramba / William Blezard -- Overture to a Costume Comedy / Stanley Black -- Overture and Beginners / James Langley -- Tantivy Towers / Thomas Dunhill -- Boy Wizard / Herbert Chappell -- Festive Overture / Walter Carroll -- Overture to an Unwritten Comedy / Michael Hurd -- The Arcadians / Lionel Monckton -- A Spa Overture / Philip Lane -- Concert Overture / Thomas Pitfield -- Sussex Symphony Overture / Paul Lewis. |
| General note | Originally issued as a compact disc. |
| Performer | Royal Ballet Sinfonia ; Gavin Sutherland, cond. ; BBC Concert Orchestra ; Barry Wordsworth, cond. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Apr. 1-2, 1998 - Feb. 21-23, 2001. |
| Genre/form | Sound recordings. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |