Tag: Frederick Delius
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Iain Sutherland’s Christmas Cracker
Conductor Iain Sutherland is internationally recognized as British light music’s leading champion. “Christmas Cracker” brings together Sutherland’s holiday season favourites, including the Leroy Anderson favorite “Sleigh Ride”, selections from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker”, and seasonal favorites by Leopold Mozart, Johann Strauss II, Victor Herbert, and many others – including a Nutcracker-style twist on Beatles favorites and Sutherland’s…
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11 Famous Cathedral Organs
Bolt down your furniture! Alto’s newest organ anthology brings together superb recordings of eleven of England’s most awe-inspiring instruments played by many of the instrument’s leading artists, captured in spectacular sound, including the first release in any format of Catherine Ennis’s recording of Julius Reubke’s virtuoso Sonata on the 94th Psalm.
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Frederick Delius Favourites
“Contains Delius’ most essential statements. Summer Night on the River, On Hearing the First Cuckoo, Brigg Fair and the Irmelin Prelude are simply magical in their effect, and Beecham’s interpretations arise out of the depths of the music itself … passages such as the introduction to Brigg Fair, seem to be outside time, one yet…
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Our Christmas Sequence
“Few ‘standard carols’ but a disc to widen your choice of beautiful Christmas music including the magical ‘Christmas Sequence’, ‘Fantasy on Carols’ ‘Sussex Mummers’ Carol’, ‘Sleepers Awake’ ‘Sleighride’ ‘A Maid peerless’ ‘New Year Carol’ ‘Bethlehem Down’ ‘Christmas Day’ etc (18 tracks)
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Orient Express – 20 Light Classics
“The Iain Sutherland Concert Orchestra conducted by Iain himself, proving that ‘light’ music can be taken seriously”. Classic FM, 2012). The previous albums, both also in superb modern sound are: ALC1192- The Merrymakers – 20 British Light Classics, and ALC1206 Manhattan Playboys-20 American Light Classics
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The Salisbury Sound
David Halls includes his own rousing version of “Liberty Bell” (Monty Python BBC theme), a lively jig by John Gardner and Fenby’s arrangement of Delius’ “First Cuckoo” is another familiar lighter theme. “David Halls knows how to put together an entertaining programme and get the best sound from this wonderful Willis.” -Graham Hermon, Cathedral Music…
