https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Tue, 14 May 2024 15:15:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://altocd.com/product/alc1487/ Wed, 15 May 2024 00:03:54 +0000 https://altocd.com/?post_type=product&p=52979 Catalogue Number: ALC 1487 Number of Discs: 1 CD Date/Runtime: Time: 79:00 DDD 1990/91 Barcode: 5055354414879]]> “Braithwaite has conducted British music to very good effect, and this shows him in equally favourable light …recorded sound is first class, and the orchestra of a high standard … (Suite) ‘Nocturne’ is the most deeply felt movement, and he conducts in a very expressive fashion. Cherry Ripe and Sir Roger de Coverley – Braithwaite brings out their cheerful, extrovert qualities effectively … He conducts sensitively in There is a willow … (Holst) The melancholia of the Lyric Movement is deeply felt … Fugal Concerto has more to offer than originally recognized” (Gramophone)

FRANK BRIDGE (1879-1941)

1. Cherry Ripe (1916) 3:39

2. Sir Roger de Coverley (1923) 4:24

Suite for String Orchestra (1920) [21:28]

3. Prelude: Moderato 7:11 4. Intermezzo: Allegretto grazioso 3:40

5. Nocturne: Adagio molto 6:50 6. Finale: Allegro vivo 3:46

7. There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook (1927) 10:32

GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934)

Brook Green Suite for String Orchestra [7:08]

8. Prelude 1:54 9. Air 2:44 10. Dance 2:29

A Fugal Concerto, Op.40, No.2 [8:32]

11. Moderato 2:09 12. Adagio 3:25 13. Allegro 2:58

Alexa Still flute / Stephen Popperwell oboe

14 Lyric Movement (for Viola/Small Orchestra) Vyvyan Yendoll viola 10:41

Morris Dance Tunes [11:53]

15. Bean Setting (Stick Dance) 1:20 16. Country Gardens (Handkerchief) 1:48

17. Constant Billy (Stick Dance) 1:29 18. Shepherd’s Hey (Hand-clapping) 1:31

19. Laudnum Bunches (Corner Dance) 2:48

20. Rigs o’Marlow (Stick Dance) 1:18 21. How D’ye Do (Corner Dance) 1:36

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