British Music

Details and credits

Release credits: Simon Rattle; Elgar; Vaughan Williams; Holst; Grainger; Walton; Arnold; Maw; Knussen; Matthews; Adès; Turnage

Thomas Adès: composer

Programme:
Sir Edward Elgar: Variations On An Original Theme ('Enigma') Op.36
1.1. Theme
1.2. C.A.E. (the Composer's Wife)
1.3. H.D.S-P. (Hew David Steuart-Powell)
1.4. R.B.T. (Richard Baxter Townshend)
1.5. IV. W.M.B. (William Meath Baker)
1.6. V. R.P.A. (Richard Penrose Arnold)
1.7. Ysobel (Isabel Fitton)
1.8. Troyte (Troyte Griffith)
1.9. W.N. (Winifred Norbury)
1.10. Nimrod (A. J. Jaeger)
1.11. Intermezzo: Dorabella (Dora Penny)
1.12. G.R.S. (George Robertson Sinclair)
1.13. B.G.N. (Basil G. Nevinson)
1.14. Romanza: * * * [Lady Mary Lygon]
1.15. Finale: E.D.U. (the Composer)
Sir Edward Elgar: Grania And Diarmid Op.42 - Incidental Music
1.16. Incidental Music
1.17. Funeral March
Sir Edward Elgar: Falstaff Op.68 - Symphonic Study In C Minor
1.18. Falstaff And Prince Henry
1.19. Eastcheap...
1.20. Dream Interlude: 'Jack Falstaff...
1.21. Falstaff's March...
1.22. Interlude: Gloucestershire. Shallow's Orchard - The New King - The Hurried Ride...
1.23. King Henry V's Progress...
Sir Edward Elgar: Violin Concert In B Minor Op.61
2.1. Allegro
2.2. Andante
2.3. Allegro Molto - Cadenza (accompagnata: Lento) - Allegro Molto (Tempo I)
2.4. Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Sir William Walton: Cello Concerto
3.1. Moderato
3.2. Allegro Appassionato
3.3. Lento - Allegro Molto
Sir Edward Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius Op.38 - Part I
3.4. Prelude (Lento, Mistico - Moderato - Andantino - Come Prima)
3.5. Jesu, Maria - I Am Near To Death (Gerontius)
3.6. So Pray For Me...Kyrie Eleison...Holy Mary, Pray For Him (Gerontius, Semi-chorus, Chorus)
3.7. Rouse Thee, My Fainting Soul...Be Merciful (Gerontius, Chorus)
3.8. Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Deus (Gerontius)
3.9. I Can No More (Gerontius)
3.10. Rescue Him, O Lord (chorus, Gerontius, Semi-chorus)
3.11. Novissima Hora Est (Gerontius)
3.12. Proficiscere, Anima Christiana (Priest)
3.13. Go In The Name Of Angels (chorus, Priest, Semi-chorus)
3.14. Go Forth Upon Thy Journey (Priest, Chorus, Semi-chorus)
Sir Edward Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius Op.38 - Part II
4.1. Introduction (Andantino)
4.2. I Went To Sleep (Soul Of Gerontius)
4.3. Another Marvel (Soul)
4.4. My Work Is Done (Angel, Soul)
4.5. It Is A Member Of That Family (Soul, Angel)
4.6. But Hark! Upon My Senses (Soul)
4.7. Low-born Clods Of Brute Earth (chorus)
4.8. Dispossessed, Aside Thrust (chorus, Angel)
4.9. The Mind Bold And Independent (chorus)
4.10. I See Not Those False Spirits (Soul)
4.11. There Was A Mortal (Angel)
4.12. Praise To The Holiest (semi-chorus, Chorus, Angel)
4.13. The Sound Is Like The Rushing Of The Wind (Soul)
4.14. Glory To Him (chorus, Semi-chorus)
4.15. They Sing Of Thy Approaching Agony (Angel, Semi-chorus, Soul, Chorus)
4.16. But Hark! A Grand Mysterious Harmony (Soul)
4.17. And Now On The Threshold (Angel)
4.18. Praise To The Holiest (chorus)
4.19. Thy Judgment Now Is Near (Angel, Soul)
4.20. Jesu! By That Shuddering Dread (Angel Of The Agony, Soul)
4.21. Be Merciful, Be Gracious (semi-chorus, Chorus)
4.22. Praise To His Name! (Angel)
4.23. Take Me Away (Soul)
4.24. Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge (Angel, Chorus, Semi-chorus)
4.25. Softly And Gently (Angel, Chorus, Semi-chorus)
4.26. Sir Edward Elgar: Pomp And Circumstance March No. 4 In G, Op.39
Sir William Walton: Symphony No.1 in B flat minor
5.1. Allegro Assai
5.2. Presto, Con Malizia
5.3. Andante Con Malinconia
5.4. Maestoso - Brioso Ed Ardentemente - Vivacissimo - Maestoso
Sir William Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
5.5. Maestoso: Thus Spake Isaih
5.6. Quasi Recitativo: Babylon Was A Great City
5.7. Allegro Molto: Thus In Babylon, The Mighty City
5.8. Quasi Recitativo: And In That Same Hour As They Feasted
5.9. Lento - Allegro Giocoso: Then Sing Aloud To God Our Strength
5.10. Allegro: Then Sing Aloud To God Our Strength
Gustav Holst: The Planets
6.1. Mars, The Bringer Of War (Allegro)
6.2. Venus, The Bringer Of Peace (Adagio)
6.3. Mercury, The Winged Messenger (Vivace)
6.4. Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity (Allegro Giocoso)
6.5. Saturn, The Bringer Of Old Age (Adagio)
6.6. Uranus, The Magician (Allegro)
6.7. Neptune, The Mystic (Andante)
6.8. Colin Matthews: Pluto, The Renewer
Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
7.1. On Wenlock Edge
7.2. From Far, From Eve And Morning
7.3. Is My Team Ploughing?
7.4. Oh, When I Was In Love With You
7.5. Bredon Hill
7.6. Clun
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel
7.7. The Vagabond
7.8. Let Beauty Awake
7.9. The Roadside Fire
7.10. Youth And Love
7.11. In Dreams
7.12. The Infinite Shining Heavens
7.13. Whither Must I Wander
7.14. Bright Is The Ring Of Words
7.15. I Have Trod The Upward And The Downward Slope
Malcolm Arnold: Guitar Concerto
7.16. Allegro
7.17. Lento - Vivace - Lento
7.18. Con Brio
7.19. Oliver Knussen: Flourish With Fireworks, Op. 22
Percy Grainger: In A Nutshell: Suite
8.1. Arrival Platform Humlet
8.2. Gay But Wistful
8.3. Pastoral
8.4. The Gum-Suckers' March
8.5. Percy Grainger: Train Music (1901) (Standard Symphonic Version By Eldon Rathburn)
8.6. Percy Grainger: Country Gardens - English Morris Dance Tune Bfms22 (Version For Stokowski, 1950)
8.7. Maurice Ravel: Miroirs - La Vallée Des Cloches
Percy Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy
8.8. Lisbon (Sailor's Song)
8.9. Horkstow Grange (The Miser and His Man - A local tragedy)
8.10. Rufford Park Poachers (Poaching Song)
8.11. The Brisk Young Sailor (who Returned To Wed His True Love)
8.12. Lord Melbourne (War Song)
8.13. The Lost Lady Found (Dance Song)
8.14. Claude Debussy: Pagodes from Estampes
8.15. Percy Grainger: The Warriors - Music To An Imaginary Ballet For Orchestra And Three Pianos (1916)
Thomas Adès: Asyla Op.17
9.1. I
9.2. II
9.3. III Ecstasio
9.4. IV
Nicholas Maw: Odyssey - Beginning
9.5. Introduction
9.6. Part I
9.7. Part II
Nicholas Maw: Odyssey - Conclusion
10.1. Part III
10.2. Part IV
10.3. Epilogue
11.1. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Drowned Out
11.2. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Kai
11.3. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Three Screaming Popes
11.4. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Momentum
11.5. Mark-Anthony Turnage: Ceres

Credited participation:
Composed By — Asyla Op.17

Compositions

• Asyla — 1997