The Complete John's Children

The Complete John's Children

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Product Description
This remastered 2 CD set features a superb collection of A & B sides, radio sessions & assorted rarities from one of the wilder acts of British sixties music. Featuring very early versions of songs Marc Bolan would later record under his own name & as Tyrannosaurus Rex, such as 'Mustang Ford', 'Desdemona' & 'Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith'. Includes the extremely collectable single version of 'Midsummer Night's Scene'. Voiceprint. 2005.

Tracks:

Handel In The Strand
Bridal Lullaby
English Waltz
Mock Morris
To A Nordic Princess
In A Nutshell-Ste: I. Arrival Platform Humlet
In A Nutshell-Ste: II. Gay But Wistful
In A Nutshell-Ste: III. Pastoral
In A Nutshell-Ste: IV. 'The Gum-Suckers' March
Peace
Saxon Twi-Play
Andante Con Moto
Children's March
The Immovable Do
Sailor's Song
Colonial Song
Walking Tune
Harvest Hymn
In Dahomey

Tracks:

b flat Pno Con (Opening)
Cradle-Song
Love Walked In
Second Pno Con (3rd Movt)
Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
Nimrod
Ramble On The Last Love-Duet
Chinese Melody-Beautiful Fresh Flower
Paraphrase On The Flower Waltz
Lullaby From 'Tribute To Foster'
American Song-The Rag-Time Girl
'Blithe Bells'
Fugue In a
The Man I Love

Tracks:

Country Gardens
The Merry King
Molly On The Shore
Irish Tune From County Derry
Knight And Shepard's Daughter
The Nightingale And The Two Sisters
Jutish Medley
Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
The Rival Brothers
Near Woodstock Town
Will Ye Gang To The Hielands, Lizzie Lindsay
The Brisk Young Sailor
One More Day My John (Easy Version)
Rimmer And Goldcastle
Spoon River
The Widow's Party
The Hunter In His Career
My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
Died For Love
Scotch Strathspey
One More Day My John (Complex Version)
Bristol Town
Hard-Hearted Barb'ra Helen
Mo Ninghean Dhu
Lisbon (Dublin Bay)
Stalt Vesselil
O Gin I Were Where Gowrie Rins
Shepard's Hey

Tracks:

Four Irish Dances: I. A March-Jig
Four Irish Dances: II. A Slow Dance
Four Irish Dances: III. The Leprechaun's Dance
Four Irish Dances: IV. A Reel
Nell
Apres Un Reve
Pno Con, First Movt
Tiger-Tiger
Air And Dance
Hornpipe
Toccata And Fugue in d
Lullaby From 'Tribute To Foster' (Easy Grainger)
Angelus Ad Virginem
Klavierstuck in E
Eastern Intermezzo
The Bigelow March
Pno Con, First Movt
At Twilight
Klavierstuck in a
Klavierstuck in B Flat
Klavierstuck in D

Tracks:

Children's March: 'Over The Hills And Far Away'
Up-Country Song (Colonial Song)
English Dance
Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon
'Spoon River'-American Folk Dance
Train Music
Zanzibar Boat-Song
Paganini Varations, No.12
Green Bushes-Passacaglia On An English Folksong
William Byrd's Air And Variations For The Virginals 'The Carman's Whistle'
'A Dance Rhapsody'
Girl Crazy: Embraceable You
The Warriors-Music To An Imaginary Ballet

Customer Reviews:

Every last note..........2006-06-14

A super budget 5 CD collection of all of Grainger's Piano music.
Every last note!
The shipping alone would be $17.00+ for the 5 individual Cds.
Englishman Martin Jones plays these as if he wrote them. He is thoroughly inside this music.
I think his best work to date.
He is joined on CD #5 by Richard Mcmahon and Phillip Martin. Where they rollick in various combos and trios on 1, 2 and 3 pianos. This is exhilerating. Especially on an truly uplifting version of Green Bushes.
The entire set is strongly idiomatic and given a clear, crisp, warm and spacious recording. FIRST CLASS sound.
There are too many highlights to single out, but the In A Nutshell Suite and Green Bushes are especially GOOD!
There is not a bad note or "vibe" on any of these CDs.
Highly recommended for Granger fans and fans of English Piano Music.

Fauré: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2: Un paysage choisi

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Fauré: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2: Un paysage choisi

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2005-05-10

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John's Children: Better Than The Who
John's Children - 'The Complete' (Pilot) 2-CD
5 Stars
'60s Brit Completists -- Leave Your Collection Incomplete

The Complete John's Children
John's Children
Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Mirror of Our Minds
Action Packed
About Time! Definitive Mod-Pop Collection 1966-68
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Listen, Listen: The Definitive Collection

ASIN: B0000640C4
Release Date: 2005-07-18

Tracks:

Smashed Blocked
Just What You Want-Just What You'll Get
Strange Affair
But She's Mine
Hippy Gumbo
Jagged Time Lapse
Midsummer Night's Scene (Alternative Version)
Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed
Mustang Ford
The Love I Thought I'd Found
Remember Thomas A'Beckett
Come And Play With Me In The Garden (Inst)
Daddy Rolling Stone (BBC)
Hot Rod Mama (BBC)
Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith (BBC)
Jagged Time Lapse (BBC)
Sally Was An Angel

Tracks:

Desdemona
Remember Thomas A Beckett
It's Been A Long Time
Arthur Green
Midsummer Night's Scene
Sarah Crazy Child
Jagged Time Lapse
Go-Go Girl
Come & Play With Me In The Garden
Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith (Inst)
Midsummer Night's Scene (Alt. Version)
Not The Sort Of Girl You Take To Bed (Alt Version)
Help
Cashah Candy

Album Description

This 2 CD set features a superb collection of A & B sides, radio sessions & assorted rarities from one of the wilder acts of British sixties music. Featuring very early versions of songs Marc Bolan would later record under his own name & as Tyrannosaurus Rex, such as 'Mustang Ford', 'Desdemona' & 'Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith'. Includes the extremely collectable single version of 'Midsummer Night's Scene' (only 25 were ever pressed). 2002.

Album Details

Double CD Set of a Sides, B Sides, Radio Sessions and Rarities. Features Pre-t. Rex Marc Bolan and Includes Detailed Sleevenotes from Old and New Band Members.

Customer Reviews:

John's Children: Better Than The Who.......2006-07-28

This double CD is amazing. It's a shame that people still bring up the whole "they didn't know how to play" thing. The instrumentations are far more original than most other bands at the time. This is more punk than mod, which is probably why certain people don't take a liking to it. It's not for everybody. My girlfriend can't listen to it; she finds it to be annoying.
The sound IS a little tinny, but not as much as their "Orgasm" album, and this doesn't have any looped screaming on it.
Buy it. John's Children represent.

John's Children - 'The Complete' (Pilot) 2-CD.......2005-05-22

A decent 2-CD release but all buyers NEED to know that this title is simply a repressing of the two John's Children albums 'Smashed Block' and 'Jagged Time Lapse'.One,of course on each disc.Good news is if you look around enough,you just may find 'The Complete' at a super-low price.Unless you're a new fan,this double disc is strictly for die-hards.

5 Stars.......2004-12-28

Contrary to what the other reviewer said, this is not a waste of money. Although this band is constantly associated as Marc Bolan's first band (an association used for both criticism and praise), he was truly only with them for the single "Desdemona." For you see, Marc Bolan released 2 or 3 solo singles before joining John's Children, under the advice of his manager (who was also John's Childrens') as Bolan's singles weren't taking off. Granted, the band's best singles were recorded while Bolan was with the group, one shouldn't simply judge this band as "Marc Bolan's First Band," but rather as a band that JUST HAPPENED to have Marc Bolan for a brief time, or even as just another 60s band, nothing more. This 2-CD set probably has all the John's Children material recorded, unless there's demos, outtakes, etc. floating around somewhere. There's even a BBC session here in which Bolan refused to tune his guitar before playing, the last time Bolan was to play with the group before leaving and forming Tyrannosaurus Rex. Also included are early versions of future T. Rex songs, ie "Hot Rod Mama" and "Mustang Ford." My only complaint with the CD is the slightly tinny sound, but it is not as bad as on the Mystic Tide CD compilation 'Solid Sound/Solid Ground'. In my opinion, John's Children made some good noise, could play their instruments, and even if anyone thought otherwise - they didn't care!

'60s Brit Completists -- Leave Your Collection Incomplete.......2003-08-06

Whenever I read anything about John's Children, the constant critique seems to be "they couldn't play." I always take this with a grain of salt, being that countless great bands have been critiqued in much the same manner -- the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, even the Stones in the early years. So, I was expecting something great and primitive and loud. Their cool all-in-white Mod look and the fact they were a British band in the '60s made this an easy sell for me. I'm a sucker for anything Mod-like. Alas, I was indeed a sucker to buy this and the critics were, ahem, correct. This CD is bloody awful. They really, really couldn't play. Bolan's guitar playing sounds like every spotty 15-year-old crankin' it up and out-of-tune at the local music store. The songs are dreadful to boot -- Marc Bolan's warble, which he kept in check in later years on great T.Rex tunes, is on full-tilt irritating overdrive on the awful "Hippie Gumbo"; "Smashed-Blocked" sounds like Neil of the "Young Ones" in an outtake from the Grease soundtrack; and, unfortunately, the rest is just filler. Marc and Mod fans -- don't waste your time and money. I did and all I got was the chance to write this lousy review.

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The Complete John's Children
John's Children
Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007ULNGI
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

Smashed Blocked
Just What You want - Just What You'll Get
Strange Affair
But She's Mine
Hippy Gumbo
Jagged Time Lapse
Midsummers Night's Scene (Alt. Version)
Not The Sort Of Girl You Want To Take To bed
Mustang Ford
The Love I Thought I'd Found
Remember Thomas A'Beckett
Come And Play With Me In The Garden (Inst)
Daddy Rolling Stone
Hot Rod Mama
Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith
Jagged Time Lapse
Sally Was An Angel

Tracks:

Desdemona
Remember Thomas A'Beckett
It's Been A Long Time
Arthur Green
Midsummers Night's Scene
Sarah Crazy Child
Jagged Time Lapse
Go-Go Girl
Come And Play With Me In The Garden
Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith (Inst)
Midsummers Night's Scene (Alt. Version)
Not The Sort Of Girl You Want To Take To Bed (Alt. Version)
Help
Casbah Candy

Album Description

This remastered 2 CD set features a superb collection of A & B sides, radio sessions & assorted rarities from one of the wilder acts of British sixties music. Featuring very early versions of songs Marc Bolan would later record under his own name & as Tyrannosaurus Rex, such as 'Mustang Ford', 'Desdemona' & 'Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith'. Includes the extremely collectable single version of 'Midsummer Night's Scene'. Voiceprint. 2005.

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A Compendium of Classic Marches

Frederick Fennell Conducts

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Octets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000A5DLP6
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

Hands Across The Sea
Father Of Victory
The Golden Ear
Old Comrades
March, Op.99
Valdres March
Inglesina
Knightsbridge March
The U.S. Field Artillery
The Thunderer
Washington Post
King Cotton
El Capitan
The Stars And Stripes Forever
Amerian Patrol
On The Mall
Lights Out
Barnum And Bailey's Favorite
Colonel Bogey
The Billboard

Tracks:

Country Gardens
Shepherd's Hey
Colonial Song
Children's March
The Immovable Do
Mock Morris
Handel In The Strand
Irish Tune From County Derry
Spoon River
My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
Molly On The Shore
I. Halcyon Days
II. Springtime In Angus
III. Youth Of Britain

Tracks:

I. Covent Garden
II. Westminster
III. Knightsbridge
I. Northwards
II. Eastwards
Pirate Dance From Goldilocks
Suite Of Carols (Excerpts)
A Christmas Festival
Sandpaper Ballet
Forgotten Dreams
Trumpeter's Lullaby
Penny-Whistle Song
Bulger's Holiday
I. The Irish Washerwoman
II. The Minstrel Boy
III. The Rakes Of Mallow
IV. The Wearing Of The Green
V. The Last Rose Of Summer
VI. The Girl I Left Behind

Tracks:

I. The Earle Of Oxford's Marche
II. Pavana
III. John Come Kisse Me Now
IV. The Mayden's Song
V. Wolsey's Wilde
VI. The Bells
Crown Imperial: A Coronation March
Hammersmith: Prelude And Scherzo, Op.52
I. Serenade
II. Spiritual
III. Celebration
Fanfare And Allegro

Customer Reviews:

A Compendium of Classic Marches.......2007-01-10

The performances contained herein are very good. I only wish there were more Sousa marches in the collection. However, those that are there are well-performed and the recording is very good.

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OrchestraPro Bassoon, vol. 2

Manufacturer: Summit(Classical)
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ASIN: B000009D4N
Release Date: 1998-07-07

Tracks:

Intro
Pno Con, K.491
Sym No.41
Sym No.5
Sym No.7
Sym No.8
Emperor Con
Unfinished Sym
Pno Concerti
Scottish Sym
Pno Con No.1
Double Tonguing
Sym No.2
Sym No.3
Requiem
Sym No.3
Sym No.1
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Don Quixote
Sym No.2
Petrouchka
Sym No.5
Sym No.5
Through the Looking Glass
Three Cornered Hat
Pictures at an Exhibition
Pulcinella
Dance Ste
Trittico Bottecelliani
Con for the Left Hand
Peter and the Wolf
Sym No. 1
Carmina Burana
Young Person's Guide
Sym No.7
Sym No.8
Sym No.10

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Dutilleux - who?
ON THE RISE
complete?
Landmarks of modern French orchestral music
Music for a Starry Night

Dutilleux: Complete Orchestral Works

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00004YU78
Release Date: 2000-11-28

Tracks:

Sym No.1: I. Passacailli: Andante - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Sym No.1: II. Scherzo: Molto Vivace - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Sym No.1: III. Intermezzo: Lento - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Sym No.1: Finale, Con Vars: Largemente - Allegro - Scherzo - Lento - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Sym No.2 'Le Double:' I. Animato, Ma Misterioso - Andrew Orton/Robert Chasey/Janet Fisher/Peter Dixon/Marios Argiros/Paul Dintinger/David Chatwin...
Sym No.2 'Le Double:' II. Andantino Sostenuto - Andrew Orton/Robert Chasey/Janet Fisher/Peter Dixon/Marios Argiros/Paul Dintinger/David Chatwin...
Sym No.2 'Le Double:' III. Allegro Fuocoso - Calmato - Andrew Orton/Robert Chasey/Janet Fisher/Peter Dixon/Marios Argiros/Paul Dintinger/David Chatwin...

Tracks:

L'Arbre Des Songs: I. Librement - - Oliver Charlier
L'Arbre Des Songs: Interlude - - Oliver Charlier
L'Arbre Des Songs: II. Vif - - Oliver Charlier
L'Arbre Des Songs: Interlude - - Oliver Charlier
L'Arbre Des Songs: III. Lent - - Oliver Charlier
L'Arbre Des Songs: Interlude - - Oliver Charlier
L'Arbre Des Songs: IV. Large Et Anime - Oliver Charlier
Two Sonnets, 'I Dreamt That I Carried You In My Arms:' Extremement Calme - Neal Davies
Two Sonnets, 'There Was Nothing But Torn Trunks:' Vehemet Et Agite - Neal Davies
Timbres, Espace, Mouvement Avec Interlude: I (1/4nt = 72 Environ) - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Timbres, Espace, Mouvement Avec Interlude: Interlude - - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Timbres, Espace, Mouvement Avec Interlude: II (1/8nt = 56 Environ) - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Prayer For Us Mortals: Tres Librement Recite - Animato - Plus Librement - Sans Lenteur - Neal Davies/Martyn Hill

Tracks:

Metaboles: I. Incantatoire - - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Metaboles: II. Lineaire - - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Metaboles: III. Obsessionnel - - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Metaboles: IV. Torpide - - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Metaboles: V. Flamboyant - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Tout Un Monde Lointain: I. Enigme - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Tout Un Monde Lointain: II. Regard - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Tout Un Monde Lointain: III. Houles - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Tout Un Monde Lointain: IV. Miroirs - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Tout Un Monde Lointain: V. Hymne - Boris Pergamenschikow
Mystere De L'instant (Grande Formation): I. Appels - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Mystere De L'instant (Grande Formation): II. Echos - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Mystere De L'instant (Grande Formation): III. Prismes - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Mystere De L'instant (Grande Formation): IV. Espaces Lointains - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Mystere De L'instant (Grande Formation): V. Litanies - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Mystere De L'instant (Grande Formation): VI. Choral - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Mystere De L'instant (Grande Formation): VII. Rumeurs - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Mystere De L'instant (Grande Formation): VIII. Soliloques - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Mystere De L'instant (Grande Formation): IX. Metamorphoses (Sur Le Nom Sacher) - - Boris Pergamenschikow
Mystere De L'instant (Grande Formation): X. Embrasement - Boris Pergamenschikow

Tracks:

The Shadows Of Time: I. Hours - - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
The Shadows Of Time: II. Evil Ariel - - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
The Shadows Of Time: III. Memory of Shadows - - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
The Shadows Of Time: Interlude - - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
The Shadows Of Time: IV. Waves Of Light - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
The Shadows Of Time: V. Blue Dominant? - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier

Customer Reviews:

Dutilleux - who?.......2005-08-20

After hearing Henri Dutilleux for the first time ("The Shadow of Time") on a recent NPR broadcast, I immediately ordered his complete orchestral works, available on this four CD set. I am not disappointed. His music is very accessible and deserves a much wider audience. I highly recommend this set.

ON THE RISE.......2005-05-29

Because he's so quiet, and his music isn't as controversial as certain other post WWII french composers who will remain nameless *cough*, Dutilleux's tiny, immaculate reperatory does not get nearly the attention it deserves, and that's a damn shame.

Anyway, to keep it short, "The Shadows of Time" is one of the great triumphs of contemporary music and even as a broke musician I would have paid the admission fee just for this one (this recording is the best of the four available, too, though I'm sure better ones will come). Not to overshadow the rest of the music though, because this is a helluvalotta damn good, damn pretty, damn imaginative music.

This collection is a must for anyone who likes contemporary music--or early 20th century and wants to stretch there ears just a bit. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

complete?.......2004-03-21

How can Chandos clain this to be a complete orchestral collection when they leave out his ballet, . Ok. There are dancers on stage, but it is a full orchestra that plays it, and it has yet to see the light of day completely recorded anywhere.
Shame on Chandos for overlooking this.

Landmarks of modern French orchestral music.......2004-01-02

Henri Dutilleux has increasingly been regarded as one of the finest of living composers, and as his conservative-modernist style--derived from Debussy and Ravel, though more chromatic and less tonally-centered than either--has become less unfashionable his music has received an increasing number of recordings. Amongst the finest of these have been Yan-Pascal Tortelier's readings for Chandos, and this 4-CD boxed set contains Tortelier's three individual discs, plus a 22-minute bonus disc of a live performance (Tortelier again) of the composer's 1997 work The Shadows of Time. When released, this collection was a complete recording of all Dutilleux's acknowledged orchestral works: this is no longer true, as Dutilleux is still writing, although his post-Shadows work is yet to be recorded. (Hopefully Hans Graf's ongoing budget-price Arte Nova series of Dutilleux recordings will bring matters up to date.)

I have already reviewed the individual discs included on this set, so I will only describe the works briefly, but taken as a whole, they undoubtably rank as amongst the most important orchestral music of the post-war period. Chronologically speaking, they begin with the two symphonies. The first of these, completed in 1951, begins with a slow, mysterious passacaglia, follows it with an overly virtuosic scherzo, a deeply-felt nocturnal slow movement and a flamboyand finale. It is a considerable achievement, though it is some way from Dutilleux's fully mature style, unlike the Second Symphony, completed eight years later. This work is subtitled 'Le Double', as a concertino-like group of 12 players forms a counter-orchestra to the main band--though its function is not of a concerto grosso nature but merely to allow a much greater variety of colours and timbres. The first movement begins mysteriously, building to a dramatic climax. The slow movement (in which the counter-orchestra is particularly prominent) contains a wonderful range of musical colours, while the finale begins vigorously but lapses half-way through into a slow epilogue.

The 1964 work Métaboles is effectively a brief concerto for orchestra in five movements. The first four movements each showcase a different section of the orchestra--alternating fast and slow movements--and in the finale the whole orchestra comes together for a vigorous conclusion. Tout un monde lointain, a 1970 cello concerto based on the poetry of Charles Baudelaire, is a deliriously nocturnal work in five movements that combines delightful solo writing with some extraordinary orchestration, before fading out ambiguously. Perhaps the finest of Dutilleux's orchestral works is Timbres, espace, mouvement, a darkly ecstatic diptych inspired by Van Gogh's painting 'Starry Night'. Two powerfully visionary panels are separated by a forceful interlude for the orchestral cellos alone.

L'Arbre des songes, completed in 1985, is a dreamlike violin concerto in four movements that play without a break. Lyrical and fantastic in equal measure, it has often been described as one of the finest violin concerti of the 20th century, and I wouldn't dispute that rating. Mystère de l'instant is a 1989 work, a sequence of ten atmospheric 'snapshots' for strings and solo cimbalom. The first is an extraordinary evocation of a mass of flying birds; while the other nine are good, they don't quite live up to the first. Finally, The Shadows of Time is perhaps the only authentically angry work in Dutilleux's output. A meditation questioning the validity of music in a world capable of the Holocaust, it begins ambivalently with an evocation of ticking clocks against tense orchestral writing. A solo treble sings 'Why me? Why the star?' before the music builds to an angry climax. After an interlude and a second, equally angry climax, the finale returns to the ambivalent mood of the opening, and the work ends with return of the ticking clocks.

The performances on this set range from good to excellent, but whether the set will be of interest probably depends on whether one owns any of the individual discs. For those who do, or who only need a recording of The Shadows of Time, Hans Graf's first Arte Nova disc may prove more attractive, but those wanting the complete available works in one easy package will find this compilation well-nigh unbeatable.

Music for a Starry Night.......2003-02-26

The reason to buy this boxed set is not to acquire new, definitive interpretations of much represented music; it is to become acquainted with a composer who has had no prior integral recording. That is justification enough. The music of Henri Dutilleux (born 1916) manages to be unmistakably "modern" without being the slightest bit doctrinaire or off-putting: Dutilleux's roots go down deeply into the impressionist soil of Claude Debussy, although unlike Debussy, Dutilleux shows an interest in polyphonic complexity rather than in chord-based harmonic color as such. In addition, Dutilleux's structures usually correspond to what one can call "the symphonic" in a way that Debussy rarely essayed: and indeed his first two orchestral scores were symphonies (1951 and 1959). Like many composers in the aftermath of World War Two who refused to embrace the procedures of the "Second Viennese School," Dutilleux found himself somewhat marginalized. While Dutilleux received performances and commissions and was recorded over the years, he never enjoyed the cachet of, say, Pierre Boulez. In an essay on "The Symphony in France," published in "Paths to Modern Music" (1971), the astute Laurence Davies had to plead for Dutilleux, "a much underestimated composer outside his own country" whose "brilliantly clear textures" make his Second Symphony (subtitled "The Double") "an astounding achievement." On record, Rostropovich played the Cello Concerto and Stern his Violin Concerto; other works have been recorded here and there. The neglect is largely made up for in Yan Pascal Tortelier's comprehensive four-disc survey for Chandos, illustrated appropriately on the jewel-box and on the pamphlet by van Gogh's "Starry Night." On CD 1, Tortelier pairs the two symphonies. Davies valued the Second over the First Symphony, although he admitted the virtues of the latter, particularly its opening Passacaglia. The musical language of the First Symphony is close (by way of a known reference) to Frank Martin's: intensely chromatic without abandoning tonality. (Dutilleux's Passacaglia resembles Martin's free-standing endeavor of the same name in its full-orchestra version, available on a Chandos CD under Matthias Bamert). The two inner movements are a colorful Scherzo and a darkly colored slow movement. The Finale, like the First Movement, is a theme with variations - virtually a second passacaglia, but wider ranging in its moods than the First Movement. The Second Symphony pits a small orchestra of about ten instruments, including harpsichord and celesta, against the full orchestra, hence the appellation of "The Double." I imagine that this is a difficult score to record, as the spatial element resists transcribed representation. That said, this three-movement work is quite as fascinating and beautiful as its precursor. On CD 2, Tortelier gives us Dutilleux's Violin Concerto, "L'arbre des songes" ("The Tree of Dreams" [1985]), in a sequence of uninterrupted movements proper and interludes. This is Dutilleux the mystic, sharing certain penchants with Olivier Messiaen, although never sounding brash or vulgar, as Messiaen sometimes does. "The Tree of Dreams" is music for late-night listening. The "Two Sonnets by Jean Cassou" for baritone and orchestra, dating from the 1940s, show the composer working in a tradition of French orchestral song going back to Hector Berlioz and his "Nuits d'été." The score called "Timbres, espace, et mouvement avec interlude" (1978) takes its inspiration from van Gogh's "Starry Night." It depicts the awe of stellar delirium effectively - less wildly than Messiaen, be it said - yet with some strange and novel sounds. "Métaboles" (1964), on CD 3, again shows some kinship with Martin (think of "The Four Elements") and gives the impression of a symphony by another name. The Cello Concerto, entitled "Tout un monde lointain" (difficult convincingly to translate into English: "A Whole World Far Away"), is another essay in religious yearning and phantasmagoria. Like Berlioz, Dutilleux has a gift for melody: the concerto-format lets him exploit his talent, allotting the "singing role" to the solo instrument and supporting the solo line in a delicate web of hallucinatory accompaniment. The descriptive title comes from one of the Baudelaire poems that the concerto purports to "interpret." This is another link to Berlioz, who made one of the earliest settings of Baudelaire. "Delicacy" and "exquisiteness" are adjective that come to mind insistently as one listens to Dutilleux's music. One thinks of them as French traits par excellence. They appear again in "Mystère de l'instant," a quasi-concerto for cimbalom and strings - by no means so odd as it might seem. On CD 4, Tortelier gives us "The Shadows of Time" (1995), for voice and orchestra, which shows Dutilleux refining his mode of expression even further toward the seamless and translucent. With one minor quibble, I recommend this boxed set. The quibble is the shortness of the fourth disc. Chandos could easily have added a performance of Dutilleux's string quartet, "Ainsi la nuit," which would have turned a stinting measure into a fair one. Discs 1 - 3 are well filled.

Walton: Façade; Lambert: Rio Grande; Bliss: Things to Come; Warlock: The Curlew; etc.

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Walton, Lambert, etc

Walton: Façade; Lambert: Rio Grande; Bliss: Things to Come; Warlock: The Curlew; etc.

Manufacturer: Symposium
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000001XX0
Release Date: 1997-09-16

Tracks:

Facade: Black Mrs. Behemoth
Facade: Jodelling Song
Facade: Scothch Rhapsody
Facade: Polka
Facade: Fox-Trot
Facade: Tango
Facade: Long Steel Grass
Facade: A Man From A Far Countree
Facade: Tarantella
Facade: Valse
Facade: Popular Song
The Rio Grande
Things To Come - Incidental Music To H.G. Wells' Film: Ballet For Children
Things To Come - Incidental Music To H.G. Wells' Film: Melodrama: Pestilence
Things To Come - Incidental Music To H.G. Wells' Film: Melodrama: Attack
Things To Come - Incidental Music To H.G. Wells' Film: The World In Ruins
Things To Come - Incidental Music To H.G. Wells' Film: March
Things To Come - Incidental Music To H.G. Wells' Film: Epilogue
The Curlew: He Reproves The Curlew
The Curlew: The Lover Mourns For The Loss Of Love
The Curlew: The Withering Of The Boughs
The Curlew: He Hears The Cry Of The Sedge
Corpus Christi
Fugue

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Walton, Lambert, etc.......2005-06-10

Most of these are superb performances, but the recordings are from 1930s-vintage 78-rpm discs. The sound ranges from nasty to startlingly good, considering, and of course, they're all in MONO. As in, NO STEREO. (It could be worse; they could be in faked stereo.) If you can forgive the primitive audio, this is an enjoyable recording. "Facade" is spectacularly weird; a gas!

Herbert Howells: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano

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Herbert Howells: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000ASB
Release Date: 1994-05-31

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Sir William Walton: The Complete Works

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

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Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Te Deum | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000000AYE
Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

Sonata for Violin and Piano: I. Allegro tranquillo
Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Variazioni - Tema. Andante
Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Variazioni - a tempo poco piu mosso
Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Variazioni - a tempo quasi improvisando
Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Variazioni - Alla marcia molto vivace
Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Variazioni - Allegro molto
Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Variazioni - Allegretto con moto
Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Variazioni - Scherzando
Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Variazioni - Andante tranquillo
Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Variazioni - Coda. Molto vivace - Presto
Quartet For Violin, Viola, Cello And Piano: I. Allegramente
Quartet For Violin, Viola, Cello And Piano: II. Allegro scherzando
Quartet For Violin, Viola, Cello And Piano: III. Andante tranquillo
Quartet For Violin, Viola, Cello And Piano: IV. Allegro molto

Tracks:

First String Quartet: I. Moderato
First String Quartet: II. Scherzo: Allegro molto vivace e ritmico - Lento
First String Quartet: III. Fuga: Lento, ma non troppo, e molto espressivo - Con brio e energico
String Quartet In A Minor: I. Allegro
String Quartet In A Minor: II. Presto
String Quartet In A Minor: III. Lento
String Quartet In A Minor: IV. Allegro molto

Tracks:

Toccata For Violin And Piano - Walton
Duets For Children: Allegro tranquillo - Andantino - Walton
Duets For Children: The Three-Legged Race - Vivo - Walton
Duets For Children: The Silent Lake - Adagio - Walton
Duets For Children: Pony Trap - Gaiamente - Walton
Duets For Children: Ghosts - Largo - Walton
Duets For Children: Hop-Scotch - Leggiero - Walton
Duets For Children: Swing-Boats - Adagio - Walton
Duets For Children: Song At Dusk - Larghetto - Walton
Duets For Children: Puppet's Dance - Allegro - Walton
Duets For Children: Trumpet Tune - Alla marcia - Walton
Valse From Facade For Solo Piano - Moderato - Walton
Two Pieces For Violin And Piano: Canzonetta - Moderato - Walton
Two Pieces For Violin And Piano: Scherzetto - Molto vivace - Walton
Two Songs For Tenor And Piano: I. The Winds - Walton
Two Songs For Tenor And Piano: II. Tritons - Walton
Five Bagatelles For Solo Guitar: I. Allegro - Walton
Five Bagatelles For Solo Guitar: II. Lento - Walton
Five Bagatelles For Solo Guitar: III. Alla Cubana - Walton
Five Bagatelles For Solo Guitar: IV - Walton
Five Bagatelles For Solo Guitar: V. Con slancio - Walton
Anon In Love For Tenor And Guitar: I. Fain Would I Change That Note - Walton
Anon In Love For Tenor And Guitar: II. O Stay, Sweet Love - Walton
Anon In Love For Tenor And Guitar: III. Lady, When I Behold The Roses - Walton
Anon In Love For Tenor And Guitar: IV. My Love In Her Attire - Walton
Anon In Love For Tenor And Guitar: V. I Gave Her Cakes - Walton
Anon In Love For Tenor And Guitar: VI. To Couple Is Custom - Walton

Tracks:

Symphony No.1: I. Allegro assai - Walton
Symphony No.1: II. Presto, con malizia - Walton
Symphony No.1: III. Andante con malinconia - Walton
Symphony No.1: IV. Maestoso - Brioso ed ardentemente - Walton
Varii Capricci: I. Allegro assai - Walton
Varii Capricci: II. Lento sognando - Walton
Varii Capricci: III. Alla Cubana - Walton
Varii Capricci: IV. Lento - Walton
Varii Capricci: V. Presto con slancio - Walton

Tracks:

Symphony No. 2: I. Allegro molto
Symphony No. 2: II. Lento assai
Symphony No. 2: III. Finale. Passacaglia (Theme, Variations, Fugato) - Coda. Scherzando
Troilus And Cressida: I. Prelude And Seascape
Troilus And Cressida: II. Scherzo
Troilus And Cressida: III. The Lovers
Troilus And Cressida: IV. Finale

Tracks:

Concerto For Violin And Orchestra: I. Andante tranquillo - Walton
Concerto For Violin And Orchestra: II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana - Walton
Concerto For Violin And Orchestra: III. Vivace - Walton
Sonata For Violin And Orchestra: I. Allegro tranquillo - Walton
Sonata For Violin And Orchestra: II. Variazioni: Tema. Andante - Walton
Sonata For Violin And Orchestra: II. Variazioni: poco piu mosso - Walton
Sonata For Violin And Orchestra: II. Variazioni: quasi improvisando - Walton
Sonata For Violin And Orchestra: II. Variazioni: Alla marcia molto vivace - Walton
Sonata For Violin And Orchestra: II. Variazioni: Allegro molto - Walton
Sonata For Violin And Orchestra: II. Variazioni: Allegretto con moto - Walton
Sonata For Violin And Orchestra: II. Variazioni: Scherzando - Walton
Sonata For Violin And Orchestra: II. Variazioni: Andante tranquillo - Walton
Sonata For Violin And Orchestra: II. Variazioni: Coda. Molto vivace - Presto - Walton
Two Pieces For Violin And Orchestra: Canzonetta - Walton
Two Pieces For Violin And Orchestra: Scherzetto - Walton

Tracks:

Concerto For Viola And Orchestra: I. Andante comodo
Concerto For Viola And Orchestra: II. Vivo, con molto preciso
Concerto For Viola And Orchestra: III. Allegro moderato
Sonata For String Orchestra: I. Allegro
Sonata For String Orchestra: II. Presto
Sonata For String Orchestra: III. Lento
Sonata For String Orchestra: IV. Allegro molto
Variations On A Theme By Hindemith: Tema. Andante con moto
Variations On A Theme By Hindemith: Var. 1. Vivace
Variations On A Theme By Hindemith: Var. 2. Allegramente
Variations On A Theme By Hindemith: Var. 3. Larghetto
Variations On A Theme By Hindemith: Var. 4. Moto perpetuo
Variations On A Theme By Hindemith: Var. 5. Andante con moto
Variations On A Theme By Hindemith: Var. 6. Scherzando
Variations On A Theme By Hindemith: Var. 7. Lento molto
Variations On A Theme By Hindemith: Var. 8. Vivacissimo
Variations On A Theme By Hindemith: Var. 9. Maestoso
Variations On A Theme By Hindemith: Finale. Allegro molto - Coda - A tempo primo, ma meno mosso

Tracks:

Cello Concerto: I. Moderato
Cello Concerto: II. Allegro appassionato
Cello Concerto: III. Lento - Allegro molto
Improvisations On An Impromptu Of Benjamin Britten: Lento
Improvisations On An Impromptu Of Benjamin Britten: Vivo
Improvisations On An Impromptu Of Benjamin Britten: Moderato
Improvisations On An Impromptu Of Benjamin Britten: Scherzando
Passacaglia For Solo Cello: Lento espressivo - Subito vivace
Partitia For Orchestra: I. Toccata - Brioso
Partitia For Orchestra: II. Pastorale Siciliana - Andante comodo
Partitia For Orchestra: III. Giga Burlesca - Allegro giovale

Tracks:

'Portsmouth Point' Overture: Robusto
Capriccio Burlesco: Vivace
The First Shoot: 1. Giocoso
The First Shoot: 2. Andantino
The First Shoot: 3. A tempo di 'Hesitation Walt'
The First Shoot: 4. A tempo, subito Vivace
The First Shoot: 5. Vivace
Scapino: A Comedy Overture: Molto vivace
Prelude For Orchestra ('Granada'): Allegro
Prologo e Fantasia: Lento maestoso - Allegro molto - Fuga finta
Johannesburg Festival Overture: Presto capriccioso
Music for Children: 1. Andantino
Music for Children: 2. Vivo
Music for Children: 3. Adagio
Music for Children: 4. Gaiamente
Music for Children: 5. Giocoso deliberatamente
Music for Children: 6. Allegro
Music for Children: 7. Larghetto
Music for Children: 8. Leggiero
Music for Children: 9. Largo
Music for Children: 10. Alla marcia
Music for Children: Galop Final: Presto (Tempo di Galopo)

Tracks:

Facade - An Entertainment: Fanfare
Facade - An Entertainment: 1. Hornpipe
Facade - An Entertainment: 2. En Famille
Facade - An Entertainment: 3. Mariner Man
Facade - An Entertainment: 4. Long Steel Grass
Facade - An Entertainment: 5. Through Gilded Trellises
Facade - An Entertainment: 6. Tango-Pasodoble
Facade - An Entertainment: 7. Lullaby For Jumbo
Facade - An Entertainment: 8. Black Mrs Behemoth
Facade - An Entertainment: 9. Tarantella
Facade - An Entertainment: 10. A Man From A Far Countree
Facade - An Entertainment: 11. By The Lake
Facade - An Entertainment: 12. Country Dance
Facade - An Entertainment: 13. Polka
Facade - An Entertainment: 14. Four In The Morning
Facade - An Entertainment: 15. Something Lies Beyond The Scene
Facade - An Entertainment: 16. Valise
Facade - An Entertainment: 17. Jodelling Song
Facade - An Entertainment: 18. Scotch Rhapsody
Facade - An Entertainment: 19. Popular Song
Facade - An Entertainment: 20. Fox-Trot 'Old Sir Faulk'
Facade - An Entertainment: 21. Sir Beelzebub
Facade 2: Flourish
Facade 2: 1. Came The Great Popinjay
Facade 2: 2. Aubade
Facade 2: 3. March
Facade 2: 4. Madam Mouse Trots
Facade 2: 5. The Octogenarian
Facade 2: 6. Gardener Janus Catches A Naiad
Facade 2: 7. Water Party
Facade 2: 8. Sad King Pompey

Tracks:

Facade: Suite No. 1: I. Polka
Facade: Suite No. 1: II. Valse
Facade: Suite No. 1: III. Swiss Jodelling Song
Facade: Suite No. 1: IV. Tango - Pasodoble
Facade: Suite No. 1: V. Tarantella, Sevillana
Facade: Suite No. 2: I. Fanfare
Facade: Suite No. 2: II. Scotch Rhapsody
Facade: Suite No. 2: III. Country Dance
Facade: Suite No. 2: IV. Noche Espagnola
Facade: Suite No. 2: V. Popular Song
Facade: Suite No. 2: VI. Old Sir Faulk
Facade: Suite No. 3: I. Hornpipe
Facade: Suite No. 3: II. Through Gilded Treillises
Facade: Suite No. 3: III. The Winds' Tambourine (Something Lies Beyond The Scene)
Popular Birthday: Maestoso - Moderato
Siesta: Andante tranquillo
Sinfonia Concertante: I. Maestoso - Allegro spiritoso
Sinfonia Concertante: II. Andante commodo
Sinfonia Concertante: III. Allegro molto
Portsmouth Point: Robusto

Tracks:

Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: I. Prelude - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: II. Fanfare & Soliloquy - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: II. Soliloquy - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: III. The Ghost - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: IV. Hamlet And Ophelia - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: V. The Question - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: V. The Question - 'To Be Or Not To Be' - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: VI. The Mousetrap - The Players - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: VI. The Mousetrap - Entry Of The Court - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: VI. The Mousetrap - The Play - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: VII. Ophelia's Death - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: VIII. Retribution And Threnody - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: VIII.Threnody - Walton
Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario: IX. Finale (Funeral March) - Walton
As You Like It: I. Prelude - Walton
As You Like It: II. Moonlight - Walton
As You Like It: III. Under The Greenwood Tree - Walton
As You Like It: IV. The Fountain - Walton
As You Like It: V. Wedding Procession - Walton

Tracks:

'Spitfire' Prelude And Fugue: Prelude - Sir William Walton
'Spitfire' Prelude And Fugue: Fugue - Sir William Walton
A Wartime Sketchbook: 1. Prologue - Sir William Walton
A Wartime Sketchbook: A Wartime Sketchbook: Bicycle-chase - Sir William Walton
A Wartime Sketchbook: 3. Refugees - Sir William Walton
A Wartime Sketchbook: 4. Scherzo - Gay Berlin - Sir William Walton
A Wartime Sketchbook: 5. Foxtrots - Sir William Walton
A Wartime Sketchbook: 6. Lovers - Sir William Walton
A Wartime Sketchbook: 7. Striptease - Sir William Walton
A Wartime Sketchbook: 8. Epilogue - Sir William Walton
Suite: 'Escape Me Never': I. Prelude And Venetian Idyll - Sir William Walton
Suite: 'Escape Me Never': II. In The Dolomites - Sir William Walton
Suite: 'Escape Me Never': III. Ballet - Sir William Walton
The Three Sisters: I. Opening Titles - Sir William Walton
The Three Sisters: II. Dream Sequence - Sir William Walton
The Three Sisters: III.: End Titles - Sir William Walton
Suite: 'Battle Of Britain': Spitfire Music And Battle In The Air - Sir William Walton
Suite: 'Battle Of Britain': March Introduction, March And Siegfried Music - Sir William Walton

Tracks:

Henry V: I. Prologue
Henry V: II. Interlude: At The Boar's Head
Henry V: III. Embarkation
Henry V: IV. Interlude: 'Touch Her Soft Lips And Part'
Henry V: V. Harfleur
Henry V: V. The Night Watch
Henry V: V. 'Upon The King'
Henry V: VI. Agincourt
Henry V: VII. Interlude: At The French Court
Henry V: VIII. Epilogue
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: i) Rosa Solis
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: ii) Watkin's Ale
Chants d'Auvergne: Obal dinlou Limouzi (La-bas dans le Limousin)

Tracks:

Richard III: 1. Prelude
Richard III: 2. Coronation: Fanfare And Homage Music - Fanfare And Processional - 'Sound Drums And Trumpets' - Recessional
Richard III: 3. Monologue: 'Now Is The Winter Of Our Discontent'
Richard III: 4. The Wooing
Richard III: 5. The Prince Of Wales
Richard III: 6. Elegy
Richard III: 7. The Princes In The Tower
Richard III: 8. Nightmare
Richard III: 9. Bosworth Field
Richard III: 10. Death Of Richard And Finale
Macbeth: Fanfare and March
Major Barbara: Titles
Major Barbara: Undershaft's Factory And His 'Garden Suburb'
Major Barbara: Love-Scene
Major Barbara: End Titles And Play-Out

Tracks:

A Queen's Fanfare: Maestoso - Allegro
In Honour Of The City Of London: Maestoso
Crown Imperial: Allegro reale
Anniversary Fanfare
Orb And Sceptre: Alla Marcia
March For The History Of The English-Speaking Peoples: Marziale
Make We Joy Now In This Fest: Con spirito
What Cheer?: Allegretto
All This Time: Gioioso
King Herod And The Cock: Allegretto
Where Does The Uttered Music Go?: Slow
Antiphon: Maestoso
Jubilate Deo: Allegro comodo

Tracks:

Christopher Columbus - Suite: I. Fiesta
Christopher Columbus - Suite: II. Romanza (Beatriz's Song)
Christopher Columbus - Suite: III. Gloria
Songs After Edith Sitwell: 1. Daphne
Songs After Edith Sitwell: 2. Through Gilded Trellises
Songs After Edith Sitwell: 3. Long Steel Grass (Noche Espagnola)
Songs After Edith Sitwell: 4. Old Sir Faulk
Anon In Love: I. Fain Would I Change That Note
Anon In Love: II. O Stay, Sweet Love
Anon In Love: III. Lady, When I Behold The Roses
Anon In Love: IV. My Love In Her Attire
Anon In Love: V. I Gave Her Cakes
Anon In Love: VI. To Couple Is A Custom
A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table: I. The Lord Mayor's Table
A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table: II. Glide Gently
A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table: III. Wapping Old Stairs
A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table: IV. Holy Thursday
A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table: V. The Contrast
A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table: VI. Rhyme
The Twelve: An Anthem For The Feast Of Any Apostle

Tracks:

Belshazzar's Feast: Thus Spake Isaiah - Walton
Belshazzar's Feast: If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem - Walton
Belshazzar's Feast: Babylon Was A Great City - Walton
Belshazzar's Feast: Praise Ye - Walton
Belshazzar's Feast: Thus In Babylon - Walton
Belshazzar's Feast: And In That Same Hour - Walton
Belshazzar's Feast: Then Sing Aloud To God - Walton
Belshazzar's Feast: The Trumpeters And Pipers Are Silent - Walton
Belshazzar's Feast: Then Sing Aloud To God - Walton
Coronation Te Deum - Walton
Gloria - Walton

Tracks:

Coronation Te Deum: Allegro vigoroso
Set Me As A Seal Upon Thine Heart: Slow
Jubilate Deo: Allegro comodo
Make We Joy Now In This Fest: Con spirito
What Cheer?: Allegretto
King Herod And The Cock: Allegretto
All This Time: Gioioso
The Twelve: Maestoso - Lento - Allegro
Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis: Magnificat: Maestoso - Subito molto vivo
Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis: Nunc Dimittis: Lento
A Litany: Lento assai, espressivo
Missa Brevis: Kyrie. Andante
Missa Brevis: Sanctus And Benedictus
Missa Brevis: Agnus Dei. Freely
Missa Brevis: Gloria. Allegro
Cantico del Sole
Where Does The Uttered Music Go?: Slow
Antiphon: Maestoso

Tracks:

THE QUEST: Scene 1: Outside The House Of Achimago
THE QUEST: Scene 2: Near The Palace Of Pride
THE QUEST: Scene 3: The Palace Of Pride - The Seven Deadly Sins: Prelude - Conclusion
THE QUEST: Scene 4: Near The Palace Of Pride
THE QUEST: Scene 5: The House Of Holiness
The Wise Virgins: 1. What God Hath Done, Is Rightly Done
The Wise Virgins: 2. Lord, Hear My Longing
The Wise Virgins: 3. See What His Love Can Do
The Wise Virgins: 4. Ah! How Ephemeral
The Wise Virgins: 5. Sheep May Safely Graze
The Wise Virgins: 6. Praise Be To God

Tracks:

The Bear: It Is Not Just, Madam...
The Bear: Who Is That?
The Bear: Fool! Oaf! Blockhead!
The Bear: There! She's Vanished
The Bear: Sir, In My Solitude
The Bear: Madame, je vous prie
The Bear: I Was A Constant, Faithful Wife
The Bear: I'm Sick Of This Mourning
The Bear: Listen...Are You Still Angry?

Tracks:

Troilus And Cressida: Act One: Calkas, Priests & Priestesses, Worshippers - Virgin of Troas
Troilus And Cressida: Act One: Back To Your Hovels...
Troilus And Cressida: Act One: Is Cressida A Slave...
Troilus And Cressida: Act One: Morning And Evening I Have Felt Your Glance...
Troilus And Cressida: Act One: Forgive Me...
Troilus And Cressida: Act One: Ask Me No More
Troilus And Cressida: Act One: My Father! Evadne, Follow Him!
Troilus And Cressida: Act One: Slowly It All Comes Back
Troilus And Cressida: Act One: Why Niece!...In Tears?
Troilus And Cressida: Act One: Sweet Sir, There's Something...
Troilus And Cressida: Act One: Dear Child, You Need A Little Comfort
Troilus And Cressida: Act Two - Scene One: Does Talking Put You Off?
Troilus And Cressida: Act Two - Scene One: How Can I Sleep?
Troilus And Cressida: Act Two - Scene One: At The Haunted End Of The Day
Troilus And Cressida: Act Two - Scene One: Hush! Don't Be So Alarmed!
Troilus And Cressida: Act Two - Scene One: If One Last Doubt, One Lurking Fear Remains...
Troilus And Cressida: Act Two - Scene One: New Life, New Love!
Troilus And Cressida: Act Two - Scene One: Now Hold Me Close...
Troilus And Cressida: Act Two - Scene Two: The Storm

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Troilus And Cressida: Act Two - Scene Two: From Isle To Isle...
Troilus And Cressida: Act Two - Scene Two: Who Would Go Drumming...
Troilus And Cressida: Act Two - Scene Two: My Name Is Diomede...
Troilus And Cressida: Act Two - Scene Two: This Thing Shall Be Revok'd...
Troilus And Cressida: Act Three: All's Well!
Troilus And Cressida: Act Three: No Answering Sign...
Troilus And Cressida: Act Three: Cressid, Daughter...
Troilus And Cressida: Act Three: You Gods, O Deathless Gods...
Troilus And Cressida: Act Three: Proud, Wondrous Cressida
Troilus And Cressida: Act Three: Take It, Take It
Troilus And Cressida: Act Three: Evadne!
Troilus And Cressida: Act Three: Troilus!
Troilus And Cressida: Act Three: What Is This Sudden Alarm?
Troilus And Cressida: Act Three: Diomede, Troilus, Cressida, Pandarus, Calkas And Evadne
Troilus And Cressida: Act Three: She Has Brought Shame Upon Her Father!
Troilus And Cressida: Act Three: Diomede!...Father!...

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