Boughton
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Boughton: The Immortal Hour
Roderick Kennedy (bass), Patricia Taylor (contralto), Anne Dawson (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Valery Hill (soprano), Roger Bryson (bass-baritone), Maldwyn Davies (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra, The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Alan G Melville
The Immortal Hour is part of theatrical folklore: in London in the early 1920s it ran, unprecedentedly, for 216 consecutive performances and, shortly afterwards, for a further 160 at the first... —
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Boughton: The Queen of Cornwall
A music-drama based on the play by Thomas Hardy
Heather Shipp (Queen Iseult), Joan Rodgers (Iseult of Brittany, the Whitehanded), Jacques Imbrailo (Sir Tristram), Patricia Orr (Brangwain), Neal Davies (King Mark), Peter Wilman (Sir Andret), Elizabeth Weisberg (Damsel)
New London Orchestra, Members of The London Chorus, Ronald Corp
If you can ignore the words, the writing for both voices and orchestra has a surging confidence that's very appealing, and the musical substance grows on one with repeated hearings. In a strong... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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Opera, March 2011, Recording of the Month
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Rutland Boughton: Of Delights and Passions
Jane Faulkner (soloist), Timothy Ravenscroft (soloist), Pal Banda (soloist), English Piano Trio
There’s much to recommend this album of (mostly) world premieres, with strong and steady performances by the English Piano Trio. Boughton’s lyrical flair is to the fore throughout, especially... —
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Boughton: Symphony No. 3 & Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 1
Sarah Francis (oboe)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Boughton: String Quartets & Oboe Quartet No. 1
The Rasumovsky Quartet (string quartet), Christopher Wellington (viola), Frances Mason (violin), Joy Hall (cello), Marilyn Taylor (violin), Sarah Francis (oboe)
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None of Rutland Boughton's more than 100 songs is listed in the current catalogue, so this (at very least) breaks new ground and fills a gap. With one exception (Eleanor Farjeon's nativity poem... —
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Boughton: Bethlehem
Helen Field, Robert Bryan, Roger Bryson, Robert Evans, John Bowen, Adrian Peacock, Alan Opie, Jamie MacDougall, Richard van Allan, Claire Seaton, Colin Campbell, Ian Boughton, Graham Matheson-Bruce
Holst Singers, New London Children's Choir, City of London Sinfonia, Allan G Melville
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Sea Fever
Roderick Williams sings baritone songs by British composers
Roderick Williams (baritone), Ailish Tynan (soprano)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates
Roderick Williams is his usual mellifluous self, but these baritone songs, often orchestrated by other hands, are a very mixed bag… —
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