Orchestral, Bantock (composer)
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Half-forgotten overtures show the vigour of Britain's musical revivial throughout the Victorian and Edwardian eras. —
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Special offer. Bantock: Omar Khayyám
RecommendedSarah Walker (contralto), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) & Brian Raynor Cook (baritone), Johanna Peters (contralto)
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar
This 1979 revival…is complete, and much livelier [than Handley’s performance] with equally fine soloists…it’s well coupled with other less rare Bantock, especially Fifine at the Fair, based... —
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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A highly enjoyable wander away from the familiar British path, including some rare youthful Vaughan Williams. The playing is suitably characterful throughout. —
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A delightful selection of pieces, previously unrecorded. The light frippery on display is balanced by more calculated offerings like Memories of Sapphire. —
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Box of Delights
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, Simon Joly
The title says it all: light music rarities revived in spry and sympathetic fashion. Undemanding, consistently enjoyable listening… The recorded sound has the amplitude, warmth and realism... —
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Special offer. Bantock: Overture to a Greek Tragedy, Holbrooke: The Birds of Rhiannon
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Nicholas Braithwaite
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Special offer. The English Connection - Parry, Bantock & Maxwell Davies
Argovia Philharmonic, Douglas Bostock
If not the slickest of ensembles, the Argovia Philharmonic is never less than characterful and engaging here under its former principal conductor Douglas Bostock. Perhaps surprisingly, Parry’s... —
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Bantock - Orchestral Music
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Elizabeth Connell (soprano) & Kim Begley (tenor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Magnificently recorded and performed. When audiences are crying out for 'melodious music' how can such music as this have been ignored for so long? —
Purchase product
6 CDs
$48.00
