Rupert Bawden: The Sailor's Tale
The Nash Ensemble, Alexander Grove (tenor), Flora McIntosh (mezzo), Andrew Heggie (baritone) & The Creake Ensemble
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rupert Bawden & Gary Cheung
Rupert Bawden: The Sailor's Tale
The Nash Ensemble, Alexander Grove (tenor), Flora McIntosh (mezzo), Andrew Heggie (baritone) & The Creake Ensemble
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rupert Bawden & Gary Cheung
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About
Commissioned as a companion piece to Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale – and written for similar forces – The Sailors Tale tells the story of the famous sea-farer Horatio Nelson’s life and loves, based and performed around the Norfolk town where he was born.
Contents and tracklist
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Rupert Bawden
- Recorded: 2-3 May 2003
- Recording Venue: St. Mary's Church, South Creake, Norfolk, United Kingdom
- The Nash Ensemble
- Rupert Bawden
- Recorded: 14 September 1994
- Recording Venue: St. David's Hall, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Alexander Grove, Flora McIntosh, Andrew Heggie, Hannah Pigney, Ashley Welch, Hannah Wood
- The Creakes Sinfonia
- Gary Cheung
- Recorded: 5 March 1993
- Recording Venue: Purcell Room, London, United Kingdom
- Children of Alderman Peel High School, Norfolk
- Gary Cheung
- Recorded: 2-3 May 2003
- Recording Venue: St. Mary's Church, South Creake, Norfolk, United Kingdom
