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Special offer. Favourite English Strings

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

Favourite English Strings
Oramo and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra give us a finely disciplined Frank Bridge Variations of pungent character, fiery snap and arresting incident. It’s a performance whose nervy, questing...

Gramophone Magazine, September 2016

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Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

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Oramo and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra give us a finely disciplined Frank Bridge Variations of pungent character, fiery snap and arresting incident. It’s a performance whose nervy, questing...

Gramophone Magazine, September 2016

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Once again Alba records presents a stunning collaboration between Sakari Oramo and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, this time with a collection of English string favourites featuring music by Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar and Frank Bridge.

  • Release date: 10th Jun 2016
  • Label: Alba
  • Catalogue number: ABCD387
  • Length: 57 minutes
  • Genre:

Contents and tracklist

Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10
Work length27:17
Introduction & Theme - Var. 1, Adagio
Track length4:01
Var. 2, March
Track length1:09
Var. 3, Romance
Track length1:34
Var. 4, Aria italiana
Track length1:24
Var. 5, Bourrée classique
Track length1:22
Var. 6, Wiener Waltzer
Track length2:42
Var. 7, Moto perpetuo
Track length1:12
Var. 8, Funeral March
Track length3:54
Var. 9, Chant
Track length1:40
Var. 10, Fugue & Finale
Track length8:19
Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Work length11:35
I. Allegro piacevole
Track length3:09
II. Larghetto
Track length5:30
III. Allegretto
Track length2:56
Finzi: Romance for string orchestra, Op. 11
Work length7:50
Bridge: 3 Idylls, H. 67
Work length3:42
No. 2, Allegretto poco lento (Arr. for String Orchestra)
Track length3:42
Bridge: 2 Old English Songs for String Quartet, H. 119 (Arr. for String Orchestra)
Work length7:15
No. 2, Cherry Ripe
Track length3:29
No. 1, Sally in Our Alley
Track length3:46

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September 2016

Oramo and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra give us a finely disciplined Frank Bridge Variations of pungent character, fiery snap and arresting incident. It’s a performance whose nervy, questing undertow satisfying brings out this astoundingly inventive piece’s affinity with the more progressive European music of the time
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