Howells - Procession, Op. 36
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Herbert Howells - Orchestral Works
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Moray Welsh (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
A repackaging of music rarely heard in Howell's lifetime. Not on grounds of quality, surely: two movements for cello and orchestra, a characterful suite The B's, and a song-cycle In Green Ways... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2005, Re-issue of the Month
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Boult conducts ...
Herbert Downes (viola), Desmond Bradley & Gillian Eastwood (violins), Albert Cayzer (viola) & Norman Jones (cello)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
…sympathetic accounts… Butterworth's Two English Idylls, The Banks of Freen Willow and the sublime Shropshire Lad rhapsody. Tension levels rise markedly for exceptionally insightful readings... —
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