British Tone Poems Volume 2

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Chandos

14 Σεπτεμβρίου 2019

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Arthur Bliss:Mêlée Fantasque
Frederic Hymen Cowen:Rêverie
Eric Fogg:Merok (1929)
John Herbert Foulds:April-England, Op. 48 No. 1
Eugene Goossens:By the Tarn, Op. 15 No. 1
Dorothy Howell:Tone Poem 'Lamia'
Patrick Hadley:Kinder Scout
Ralph Vaughan Williams:Harnham Down

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BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Ορχήστρα)Rumon Gamba (Μαέστρος)

This is the eagerly anticipated second volume of Rumon Gamba’s fascinating survey of lesser-known British musical gems. Two works (Cowen’s Rêverie and Hadley’s Kinder Scout) are world premiere recordings, and the entire repertoire is very rarely heard.

Dating from 1903 to 1932, these works show the remarkable variety of compositional styles in Britain during that period. Owing to its strong rhythmic elements, Mêlée fantasque pre-echoes Bliss’s later ballet scores. Vaughan Williams’s Harnham Down, inspired by the Wiltshire countryside, is one of many works reflecting the British landscape (along with Goossens’s By the Tarn, Foulds’s April-England, and Hadley’s Kinder Scout). Not every composer’s inspiration was local or nationalistic though: Dorothy Howell’s Lamia, based on the eponymous poem by Keats, re-telling Greek myth, caused such a sensation at its premiere at the Proms that it was repeated three days later! Eric Fogg’s Merok is based on a Norwegian folk tune, and named after a village at the head of the Geiranger Fjord.