Overtures from the British Isles, Volume 2 Orchestral & Concertos Classical Chandos

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WILLIAM WALTON

(1902-1983)

Portsmouth Point (1924-25)

5:33

Overture

Robusto - Full and broad

WALTER LEIGH

(1905-1942)

Agincourt (1935)

12:29

(Jubilee Overture)

Overture for Orchestra

Edited by Malcolm Riley (b. 1960)

Allegro con brio - Andante - Maestoso - Allegro con brio (Tempo I)

YORK BOWEN

(1884-1961)

premiere recording

Fantasy Overture, Op. 115 (1945)

8:27

for Orchestra

With acknowledgements to Tom Bowling

To Meyer de Wolfe, 1945

Allegro con spirito - Poco più sostenuto - Tempo I -

DAME ETHEL SMYTH

(1858-1944)

Overture to 'The Boatswain's Mate' (1913-14)

6:05

Comedy in One Act

Allegro

JOHN ANSELL

(1874-1948)

Plymouth Hoe (1914)

7:57

A Nautical Overture

Allegro con brio - Andante - Poco più mosso - Tempo I -

SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL MACKENZIE

(1847-1935)

Britannia, Op. 52 (1894)

7:37

A Nautical Overture

Dedicated by permission to

His Royal Highness The Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha K.G.

Lento - Allegro vivace - Largamente - Presto - Largamente

ERIC COATES

(1886-1957)

The Merrymakers (1923)

4:54

Miniature Overture

Molto vivace - Grazioso - Appassionato - Brillante -

Tempo I -

SIR CHARLES HUBERT H. PARRY

(1848-1918)

Overture to an Unwritten Tragedy (1893, revised 1894, 1905)

12:29

for Orchestra

Lento - Allegro energico

ROGER QUILTER

(1877-1953)

A Children's Overture, Op. 17 (1911-19)

10:50

Andante moderato - Allegretto marcato - Giocoso - Allegro marcato -

JOHN FOULDS

(1880-1939)

10.

Le Cabaret, Op. 72a (c. 1921, revised 1934)

3:43

Overture to a French Comedy

from incidental music to the play Deburau, Op. 72 by Sacha Guitry (1885-1957)

Not too hurried - Tempo slightly more commodious - Steady - First Tempo

Total time: 81:18

Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Conductor: Rumon Gamba

2-4 December 2015

“…An excellent selection for all lovers of light music with just a touch of seriousness in some cases. The Bowen is a most welcome premiere recording and all ten overtures are excellent in every respect, both playing and recording. A highly recommended, cracking good, CD !”

Edmund Whitehouse – LondonLightMusic.org.uk – April 2016

Critics Choice 2016

Don O’Connor - American Record Guide - January/February 2017

“... An impressive release then, orchestra and conductor in top and collaborative form, captured in glowing, detailed and dynamic sound, and complemented by booklet notes from Lewis Foreman ... and Rumon Gamba, who clearly enjoyed unearthing the pieces here. Chandos’s unstinting presentation includes photographs of several of the composers; Dame Ethel’s hat is worth a gander!” *****

Colin Anderson – ClassicalSource.com – June 2016

"...listeners will thoroughly enjoy the musical adventures on this second volume of ‘Overtures from the British Isles’ which are beautifully played by Ramon Gamba and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. It is a worthy successor to Volume 1 which included music by Cowen, Bantock, Stanford and others."

John France - MusicWeb-International.com - 13 June 2016

“...This is thoroughly recommendable for any lover of British music.”

Michael Wilkinson – MusicWeb-International.com – 3 June 2016

"... Played with zeal, it's a hugely likeable collection." ****

Jeremy Pound - BBC Music magazine (Brief Notes Section) - August 2016

“This most welcome second volume of British overtures serves to accentuate the sheer diversity of works this country produced in the genre between 1890’s and the 1940s ...”

Jeremy Dibble - Gramophone magazine - June 2016

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