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Howells: Orchestral Works 2-CD set

HERBERT HOWELLS

(1882-1983)

COMPACT DISC ONE

King's Herald (1934; 1937)

4:24

Arranged for full orchestra and organ from the suite Pageantry

Allegro brillante - Animato

Paradise Rondel, Op. 40 (1925)

9:34

Allegro e vivace

Fantasia (1936-37)*

17:24

for cello and orchestra

Tranquillo, quasi andante

Threnody (compl. 1935)*

9:05

for cello and orchestra

Orchestrated by Christopher Palmer

Lento calmato, assai teneramente

Pastoral Rhapsody (1924-24)

12:19

Tranquillo, non troppo lento

Procession, Op. 36 (1920;1922)

4:37

Allegro moderato, sempe ritmico

58:07

COMPACT DISC TWO

The B's, Op. 13 (1914)

32:18

Suite for orchestra

Overture. Bublum

9:59

Lament. Bartholomew

7:36

III

Scherzo. Blissy

2:40

'Mazurka' alias 'Minuet'. Bunny

3:37

March. Benjee

8:15

Three Dances, Op. 7 (1914-15)†

14:30

for violin and orchestra

Giocoso molto

5:29

Quasi lento, quieto

6:54

III

Molto allegro

2:02

In Green Ways, Op. 43 (1915; 1928)‡

18:12

Under the Greenwood Tree

1:45

10.

The Goat Paths

8:11

11.

III

Merry Margaret

2:42

12.

Wanderer's Night Song

4:20

13.

On the Merry First of May

1:04

65:22

Solo: Moray Welsh cello*

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Richard Hickox

8 & 9 February 1995 (disc one)

27 & 28 July 1996 (disc two)

Helped y rich atmospheric sound, Richard Hickox draws performance that are both brilliant and warmly persuasive from the LSO, with Moray Welsh a movingly expressive soloist in the concertante works. A most attractive bargain reissue, joing together two equally desirable discs. The Penguin Guide – 1000 Greatest Classical Recordings 2011-12

This fascinating collection is completed by a superb rendition by Lydia Mordkovitch of the Three Dances, Op. 7, and a rapt Yvonne Kenny in the song-cycle ‘In Green Ways. Beautifully rich Chandos sound as always.

Gramophone

Richard Hickox and the LSO are ardent and communicative advocates of all this fine music. A highly recommendable disc, very well recorded indeed.

The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

…one can only marvel that so accomplished and imaginative a writer for the orchestra should have let any of [these works] be buried' Helped by rich, atmospheric sound, Richard Hickox draws performances both brilliant and warmly persuasive from the LSO.

Gramophone ‘Editor’s Choice’

You think Herbert Howells, you think Hymnus Paradisi. And then you wonder why a composer working on that kind of scale with that kind of reach, brilliance, vision, made almost no impression in the sphere of purely orchestral music. And then you listen to these relatively early scores and wonder turns to disbelief. Here is something more than just another West Country composer singing the landscape.

The Independent

I must say that this set is a wonderful addition to my British music collection – primarily new works that are very worthwhile. The playing and recording are first rate, and the notes are helpful.

American Record Guide

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