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CDA66630


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Recording details: August 1992
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: November 1992
Total duration: 79 minutes 32 seconds

'The performances are stunning, the recordings most sumptuous' (Gramophone)

'Stunning recording and utterly convincing performances' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1946)
Pagan Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
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Pagan Symphony
1
Section 1: Tranquillo molto lento sostenuto  [6'11]
2
Section 2: Allegro con spirito  [9'36]
3
Section 3: Scherzo. Dance of Satyrs  [2'58]
4
Section 4: Fanfare. Allegretto con moto  [6'07]
5
Section 5: Molto lento, sostenuto e rubato  [2'49]
6
Section 6: Allegro molto e con fuoco  [8'01]
Fifine at the fair
7
Section 1: Prologue 'Amphibian'. Tranquillo, molto sostenuto  [6'37]
8
Section 2: The Fair. Vivace  [4'44]
9
Section 3: Fifine dances. Allegretto grazioso e capriccioso  [7'57]
10
Section 4: Elvire's theme  [9'04]
11
Section 5: Epilogue. Lento con malinconia  [7'10]
Two Heroic Ballads
12
No 1: Cuchullan's Lament  [3'52]
13
No 2: Kishmul's Galley  [4'26]