COMPACT DISC 1 (CDS44281)

1. A Celtic Symphony [20'04]
   for string orchestra and six harps

   The Witch of Atlas [14'52]
   Tone Poem for Orchestra No 5, after Shelley

6. A 'A lady-witch there lived on Atlas' mountain …' [2'07]
7. B ''Tis said, she was first changed into a vapour …' [2'18]
8. C 'And old Silenus, shaking a green stick …' [2'36]
9. D 'And every nymph of stream and spreading tree …' [1'32]
10. E 'For she was beautiful: her beauty made …' [1'01]
11. F 'The deep recesses of her odorous dwelling …' [0'32]
12. G 'And then she called out of the hollow turrets …' [1'53]
13. H 'To those she saw most beautiful, she gave …' [2'53]

14. The Sea Reivers [3'53]
    Hebridean Sea Poem No 2

15. A Hebridean Symphony [35'08]

1. Pagan Symphony [35'45]
   'Et ego in Arcadia vixi'

   Fifine at the Fair [35'35]
   'A Defence of Inconstancy'

7. Prologue: Amphibian [6'38]
8. The Fair [4'45]
9. Fifine Dances    ROY JOWITT clarinet [7'57]
10. Elvire – Elvire and Fifine – The Husband and Fifine – The Catastrophe [9'05]
11. Epilogue [7'10]

12. Cuchullan's Lament [3'53]
    Heroic Ballad No 1

13. Kishmul's Galley [4'26]
    Heroic Ballad No 2

The Cyprian Goddess [24'23]
Symphony No 3, 1838/39
1. Maestoso e sforzato – Lentamente – Poco largamente – Con più moto [5'53] –
2. Liberamente – Affrettando – Tranquillo molto sostenuto [2'37] –
3. Animando – Con fuoco – Con molto agitato [3'26] –
4. Lentamente – Leno sostenuto – Poco lentando – Allegretto grazioso – Con fuoco – Con anima [9'20] –
5. Più moto, affrettando – Tranquillo, e molto sostenuto [3'05]

   The Helena Variations [19'25]
   Orchestral variations on the theme HFB, 1899

6. Theme: Lento molto [1'51]
7. Variation I: Allegro molto con fuoco [0'45]
8. Variation II: Poco tranquillo [0'52]
9. Variation III: Allegretto scherzando [1'56]
10. Variation IV: Molto moderato quasi religioso [0'42]
11. Variation V: Capriccioso [1'17]
12. Variation VI: Poco agitato [1'01]
13. Variation VII: Lento molto e sostenuto [1'44]
14. Variation VIII: Con moto affettuoso [1'27]
15. Variation IX: Allegro impetuoso [1'01]
16. Variation X: Non più allegro [1'32]
17. Variation XI: Andante doloroso [2'01]
18. Variation XII Finale: Allegro appassionato [3'09]

19. Dante and Beatrice [25'00]
    Poem for orchestra, 1901, revised 1910

Sappho
Prelude and Nine Fragments for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
1. Prelude [10'40]
2. I Hymn to Aphrodite [7'16]
3. II 'I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago' [6'33]
4. III Evening Song [2'17]
5. IV 'Stand face to face, friend' [8'06]
6. V 'The moon has set' [5'52]
7. VI 'Peer of gods he seems' [4'13]
8. VII 'In a dream, I spake' [4'23]
9. VIII Bridal Song [4'40]
10. IX 'Muse of the golden throne' [5'28]

11. Sapphic Poem [14'57]
    for cello and orchestra

1. Prelude to The Song of Songs [11'40]
2. Prelude to Omar Khayyám [6'36]
3. Camel Caravan from Omar Khayyám [7'56]
   with chorus
4. Caristiona [9'31]
   Hebridean Sea Poem No 1
5. Processional [14'40]
   Orchestral Scene No 1

   Thalaba the Destroyer [26'05]

6. Introduction: The Powers of Evil [1'05]
7. Zeinab's theme [1'52]
8. Thalaba's theme [1'54]
9. Oneiza's theme [3'49]
10. Thalaba's fatal languor [3'06]
11. Wedding and Brief Happiness of Love [2'29]
12. Death of Oneiza [0'38]
13. Thalaba wanders desolately amid the tombs [3'34]
14. Thalaba sets out again on his Mighty Quest [2'50]
15. Thalaba's death and reprise of Onieza's theme [1'44]
16. Evil lost for ever [1'19]
17. The last ecstasy of faith and love [0'56]

1. Overture to a Greek Tragedy [17'54]
5. The Wilderness and the Solitary Place [6'19]
   ELIZABETH CONNELL soprano
6. Pierrot of the Minute [12'11]

   excerpts from The Song of Songs [41'00]
   The Second Day †

7. 'The voice of my beloved!' [2'25]
8. 'My beloved spake' [1'56]
9. 'Arise, my love' [2'53]
10. 'Take us the foxes' [3'15]
11. She flings herself upon a divan in an ecstasy of passionate rapture [2'29]
12. 'By night in my dream I sought him' [3'10]
13. 'But I found him whom my soul loveth' [3'20]
    The Third Day
14. The King's gifts [1'04]
15. The Shulamite [2'16]
16. The Shulamite is left alone [0'59]
17. The Shulamite reflects upon her absent shepherd-lover [1'09] …
18. and sees him in a vision on the mountainside [1'29]
    The Fifth Day †
19. 'Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness?' with WILLIAM PRIDEAUX baritone [2'00]
20. 'Set me as a seal upon thine heart' [1'42]
21. 'Many waters cannot quench love' [1'03]
22. 'For love is strong as death' [2'31]
23. 'We have a little sister' [3'56]
24. 'Make haste, my beloved' [3'08]

    † ELIZABETH CONNELL soprano, KIM BEGLEY tenor