Hyperion Records | English Music for Brass

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CDH55070
(Originally issued on CDH88013)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Buy? £6.99

Recording details: September 1987
Unknown, Unknown
Produced by Charles Hilz
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: May 2002
Total duration: 58 minutes 24 seconds

'The London Brass Virtuosi are an accomplished group, and the sound is first class' (Gramophone)

'Timeless and tuneful, the refreshing music on this medium priced reissue of a 1988 Hyperion recording is played with immense authority and affection by an ace ensemble' (Inverness Courier)

'The playing itself, as you would imagine is first-rate and enjoyable' (Cathedral Music)

English Music for Brass

The London Brass Virtuosi, David Honeyball (conductor)

		A Downland Suite John Ireland (1879-1962)
1		Movement 1: Prelude [5'25]
2		Movement 2: Elegy [3'45]
3		Movement 3: Minuet [4'23]
4		Movement 4: Rondo [3'36]
5		The Holy Boy [2'21] John Ireland (1879-1962), arr. David Cameron (b1937)
6		Comedy Overture [11'28] John Ireland (1879-1962)
7		Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes [7'52] Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
		Severn Suite, Op 87 Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), arr. Henry Geehl (1882-1961)
8		Movement 1: Introduction 'Worcester Castle' [2'40]
9		Movement 2: Toccata 'Tournament' [5'09]
10		Movement 3: Fugue 'Cathedral' [3'14]
11		Movement 4: Minuet 'Commandery' [6'08]
12		Movement 5: Coda [2'23]