CDH55099
(Originally issued on CDA66436)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
Buy? £6.99
Recording details: June 1990
Great Hall, Leeds University, United Kingdom
Produced by Christopher Palmer
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: May 2003
Total duration: 74 minutes 14 seconds
View sleeve notes/artwork
PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE
(Originally issued on CDA66436)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
Buy? £6.99
Recording details: June 1990
Great Hall, Leeds University, United Kingdom
Produced by Christopher Palmer
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: May 2003
Total duration: 74 minutes 14 seconds
View sleeve notes/artwork
'A joy to welcome ... All in all a disc not to be missed' (Gramophone)
'The music of all three is essentially English, splendidly dramatic and filled with wonderful tunes' (BBC Music Magazine)
'The music for Horoscope is sheer delight' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)
'Strongly recommended' (Fanfare, USA)
'Horoscope is a fabulous score and this performance is a match for the extracts conducted by the composer. A lovely CD, in superb natural sound, and with notes by the lamented Christopher Palmer. An outright winner' (International Record Review)
Three English Ballets
Horoscope. Ballet Suite
Constant Lambert (1905-1951)
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No 3: Valse for the Gemini
[4'20]
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No 4: Bacchanale
[4'33]
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Façade. Ballet suite
Sir William Walton (1902-1983), arr. Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
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No 01: Fanfare
[0'32]
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No 02: Scotch Rhapsody
[1'11]
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No 03: Valse
[3'00]
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No 04: Tango Pasodoble
[1'56]
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No 05: Swiss Yodelling Song
[2'15]
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No 06: Country Dance
[2'03]
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No 07: Polka
[1'18]
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No 08: Noche espanola
[2'35]
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No 09: Popular Song
[2'16]
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No 10: Old Sir Faulk
[1'58]
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No 11: Taranetella-Sevillana
[2'30]
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Checkmate. Ballet Suite
Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)
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No 1: Prologue. The Players
[6'13]
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No 6: Finale. Checkmate
[4'00]
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