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Compact Disc CDA66863

£13.99

Harmonium, four guitars, two mandolas, two mandolins, two ukuleles, piccolo, three clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, two alto saxophones, horn, strings, piano, baritone and choir: and that's just the scoring for one piece, the famous sea shanty Shallow Brown.

Grainger's Jungle Book cycle is here recorded for the first time. The eleven contrasting movements vividly portray the sentiments of Kipling's poetry and Grainger wrote of the cycle that it was 'composed as a protest against civilization'.

Recorded on 18-20 January 1996
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
JULIAN MILLARD
Recording Producer
MARK BROWN
Executive Producers
JOANNA GAMBLE
NICK FLOWER
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCVI

Duration: 73'57
DDD
Front illustration by ROLAND PIPER

PERCY GRAINGER (1882-1961)

Jungle Book

LIBBY CRABTREE soprano
JOHN MARK AINSLEY tenor
DAVID WILSON-JOHNSON bass
POLYPHONY
THE POLYPHONY ORCHESTRA
STEPHEN LAYTON conductor
Contents:

  1. Shallow Brown [6'04]

    JUNGLE BOOK

  2. The Fall of the Stone [2'11]
  3. Morning Song in the Jungle [2'50]
  4. Night Song in the Jungle [0'48]
  5. The Inuit [2'17]
  6. The Beaches of Lukannon [3'23]
  7. Red Dog [1'11]
  8. The Peora Hunt [0'40]
  9. Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack [1'19]
  10. Tiger! Tiger! [1'19]
  11. The Only Son [4'40]
  12. Mowgli's Song against People [3'41]

  13. Good-Bye to Love [3'54]
  14. Died for Love [1'24]
  15. The Power of Love [4'53]
  16. The Rival Brothers [1'03]
  17. Six Dukes went afishin' [2'19]
  18. The Sprig of Thyme [2'35]
  19. Willow willow [3'57]
  20. Recessional [3'58]
  21. Lord Maxwell's Goodnight [2'48]
  22. The Three Ravens [4'02]
  23. The Running of Shindand [1'41]
  24. Early One Morning [2'51]
  25. The Love Song of Har Dyal [2'14]
  26. My Love's in Germanie [3'57]

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / CRITICS' CHOICE

'This disc offers a sympathetic, endearing portrait of a composer too often valued for his wackiness and eccentricity alone' (Classic CD)

'Unquestionably an important and relishable release' (Hi Fi News)

'A capella singing at its very finest' (Soundscapes, Australia)

'Ce superbe album vient confirmer l'extraordinaire intuition de Grainger pour l'écriture chorale. La perfection des solistes, des choeurs et des ensembles instrumentaux permet d'apprécier dans ces moindres nuances le sauvage raffinement de Grainger' (Diapason, France)

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