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Track(s) taken from CDA66968

Portuguese Party

composer

New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)
Recording details: October 1996
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Oliver Rivers
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: March 1997
Total duration: 3 minutes 19 seconds

Cover artwork: Boulter’s Lock, Sunday Afternoon, 1895. Edward John Gregory (1850-1909)
Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside / Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight
 

Reviews

‘Should more than satisfy those who like a good tune! Many of the old favourites here will be forever associated with radio and television signature tunes … Nostalgia is the key to many of thse pieces, but a collection such as this reminds us that the thing which really binds this collection together is the quality of the music itself’ (BBC Music Magazine)
Gilbert Vinter (1909–1969) was a versatile musician who was a choirboy at the cathedral in his native Lincoln, studied bassoon and cello at the Royal Military College of Music, and became professor of bassoon at the Royal Academy of Music. His career as composer and arranger developed while he was conductor of various RAF bands during the Second World War, after which he was with the BBC as conductor of the BBC Midland Light Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra. He composed much music for brass band, as well as fantasias on the melodies of various countries. It was the rhythms of one particular country that he captured especially effectively in the lively Portuguese Party.

from notes by Andrew Lamb © 1997

Gilbert Vinter (1909-1969) fut un musicien polyvalent. Choriste à la cathédrale de son Lincoln natal, il étudia le basson et le violoncelle au Royal Military College of Music avant de devenir professeur de basson à la Royal Academy of Music. Sa carrière de compositeur et d’arrangeur se développa pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, alors qu’il dirigeait diverses formations de la RAF. Après quoi il dirigea le BBC Midland Light Orchestra et le BBC Concert Orchestra. Il composa beaucoup de musique pour fanfare, ainsi que des fantaisies sur les mélodies de différents pays, comme le Portugal, dont il saisit les rythmes de manière singulièrement efficace dans l’allègre Portuguese Party.

extrait des notes rédigées par Andrew Lamb © 1997
Français: Hypérion

Gilbert Vinter (1909-1969), ein ebenfalls vielseitiger Musiker, war Chorknabe an der Kathedrale seiner Heimatstadt Lincoln, studierte später Fagott und Cello am Royal Military College of Music und wurde schließlich Professor für Fagott an der Royal Academy of Music. Seine Karriere als Komponist und Arrangeur entwickelte sich erst während seiner Tätigkeit als Dirigent zahlreicher Kapellen der Royal Air Force im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Anschließend war er für die BBC als Dirigent des BBC Midland Light Orchestra und des BBC Concert Orchestra tätig. Viele seiner Kompositionen waren für Blechblaskapellen bestimmt, oder es handelte sich um Fantasien über Melodien aus aller Welt. In einem bestimmten Werk ist es ihm besonders gut gelungen, die typischen Rhythmen eines Landes festzuhalten, nämlich in der lebhaften Portuguese Party (‘Portugiesisches Fest’).

aus dem Begleittext von Andrew Lamb © 1997
Deutsch: Manuela Hübner

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