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Track(s) taken from CDA67148

In a Persian market

composer
Albert W Ketèlbey (1875-1959)
1920

New London Light Opera Chorus, New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)
Recording details: August 1999
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Tony Faulkner & Oliver Rivers
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: March 2000
Total duration: 6 minutes 15 seconds

Cover artwork: The Haymarket Theatre, London. George Hyde Pownall (1876-1932)
Courtesy of Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey / Fine Art Photographic Library, London
 

Reviews

‘Ronald Corp and the New London Orchestra play with their familiar accomplishment and affection and, if anything, an even surer grasp of pace than before. The CD is gratifyingly full and excellently recorded. More, please!’ (Gramophone)

‘Throughout, Corp … has one great asset – charm, and I defy you not to sit listening to these appealing morceaux without a permanent grin on your face’ (International Record Review)

‘Corp’s performances are sumptuous’ (The Sunday Times)

‘An artfully cherry-picked selection played with affection and zest, which will leave you with a warm glow – and perhaps a feeling of regret that no one writes music like this any more’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘If you've a soft spot for this kind of repertoire you'll love it’ (BBC CD Review)
Albert W Ketèlbey (1875–1959) was born in Aston, Warwickshire, and achieved his reputation with a series of pieces evoking exotic locations. One of the best loved is In a Persian Market (1920), evoking images of camel-drivers, jugglers and snake-charmers, and heard here complete with its chorus of beggars singing: ‘Baksheesh, baksheesh Allah. Empshi, empshi, empshi’.

from notes by Andrew Lamb © 2000

Albert W. Ketèlbey (1875-1959), né à Aston (Warwickshire), se forgea une réputation grâce à une série de pièces teintées d’exotisme. L’une des préférées, In a Persian Market (1920), évoquant chameliers, jongleurs et charmeurs de serpents, est entendue ici avec son chœur de mendiants.

extrait des notes rédigées par Andrew Lamb © 2000
Français: Hypérion

Albert W. Ketèlbey (1875-1959) wurde in Ashton in der Grafschaft Warwickshire geboren und machte sich einen Namen mit einer Reihe von Stücken, die exotische Schauplätze heraufbeschwören. Eines der beliebtesten ist In a Persian Market (1920), das Vorstellungen von Kameltreibern, Jongleuren und Schlangenbeschwörern hervorruft und hier einschließlich seines Bettlerchors zu Gehör gebracht wird.

aus dem Begleittext von Andrew Lamb © 2000
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

Other albums featuring this work

British Light Music Classics
New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)
CDS44261/44CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — Download only

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