Sinfonia of London & John Wilson - English Music for Strings (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

During the 1930s, Bliss, Britten, and Berkeley all contributed major works to the repertoire for string orchestra, following in the footsteps of Elgar and Vaughan Williams. They are joined on this album by Frank Bridge whose Lament was composed during the First World War. This is the fourth recording by John Wilson with his award-winning Sinfonia of London. Bliss composed Music for Strings after he had completed the film score for Kordas Things to Come, driven by his desire to compose a piece of pure music, expressing his own ideas rather than those of others. Commissioned in May 1937 by Boyd Neel for the Salzburg Festival that summer, Brittens Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge was composed at great speed, and helped to establish the young composers international reputation. Dedicated to his teacher, Frank Bridge, the theme is taken from the second of Bridges Three Idylls for string quartet. Lennox Berkeley composed his Serenade for Strings at Snape Maltings, where he was living with Britten in 1938 / 39. By the time of its completion the nation was at war and the music seems to reflect the composers anxious mood as the world faced an uncertain future. The album is recorded in Surround-Sound, and available as a hybrid SACD. The front cover features a painting by Edward Wadsworth of Blisss house, Pen Pits, built for him in 1935.

TRACKLIST

1. Sinfonia Of London - Introduction & Theme
2. Sinfonia Of London - Var. 1, Adagio
3. Sinfonia Of London - Var. 2, March
4. Sinfonia Of London - Var. 3, Romance
5. Sinfonia Of London - Var. 4, Aria italiana
6. Sinfonia Of London - Var. 5, Bourrée classique
7. Sinfonia Of London - Var. 6, Wiener Walzer
8. Sinfonia Of London - Var. 7, Moto perpetuo
9. Sinfonia Of London - Var. 8, Funeral March
10. Sinfonia Of London - Var. 9, Chant
11. Sinfonia Of London - Var. 10, Fugue & Finale
12. Sinfonia Of London - Lament, H. 117 (Version for String Orchestra)
13. Sinfonia Of London - I. Vivace
14. Sinfonia Of London - II. Andantino
15. Sinfonia Of London - III. Allegro moderato
16. Sinfonia Of London - IV. Lento
17. Sinfonia Of London - I. Allegro moderato, enerfico
18. Sinfonia Of London - II. Andante, molto sostenuto
19. Sinfonia Of London - III. Allegro molto - Andante moderato



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