The Grainger Edition, Volume 3 - Works for Chorus and Orchestra 1 (1996)
The Grainger Edition, Volume 3 - Works for Chorus and Orchestra 1 (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 262 Mb | Total time: 60:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 9499 | Recorded: 1996
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 262 Mb | Total time: 60:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 9499 | Recorded: 1996
The CD's title slightly misleads. Not all of these pieces are for chorus and orchestra. Some are for orchestra alone. Nevertheless, the CD gives us Grainger at his most characteristic. Grainger always considered himself primarily a choral composer who occasionally dabbled in short works for orchestra and chamber ensemble. For far too long, almost everybody dismissed Grainger as a lightweight, but, happily, that seems about to change. For one thing, more works have come to light and, more importantly, to performance and recording. Chandos' Grainger Edition counts, in my opinion, as one of the most significant projects in British music. The thorough scholarship, the unfailingly terrific performances, and the comprehensiveness of the project have all begun to fill in our portrait of Grainger. Pioneers like Stokowski, Fennell, and Britten kept our lines open to the music and provided tantalizing glimpses of something at least attractive. Hickox and Co. build on these others to reveal someone very like a major composer.
I regard this CD as one of the standouts of an already-wonderful series. Hickox gets rhythmically sharp and clear playing from his instrumentalists. The Joyful Company of Singers take their place as one of the finest choral groups in the world. Stephen Varcoe is simply one of the best singers before the public. He invests his Three Ravens and Danny Deever with the dramatic subtlety of a Fauré song. He seems able to sculpt a musical line into any shape he wants.–Steve Schwartz
Performer:
Mark Padmore, tenor (7, 11)
Stephen Varcoe, baritone (1, 4, 5, 8, 16)
Penelope Thwaites, piano (14)
Joyful Company of Singers (1-5, 7, 10-13, 15-17)
City of London Sinfonia (1-3, 6, 8-9, 11, 13-14, 17)
Richard Hickox, conductor
Tracklist:
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
01. Shallow Brown
02. Marching Tune
03. I'm Seventeen Come Sunday
04-05. Two Sea Chanties
06. Molly on the Shore
07. Brigg Fair
08. Early One Morning
09. After-word
10. There Was a Pig Went Out to Dig
11. The Lonely Desert-Man Sees the Tents of the Happy Tribes
12. Thou Gracious Power
13. County Derry Air
14. Handel in the Strand
15. Six Dukes Went Afishin'
16. Anchor Song
17. Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon
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The Grainger Edition, Volume 3 - Works for Chorus and Orchestra 1 (1996)
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