Sir Charles Groves: British Music
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Sir Charles Groves: British Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves
[ Warner Classics / 24 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Sunday 20 September 2015
The eminent English conductor Sir Charles Groves is today remembered not so much for his breadth of repertoire as for his immense contribution to British music, which he continuously promoted, performed and recorded throughout his professional career. Featuring a wide variety of genres - from symphonies and operas to popular marches and film music excerpts - this special 24-CD compilation pays tribute to Groves's remarkable achievement, bringing together works by many of the composers who were at the heart of the conductor's commitment in a selection of authoritative recordings that survey over 100 years of glorious British composition.
"The sound quality of the set remains quite strong, with clarity and melodic resonance the orders of the day. The wonderful aggregate of soloists and musical personnel remains first-class. Although some of the selections qualify as "light music," Groves takes the Toscanini approach that no music is small, only its interpreters. I still have many hours ahead to savor what in haste I had to adsorb for the purpose of these few words." AudAud Feb 2017
Tracks:
Alford:
On the Quarter-Deck
Arne:
Rule, Britannia (from Alfred)
The British Grenadiers
Arnold:
English Dances Op. 27 & 33
Symphony No. 2, Op. 40
Bliss:
A Colour Symphony
Morning Heroes
Processional
Things to Come - Suite
Brian:
Symphony No. 8 in B flat minor
Symphony No. 9 in A minor
Bridge:
Cherry Ripe
Enter Spring
Lament
Summer
The Sea
Delius:
A Mass of Life
A Song of Summer
An Arabesque
Koanga
North Country Sketches
Lebenstanz (Life's Dance)
Cynara
North Country Sketches
Paris - Song of a Great City
Sea Drift
Elgar:
Caractacus, Op. 35
Coronation March, Op. 65
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42 - Funeral March
Imperial March, Op. 32
Nursery Suite
Part-Songs (2), Op. 26
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major, Op. 39 No. 4
Severn Suite, Op. 87
Spanish Serenade 'Stars of the Summer Night'
The Black Knight, Op. 25
Crown of India, Op. 66: Suite
The Light of Life, Op. 29 'Lux Christi'
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61
Holst:
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 26: 2nd Group, H98
Marching Song, Op. 22 No. 2
Ode to Death, H144
Short Festival Te Deum, H145
Two Songs without Words, Op. 22
The Hymn of Jesus, H140
Sullivan, A:
HMS Pinafore: Overture
Iolanthe Overture
Overture di Ballo
Patience Overture
Symphony in E major 'Irish'
The Gondoliers Overture
The Mikado Overture
The Yeomen of the Guard: Overture
and much much more
