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Inspiration
Pomp and Circumstances: Best of British
CD
1 Aug 2014
Barcode: 0825646256594
Composer: Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederick Delius
Other participants: Sir Simon Rattle, Jacqueline du Pré, Sir John Barbirolli, Vernon Handley
Symphonic liberation of the British Empire: In 1866 a German music scholar wrote that “the English are the only civilised nation without music”. And it’s true that the Victorians had a deep suspicion towards symphony music – some people even feared that its rousing emotional power would bring about the downfall of the British Empire! But the imperial tones of Edward Elgar’s scores triggered a new trend: the rapturous Late Romantic works of Vaughan Williams, the sensuous Impressionism of Delius and the monumental sounds of Gustav Holst’s The Planets rapidly established a significant national symphonic culture – with overwhelming pomp and circumstance.
Audio sample & Tracklisting
Disc 1 | |
0 | Jerusalem - Goldsmiths' Choral Union |
01 | Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato - Sir John Barbirolli |
02 | Delius: Koanga: La Calinda - Hallé Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli |
03 | Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity: Allegro giouoso - London Philharmonic Orchestra |
04 | Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, for Violin and Orchestra - Hugh Bean |
05 | Crown Imperial - Coronation March - David Bell |
06 | Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma": IX. Nimrod (Adagio) - London Symphony Orchestra |
07 | Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 - Theme & Fugue - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
08 | Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Sir John Barbirolli |
09 | Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: I. March No. 1 in D Major (Allegro con molto fuoco - Trio - Molto maestoso) - David Bell |
10 | Parry: Jerusalem - Goldsmiths' Choral Union |