20th Century Orchestral & Vocal Works
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Composer or Director: William Walton, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Frederick Delius, (Marie) Joseph Canteloube (de Calaret), Sergey Rachmaninov, Samuel Barber, Erik Satie, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Manuel de Falla, Benjamin Britten
Label: Philips
Magazine Review Date: 2/1988
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 56
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 420 155-2PH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Façade, Movement: Suite No. 1 |
William Walton, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner, Conductor William Walton, Composer |
| Façade, Movement: Suite No. 2 |
William Walton, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner, Conductor William Walton, Composer |
| Bachianas brasileiras No. 5, Movement: Aria: Cantilena |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Karita Mattila, Soprano Neville Marriner, Conductor |
| (El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Ritual Fire Dance |
Manuel de Falla, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Manuel de Falla, Composer Neville Marriner, Conductor |
| (3) Gymnopédies, Movement: Lent et douloureux |
Erik Satie, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Erik Satie, Composer Neville Marriner, Conductor |
| (3) Gymnopédies, Movement: Lent et grave |
Erik Satie, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Erik Satie, Composer Neville Marriner, Conductor |
| On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Frederick Delius, Composer Neville Marriner, Conductor |
| Vocalise |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner, Conductor Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' |
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner, Conductor Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer |
| Chants d'Auvergne, Movement: Baïlèro |
(Marie) Joseph Canteloube (de Calaret), Composer
(Marie) Joseph Canteloube (de Calaret), Composer Academy of St Martin in the Fields Karita Mattila, Soprano Neville Marriner, Conductor |
| Adagio for Strings |
Samuel Barber, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner, Conductor Samuel Barber, Composer |
| Simple Symphony, Movement: Playful Pizzicato |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Benjamin Britten, Composer Neville Marriner, Conductor |
Composer or Director: William Walton, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Frederick Delius, (Marie) Joseph Canteloube (de Calaret), Sergey Rachmaninov, Samuel Barber, Erik Satie, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Manuel de Falla, Benjamin Britten
Label: Philips
Magazine Review Date: 2/1988
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 420 155-4PH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Façade, Movement: Suite No. 1 |
William Walton, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner, Conductor William Walton, Composer |
| Façade, Movement: Suite No. 2 |
William Walton, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner, Conductor William Walton, Composer |
| Bachianas brasileiras No. 5, Movement: Aria: Cantilena |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Karita Mattila, Soprano Neville Marriner, Conductor |
| (El) Amor Brujo, Movement: Ritual Fire Dance |
Manuel de Falla, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Manuel de Falla, Composer Neville Marriner, Conductor |
| (3) Gymnopédies, Movement: Lent et douloureux |
Erik Satie, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Erik Satie, Composer Neville Marriner, Conductor |
| (3) Gymnopédies, Movement: Lent et grave |
Erik Satie, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Erik Satie, Composer Neville Marriner, Conductor |
| On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Frederick Delius, Composer Neville Marriner, Conductor |
| Vocalise |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner, Conductor Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' |
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner, Conductor Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer |
| Chants d'Auvergne, Movement: Baïlèro |
(Marie) Joseph Canteloube (de Calaret), Composer
(Marie) Joseph Canteloube (de Calaret), Composer Academy of St Martin in the Fields Karita Mattila, Soprano Neville Marriner, Conductor |
| Adagio for Strings |
Samuel Barber, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner, Conductor Samuel Barber, Composer |
| Simple Symphony, Movement: Playful Pizzicato |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Benjamin Britten, Composer Neville Marriner, Conductor |
Author: Edward Greenfield
Recorded in vivid sound, this makes an attractive collection of twentieth-century popular classics, whether or not primarily designed for the aural wallpaper market rather than for Gramophone readers. The layout makes it even more of a mixed bag than the list of works might suggest with the Walton and Satie items separated from each other. Lionel Salter's note is a model of its kind, lively and informative, finding pointful links between a very mixed bag of pieces. So he emphasizes that the Walton, the Britten and the Barber were all among the composers' early works. Otherwise presentation may be judged by the fact that the Greensleeves Fantasia is attributed on the cover to ''Williams''.
Under Sir Neville the playing of the Academy is as immaculate as ever, consistently refined and polished, but with readings kept direct and unmannered. ''Popular Song'' at the very start might have lifted more winningly, had it been taken a fraction faster, but with crisp rhythms in fast pieces and a fresh, unsentimental view in the lyrical ones, this is admirable as a collection of lollipops. There may have been more evocative versions of the Delius, but this strikes me as more warmly committed than Marriner's earlier Argo version. Karita Mattila appears in only two items, but those are the two most sensuous, the Villa-Lobos Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 ('No. 5' omitted from the information on the cover) and the CanteloubeBailero. The beauty of the voice, with its warm, pronounced vibrato is best appreciated at high volume. With such ill and immediate sound this will for many make an excellent, well-varied demonstration record.'
Under Sir Neville the playing of the Academy is as immaculate as ever, consistently refined and polished, but with readings kept direct and unmannered. ''Popular Song'' at the very start might have lifted more winningly, had it been taken a fraction faster, but with crisp rhythms in fast pieces and a fresh, unsentimental view in the lyrical ones, this is admirable as a collection of lollipops. There may have been more evocative versions of the Delius, but this strikes me as more warmly committed than Marriner's earlier Argo version. Karita Mattila appears in only two items, but those are the two most sensuous, the Villa-Lobos Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 ('No. 5' omitted from the information on the cover) and the Canteloube
20th Century Orchestral & Vocal Works
20th Century Orchestral & Vocal Works
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