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

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

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
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 Canteloube Bailero. 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.'

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