Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic – British Tone Poems, Vol. 2 (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic – British Tone Poems, Vol. 2 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:16 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Classical
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Chandos presents the eagerly anticipated second volume of Rumon Gamba’s fascinating survey of lesser-known British musical gems. This edition features works from composers including Sir Arthur Bliss, Patrick Hadley, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Herbert Foulds, and more. British-born conductor Rumon Gamba held the positions of Principal Conductor and Music Director of NorrlandsOperan between 2008 and 2015 and Chief Conductor of the Aalborg Symfoniorkester between 2011 and 2015. He was also Chief Conductor and Music Director of Iceland Symphony Orchestra between 2002 and 2010. He regularly leads the BBC orchestras and has appeared at the BBC Proms on a number of occasions. This release includes two world premiere recordings.

This is the eagerly anticipated second volume of Rumon Gamba’s fascinating survey of lesser-known British musical gems. Two works (Cowen’s Rêverie and Hadley’s Kinder Scout) are world premiere recordings, and the entire repertoire is very rarely heard. Dating from 1903 to 1932, these works show the remarkable variety of compositional styles in Britain during that period. Owing to its strong rhythmic elements, Mêlée fantasque pre-echoes Bliss’s later ballet scores. Vaughan Williams’s Harnham Down, inspired by the Wiltshire countryside, is one of many works reflecting the British landscape (along with Goossens’s By the Tarn, Foulds’s April-England, and Hadley’s Kinder Scout). Not every composer’s inspiration was local or nationalistic though: Dorothy Howell’s Lamia, based on the eponymous poem by Keats, retelling Greek myth, caused such a sensation at its premiere at the Proms that it was repeated three days later! Eric Fogg’s Merok is based on a Norwegian folk tune, and named after a village at the head of the Geiranger Fjord.

Tracklist:

1. BBC Philharmonic – April England, Op. 48 No.1 (Version for Orchestra) (08:24)
2. BBC Philharmonic – Merok (08:48)
3. BBC Philharmonic – By the Tarn, Op. 15 No.1 (04:54)
4. BBC Philharmonic – Harnham Down (08:45)
5. BBC Philharmonic – Lamia (14:37)
6. BBC Philharmonic – Rêverie (06:30)
7. BBC Philharmonic – Kinder Scout (06:59)
8. BBC Philharmonic – F. 119 (1937 Version for Orchestra) (11:16)

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