Finzi, Parry & Bridge: An English Suite (Audio CD)

UPC: 083603536626

Overview

“Finzi, Parry & Bridge: An English Suite” brings together three masterful works for strings and piano by Gerald Finzi, C. Hubert H. Parry, and Frank Bridge. Performed by the English String Orchestra under the baton of William Boughton, with Martin Jones as piano soloist on Finzi’s Eclogue, this 1993 Nimbus Records release (NI 5366) offers approximately 70 minutes of richly textured, pastoral English repertoire.

Product Features

• Format: Compact Disc (CD)
• Audio: Digital Audio DDD
• Catalog Number: NI 5366
• Label Code: LC 5871
• Release Date: 1993
• Label: Nimbus Records
• Country: US
• Total Playing Time: 70:31
• Cover Art: “Bluebell Wood” (1908) by Robert Tyndall
• Liner Notes: Andrew Burn (English); translated by Atlas Translations

Track Listing

1. Eclogue for Piano and Strings (Gerald Finzi) – 10:01
2. Sir Roger de Coverley: A Christmas Dance (Allegro con spirito) (Frank Bridge) – 4:53
3. An Irish Melody (Allegro moderato) (Frank Bridge) – 8:06
4. An English Suite: Prelude (C. Hubert H. Parry) – 3:55
5. An English Suite: In Minuet Style (Parry) – 3:02
6. An English Suite: Saraband (Parry) – 3:48
7. An English Suite: Pastoral (Parry) – 2:26
8. An English Suite: Air (Parry) – 2:31
9. An English Suite: Frolic (Parry) – 3:37
10. There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook (Adagio e tranquillo) (Frank Bridge) – 9:37
11. Two Entr’actes: Rosemary (Andante espressivo e molto rubato) (Bridge) – 3:31
12. Two Entr’actes: Canzonetta (Allegretto molto moderato e rubato) (Bridge) – 2:58
13. Two Old English Songs: Sally in Our Alley (Allegretto con moto) (Bridge) – 3:42
14. Two Old English Songs: Cherry Ripe (Allegro con moto) (Bridge) – 3:32
15. Two Old English Songs: Lament (Adagio, con molto espressione) (Bridge) – 4:52

Publishers and Artists

• Label: Nimbus Records Limited (Wyastone Leys, Monmouth NP5 3SR; P.O. Box 7746, Charlottesville, VA 22906‑7746 USA)
• Recorded in England by Nimbus Records Limited
• Mastered & Manufactured in the UK and USA by Nimbus Manufacturing, 1993
• Conductor: William Boughton
• Orchestra: English String Orchestra
• Piano Soloist: Martin Jones
• Cover Painting: Robert Tyndall (“Bluebell Wood,” 1908)
• Liner Notes: Andrew Burn (eng), Atlas Translations (translations)

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