Byways of British Music
WILLIAM WALTON
(1902-1983)
1
Long Steel Grass
from
Façade
2:22
Susana Walton
narrator
City of London Sinfonia members
BERNARD STEVENS
(1916-1983)
2
Mark of Cain
3:19
arr. A. Williams (extract)
3
Resistance
from
'A Symphony of Liberation'
3:49
BENJAMIN FRANKEL
(1906-1973)
4
1st Movement
from
Symphony No. 5
7:29
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
HUMPHREY SEARLE
(1915-1982)
5
1st Movement
from
Symphony No. 2
7:18
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
BENJAMIN FRANKEL
6
Carriage and Pair
2:42
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
WILLIAM WALTON
7
Old Sir Faulk
from
'Façade'
2:02
Susana Walton
narrator
City of London Sinfonia members
8
Touch her soft lips and part
from
'Henry V'
1:28
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
9
Gloria
from
'Christopher Columbus'
2:35
Arthur Davies tenor
WILLIAM ALWYN
(1905-1985)
10
Adagio
from
'Lyra Angelica'
8:02
Concerto for Harp & String Orchestra
Rachel Masters harp
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox
11
Prelude
from
'Odd Man Out'
3:54
ARTHUR BLISS
(1891-1975)
12
The Pigeon Song
from
Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks'
4:37
David Haslam flute
Phillip Joll baritone
Richard Hickox
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872-1958)
13
The Lark Ascending
15:25
Michael Davis violin
Bryden Thomson
KENNETH LEIGHTON
(1929-1988)
14
Adagio molto
from
Symphony No. 3 'Laudes musicae', Op. 90
10:39
for Tenor Solo & Orchestra
Neil Mackie tenor
Bryden Thomson *
7-8 September 1994 (tracks 2-6, 8)
19-21 March 1990 (tracks 1, 7), 11-12 October 1989 (track 9), 15-16 January 1993 (track 11) and 28-29 January 1990 (track 12)
13-14 June 1991 (track 10) and 7-8 April 198 (track 13)
23-24 January 1989 (track 14)