An Introduction to Percy Grainger (Including Country Gardens & Handel in the Strand)
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PERCY GRAINGER
An Introduction to Percy Grainger (Including Country Gardens & Handel in the Strand)
Stephen Varco (baritone) Penelope Thwaites (piano) / Joyful Company of Singers / BBC Philharmonic / City of London Sinfonia / etc
[ Chandos Intro / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 1 August 2006
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Australian-born composer and pianist Percy Grainger, was an eccentric figure and lifelong experimenter who is best known for a selection of exquisite folk-song arrangements including Country Gardens and Molly on the Shore.
Part of the English folksong movement: Grainger collected over 500 folksongs and traditional tunes which he drew on when composing his original and impressive folksong arrangements.
"Here's a recipe guaranteed to delight Grainger acolytes and inquisitive newcomers alike: a liberal sprinkling of old friends." (Gramophone)
Tracks:
Youthful Suite 5:16
1 II Rustic Dance 3:26
2 IV Eastern Intermezzo 1:50
3 Blithe Bells 3.23
Free ramble - on a theme by J.S. Bach: 'Sheep May Safely Graze'
4 Spoon River 4.53
American Folk-Music Setting No. 2
5 My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone 5.53
Settings of Songs and Tunes from William Chappell's Old English Popular Music No. 2
6 Green Bushes 8.40
Passacaglia on an English Folksong British Folk-Music Setting No. 12
7 Country Gardens 2.18
Orchestrated by Adolf Schmid
8 Mock Morris 3.29
Room-music Tit-bits No. 1
9 Youthful Rapture 6.01
for solo cello
10 Shepherd's Hey 2.12
British Folk-Music Setting No. 3
11 Walking Tune 3.30
for Wind Five-some
Room-music Tit-bits No. 3
12 Molly on the Shore 3.50
Irish Reel
British Folk-Music Setting No. 1
13 Handel in the Strand 4.45
Clog Dance
