Box of Delights-British Light Music Gems

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Box of Delights-British Light Music Gems
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Joly (conductor)

[ Lyrita / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 1 June 2007

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Recorded in 1989 two of London's leading orchestras perform a selection of very neglected light music classics. This collection borders on the very unusual with a feast that includes the suite 'London Fields' by Phyllis Tate, 'Russian Scenes' by Granville Bantock and the dance suite 'Fancy Dress' by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs.

Phyllis Tate recorded Walthamstow Town Hall, 8 March 1988 & Henry Wood Hall, 31 August 1989

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Granville Bantock, C Armstrong Gibbs, Elisabeth Lutyens recorded Henry Wood Hall, 31 August, 1 & 2 September 1989

Recorded in 1989 two of London's leading orchestras perform a selection of very neglected light music classics. This collection borders on the very unusual with a feast that includes the suite 'London Fields' by Phyllis Tate, 'Russian Scenes' by Granville Bantock and the dance suite 'Fancy Dress' by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs.

Tracks:

London Fields (1958) Phyllis Tate
Four Characteristic Waltzes Op.22 (1899) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Three-fours, Valse Suite Op.71 (1909) (orch. Norman O’Neill) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Russian Scenes (1899) Sir Granville Bantock (1868 - 1946)
Fancy Dress, dance suite Op.82 (1935) Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
En Voyage, suite for full orchestra (1944) Elisabeth Lutyens