Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & John Wilson
Format Details:
Release Date: 03 October 2011
Label: Avie
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 822252219425
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
'Made in Britain' is a rich and nostalgic journey through English music straddling the turn of the 20th century, with John Wilson, today's leading proponent of British Music, at the helm of the UK's oldest orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
'Made in Britain' celebrates a rich period of English music surrounding the turn of the 20th century, including evergreens such as Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending (for years No 1 in the Classic FM Hall of Fame) and Elgar's Salut d'amour, as well as the folk-inspired Two English Idylls by Butterworth and English Folk Song Suite by Vaughan Williams. The programme opens with Walton's commedia dell'arte overture Scapino and closes with the Nell Gwyn Overture by Edward German, music director of London's Globe Theatre from 1888. Along the way we take A Walk to the Paradise Garden from Delius' opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, and stroll through Bax's woodland evocation The Happy Forest.
Overseeing this celebration is today's leading interpreter of British Music, John Wilson conducting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra which, founded in 1840, is steeped in this glorious musical tradition. Hard on the heels of Wilson's high-profile headlining of the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain, BBC Radio 3's Light Fantastic Weekend, and a televised appearance with his eponymous orchestra at the BBC Proms, Made in Britain catches a prevailing mood and taps into today's huge appetite for an evocative era.
Personnel: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)
Critical acclaim for John Wilson and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra:
"Today's foremost light music conductor." – BBC Music Magazine
"The performances are crisp and stylish and the recording quality excellent." – The Sunday Telegraph
"The RLPO plays all this music with tremendous zest and panache" – International Record Review
Tracklisting
Christoph Croise; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov
The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein
Donald Berman
Lauren Scott
East of the River
Sebastian Bohren, Sergei Bolkhovets, Munchener Kammerorchester
Cantata Collective; Nicholas McGegan
Yoshika Masuda, HyeJin Kim
Eric Guo, Oh! Orchestra, Vaclav Luks
Hyuk Lee (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrzej Boreyko
Anna Gourari, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana & Markus Poschner
Vladimir Delman; Milan RAI Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Schippers; Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai; New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Johanna Domotor; Meesun Hong Coleman; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Josef Krips; Various Orchestras
