마 - Another Mixed Bag - Two (Julian Yu, Jayson Gillham, Andrew Davis, Andrew Litton, Nicholas Braithwaite, Julian Lloyd Webber, Peter Wallfisch, Hugh Wolff et al) VA. Flac

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Pictures at an Exhibition - Reflected and Refracted

[All works arranged by Julian Yu]

01 - 16 Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition 

17 - 18 Reinhold Glière: Coloratura Concerto (arr. for oboe and strings) 

19 Mikhail Glinka: The Nightingale  (variations on a romance, arr. for oboe and strings)

20 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, op.37a no.6 - June 'Barcarolle' 

21 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, op.37a no.10, October 'Autumn Song' 

Jeffrey Crellin- oboe, Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Crellin

Pictures at an Exhibition, probably as you have never heard them before.

Australian composer Julian Yu was born in Beijing, China in 1957. Jeffrey Crellin was principal oboe of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Jayson Gillham- Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concertos:

1.01 - 1.03 Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op. 15

1.04 - 1.06 Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, Op. 19

2.01 - 2.03 Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op. 37 

2.04 - 2.06 Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, Op. 58 

3.01 - 3.03 Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'

Jayson Gillham- piano, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Carter

The fine young Australian pianist Jayson Gillham has recently received substantial public attention with his fall out with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's board over comments he made at a concert containing a work 'Witness' written for him by Connor D’Netto. For more, see this article in Limelight Magazine.

John Wilson- Alwyn, Vaughan Williams, Bowen and Parry:

01 William Alwyn: Overture in the Form of a Serenade (1946) 

02 - 03 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Heroic Elegy & Triumphal Epilogue (1901 rev. 1902)

04 York Bowen: Orchestral Poem 'Eventide', op.69 (1922)

05 William Alwyn: Prelude (1925) 

06 William Alwyn: Blackdown - a Tone Poem from the Surrey Hills (1926)

07 - 10 William Alwyn: Peter Pan Suite (1923) 

11 William Alwyn: Ad Infinitum - A Satire for Orchestra (1929) 

12 - 14 Hubert Parry: 'Hypatia' - incidental music (1892) 

Micaela Haslam- soprano & The London Chorus; BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by John Wilson

Edward Elgar- The Binyon Settings:

01 - 03 The Spirit of England, op.80 

04 With Proud Thanksgiving

05 Carillon for speaker & orchestra, op.75 

06 - 30 Arthur - A Tragedy, complete incidental music

Judith Howarth- soprano; 

London Symphony Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by John Wilson; 

Simon Cowell- speaker, BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by John Wilson; 

Orchestra of St. Paul's conducted by Ben Palmer 

Andrew Litton- Ralph Vaughan Williams and Stephen Hough:

01 - 05 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem - cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra

06 - 10 Stephen Hough: Missa Mirabilis for chorus and orchestra

Sarah Fox- soprano, Christopher Maltman- baritone; Colorado Symphony Chorus, 

Colorado Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton

Nicholas Braithwaite- Frank Bridge Oration and Phantasm:

01 - 08 Oration. Concerto elegacio for cello and orchestra (1930)

09 - 12 Phantasm. Rhapsody for piano and orchestra (1931) 

Julian Lloyd Webber- cello, Peter Wallfisch- piano, 

London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite

Nicholas Braithwaite- Frank Bridge Orchestral Works:

01 Dance Rhapsody (1908) 

02 Dance Poem (1913) 

03 Two Poems (1916) - I. The Open Air 

04 Two Poems (1916) - II. The Story of my Heart

05 Overture 'Rebus' (1940) 

06 Allegro Moderato for string orchestra (1941) 

London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite

David Atherton- Andrej Panufnik Symphonies No.5 and No.6:

01 - 04 Sinfonia Mistica 'Symphony No.6' (1977)

05 - 10 Sinfonia di Sfere 'Symphony No.5' (1974) 

London Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Atherton

Mstislav Rostropovich- Andrej Panufnik Cello Concerto:

01 - 02 Cello Concerto (1991)

Mstislav Rostropovich- cello, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff

Boris Berezovsky- Franz Liszt Piano Concertos:

01 - 04 Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, R.455

05 - 09 Piano Concerto No.2 in A major, R.456 

10 Totentanz (Danse macabre), R.457 

Boris Berezovsky- piano, Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff

Martyn Brabbins- Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916):

01 Land of the Mountain and the Flood. Overture, op.3 (1886)

02 The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow. Overture, op.6 (1888)

03 The Ship o' the Fiend. Overture, op.5 (1887)

04 - 16 Excerpts from 'Jeanie Deans'. A Grand Opera in Four Acts (1894)

17 - 18 Recitative and Chorus from 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel'. Dramatic Cantata, op.7 (1888) 

Janice Watson and Lisa Milne- soprano, Jamie MacDougall- tenor, Peter Sidhom and Graeme Danby- bass, Scottish Opera Chorus; Stephen Gadd- bass, Scottish Opera Chorus; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins

Orchestral Music of Charles Ives

Premieres and New Ives Society Critical Edition

(ed. James Sinclair and Kenneth Singleton):

01 ''Country Band'' March

02 - 05 Set of Four Ragtime Dances

06 Postlude in F 

07 Calcium Light Night 

08 Yale-Princeton Football Game

09 - 11 Set for Theatre Orchestra

12 Largo Cantabile: Hymn 

13 - 15 Three Places In New England. Orchestral Set No.1

Orchestra New England conducted by James Sinclair

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in Switzerland:

01 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Basle March

02 - 06 Joseph Horovitz: Music Hall Suite

07 (arr. Elgar Howarth): The Cuckoo

08 Alan Civil: Tarantango

09 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Lucerne Song

10 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Zurich March

11 - 15 Jan Koetsier: Petite Suite

16 (arr. Elgar Howarth): The Old Chalet 

17 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Variations on the 'Carnival of Venice' 

18 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Berne Patrol

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble 

[Philip Jones- trumpet & flugelhorn, Elgar Howarth- trumpet & arrangements, John Miller & Michael Laird- trumpet & piccolo trumpet, Ifor James- horn, John Fletcher - tuba, David Purser, John Iveson & Roger Brenner- trombone, Raymond Premru- bass trombone - with Peter-Lukas Graf- piccolo and James Holland- drums]

Note: The numbering in the booklet and on the inlay card is for the number of works (10, as divided on the original LP release) rather than the number of tracks which is 18.

Andrew Davis- Carl Vine The Enchanted Loom:

01 V 'an orchestral fanfare' (2003)

02 Concerto for Orchestra (2014)

03 MicroSymphony 'Symphony No.1' (1986)

04 - 08 The Enchanted Loom 'Symphony No.8' (2018) 

09 Smith's Alchemy (2001) 

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, all conducted by Andrew Davis excepting conducted by Dale Barltrop