BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill, BBC Singers, Nadine Benjamin, Ben McAteer
Release Date: 11 August 2023
Label: Em Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060263500759
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
This important release by EM Records, including no fewer than seventeen world premiere recordings, contains all of Peter Warlock's music which involves the use of an orchestra. Its title alludes to two of his compelling interests: beer, and the opposite sex.
A third interest was the revival of old music, as characterised by his suite 'Capriol', for which, alongside his beautiful carols and some of his solo songs, he is best known.
Essentially a miniaturist, Warlock used an orchestra for ten other short works and a brass band for two more, all but two of them with voices. In addition, Warlock's various publishers authorised the issue of orchestral accompaniments for at least ten of his songs by other orchestrators, though all of these remained in manuscript until the recent research for this disc by the Peter Warlock Society has led to their emergence.
The works on this disc, largely composed in the 1920s, cover a wide range of moods, from the rumbustious tributes to drink in 'Mr. Belloc's Fancy' and 'Captain Stratton's Fancy' to the sensibility of 'The First Mercy' and 'Balulalow'. They illustrate Warlock's links both with English folk song and with contemporary continental angular harmonic developments. Overall, the works of few twentieth century composers convey such a sense both of tenderness and of exuberant enjoyment.
Tracklisting
Paul Guinery
Paul Guinery
BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill, BBC Singers, Nadine Benjamin, Ben McAteer
Godwine Choir, Alex Davan Wetton, Edward Hughes & John Wright
Paul Guinery
Grant Doyle, John Kember, Brian Sibley
Jeremy Huw Williams, Timothy Kantor, Paula Fan
English Arts Chorale, English Arts Orchestra, Leslie Olive
David Rabinovich
Badische Staatskapelle, Georg Fritzsch
Badische Staatskapelle, Georg Fritzsch
Badische Staatskapelle, Georg Fritzsch
Roberto Prosseda, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nir Kabaretti
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Peter Szilvay, Aage Richard Meyer, Cam Kjoll, Ruth Potter
Joshua Bell
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
