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Bantock: The Song Of Songs

Vernon Handley: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Cat No: CDA67395

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Release Date:  01 October 2003

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571173955

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    This disc marks the sixth issue in Hyperion's trail-blazing belief in the robust romanticism and musical energies of Bantock. This is music of power and immediacy, inspiration and technical invention that have an often epic dimension.
    Bantock came from an affluent background and began training as a chemical engineer, but there was no stopping his musical talent. The Wilderness and the Solitary Place is part of one of no fewer than ten segments of a massive Festival Symphony based on the life of Christ, a score completed in 1901 that runs to over 700 pages. The settings from The Song of Songs, constructed as a drama, were perhaps too epic to have frequent performances, and we have world premiere recordings on this present release.
    All the works on this disc offer perfect examples of that heady brew of eroticism and religion that boiled over in the early 1900s, once again expertly championed by Vernon Handley and the RPO.
    All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set Bantock: Orchestral Music: ‘What an achievement! Bantock's lavish romanticism is superbly served by both artists and recording team. Discovery after discovery’ (MusicWeb International).

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Overture To A Greek Tragedy
      • 2. Overture To A Greek Tragedy
      • 3. Overture To A Greek Tragedy
      • 4. Overture To A Greek Tragedy
      • 5. The Wilderness And The Solitary Place
      • 6. Pierrot Of The Minute
      • 7. The Voice Of My Beloved!
      • 8. My Beloved Spake
      • 9. Arise
      • 10. My Love
      • 11. Take Us The Foxes
      • 12. She Flings Herself Upon A Divan In An Ecstasy Of Passionate Rapture
      • 13. By Night In My Dream I Sought Him
      • 14. But I Found Him Whom My Soul Loveth
      • 15. The King's Gifts
      • 16. The Shulamite
      • 17. The Shulamite Is Left Alone
      • 18. The Shulamite Reflects Upon Her Absent Shepherd-Lover...
      • 19. ...And Sees Him In A Vision On The Mountainside
      • 20. Who Is This That Cometh Up From The Wilderness?
      • 21. Set Me As A Seal Upon Thy Heart
      • 22. Many Waters Cannot Quench Love
      • 23. For Love Is Strong As Death
      • 24. We Have A Little Sister
      • . Make Haste