English Recorder Music - John Turner
A colourful and exuberant collection of contemporary English works in excellent performances from soloist and orchestra
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Composer or Director: David Lyon, Philip Lane, Malcolm Arnold, Ian Parrott, Thomas Pitfield, Edward Gregson, Alan Bullard
Label: Olympia
Magazine Review Date: 7/2000
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 74
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: OCD667
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Suite Ancienne |
Philip Lane, Composer
Gavin Sutherland, Conductor John Turner, Recorder Philip Lane, Composer Royal Ballet Sinfonia |
Concertino for recorder, strings and percussion |
Malcolm Arnold, Composer
Gavin Sutherland, Conductor John Turner, Recorder Malcolm Arnold, Composer Royal Ballet Sinfonia |
Concerto for recorder, strings and percussion |
Thomas Pitfield, Composer
Gavin Sutherland, Conductor John Turner, Recorder Royal Ballet Sinfonia Thomas Pitfield, Composer |
(3) Matisse Impressions |
Edward Gregson, Composer
Edward Gregson, Conductor Edward Gregson, Composer John Turner, Recorder Royal Ballet Sinfonia |
Concertino for recorder and strings |
David Lyon, Composer
David Lyon, Composer Gavin Sutherland, Conductor John Turner, Recorder Royal Ballet Sinfonia |
Three Nautical Sketches |
Thomas Pitfield, Composer
Gavin Sutherland, Conductor John Turner, Recorder Royal Ballet Sinfonia Thomas Pitfield, Composer |
Prelude and Waltz |
Ian Parrott, Composer
Gavin Sutherland, Conductor Ian Parrott, Composer John Turner, Recorder Royal Ballet Sinfonia |
Recipes |
Alan Bullard, Composer
Alan Bullard, Composer Gavin Sutherland, Conductor John Turner, Recorder Royal Ballet Sinfonia |
Author: Ivan March
Edward Gregson’s evocative style is a kind of French/English impressionism, and he does well by Matisse. ‘Lux, calme et volupte’ is all three, and the winsome closing ‘Danse’ suggests a shepherd piping. David Lyon’s Concertino is the most recent work (1999), and also has Gallic influences: its wry ‘Badinage’ neatly offsets the wan delicacy of the central waltz. Parrott’s Prelude opens more astringently, then he relents for another delectably embroidered waltz. The cookbook of recipes prepared by Bullard certainly titillates the palette, with morning ‘Coffee and Croissants’, followed by a ‘Barbecued’ tango, a witty ‘Prawn’ habanera, and after a ‘Special Chop Suey’ takeaway ends with a circus galop enthusiastically relishing ‘Fish and Chips’. The invention of all these works is consistently diverting, and with a brilliant soloist in John Turner and first-rate accompaniments from the Royal Ballet Sinfonia under Gavin Sutherland (or Gregson, conducting his own work), this is an extremely enjoyable and highly recommendable disc.'
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