01 Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes * (1940) [11'03]
02 - 05 Carillons for Oboe & Orchestra * (1965 rev. 1975) [10'31]
06 - 09 Penillion ~ (1955) [15'49]
10 - 12 Trumpet Concerto * (1963) [13'27]
13 - 17 Sea Sketches (1944) ^ [18'55]
Anthony Camden- oboe, Howard Snell- trumpet; London Symphony Orchestra * and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ~ conducted by Charles Groves; English Chamber Orchestra ^ conducted by David Atherton
Lyrita SRCD323 [recorded May 1971~ and November 1973* for EMI; January 1970^ for Decca; this compilation issued 1995]
[CD-rip; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans]
Recording venues: Abbey Road Studios, London, Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales and Kingsway Hall, London
Recording engineers: Robert Gooch, Stuart Eltham and James Lock; Producers: John Willan, Brian Culverhouse and James Mallinson
For anybody who caught the British music concert conducted by Andrew Manze at this year's Proms, here is one of the very few recordings of the Welsh composer Grace William's once quite popular (in the UK at least) Sea Sketches. One of those Lyrita CDs that have not made it to digital download - possibly due to contractual reasons with the original recording companies. This CD rip was kindly made available by MIMIC friend Joseph.
To complement David Atherton's excellent recording, here is the only other recording that I have seen of Sea Sketches. I'm not sure how this disc of music for string orchestra gets its name of Sea Sketches. It appears that only Grace William's work in this selection by Roy Goodman has anything to do with the sea. The "Four Ws" might have been more appropriate.
01 - 05 Gareth Walters: Divertimento for Strings [15'53]
06 - 07 William Walton: Two Pieces for Strings from 'Henry V' [4'15]
08 - 12 Grace Williams: Sea Sketches [18'04]
13 Peter Warlock: Serenade for Strings [6'53]
14 - 17 William Walton: Sonata for Strings [25'38]
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra conducted by Roy Goodman
CBC Records SMCD5227 [recorded April 2002; issued 2003]
[digital download; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans]
Recording venue: St Matthew's Anglican Church, Winnipeg, Canada
Recording engineer: Charles Simon; Producer: Karen Wilson
Offering a further window into Grace William's wide range of compositions, here is a more recent recording of some of her chamber music.
01 - 03 Violin Sonata (1930 rev. 1938) [18'03]
04 - 07 Sextet for Oboe, Trumpet and Piano Quartet (1931) [31'17]
08 - 10 Suite for Nine Instruments (1934) [13'39]
11 (arr. Z. Vulliamy) Romanza for Oboe and Bass Clarinet (1940s) [2'14]
12 Sarabande for Piano Left Hand (1858) [4'03]
13 Rondo for Dancing, for Two Violins and Optional Cello (1970) [1'55]
London Chamber Ensemble [Madeleine Mitchell- violin and director; Konstantin Lapshin and David Owen Norris- piano, Kathryn Thomas- flute, John Anderson- oboe, Andrew Sparling- clarinet and bass clarinet, Bruce Nockles- trumpet, Gordon Mackay- violin, Roger Chase and Sarah-Jane Bradley- viola, Joseph Spooner- cello, Lynda Houghton- double bass]
Naxos 8.571380 [recorded March to July 2018; issued 2019]
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Recording venues: Tŷ Cerdd Studio, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales and City University of London Performance Space, London
Recording engineers: James Clarke and Julius Johansson; Producers: James Clarke and Michael Ponder
Dowmload from Mega.