Iain Hamilton (1922 - 2000):
01 - 05 The Bermudas for baritone, chorus and orchestra, op.33* [26'43]
06 - 10 Piano Concerto No. 1^ [23'17]
11 - 15 Cantos for horn, tuba, harp and orchestra~ [15'44]
Ronald Morrison- baritone, Scottish National Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson*; Margaret Kitchin- piano, Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson^; Douglas Moore- horn, John Fletcher- tuba, Sidonie Goossens- harp, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Norman Del Mar~
Lyrita Itter Collection REAM1126 [recorded April 1973*, March 1961^ and August 1965~; download issued 2016]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues: BBC Broadcasts from Scotland*^, BBC Promenade concert, Royal Albert Hall, London~
Recording engineers and producers: not given
Reawakened:
01 - 03 Iain Hamilton: Clarinet Concerto, op.7 (1950) [28'36]
04 - 06 Richard Walthew (orch. Alfie Pugh): Clarinet Concerto (1902) [16'45]
07 - 09 Ruth Gipps: Clarinet Concerto in G minor, op.9 (1940) [18'43]
10 John Ireland (orch. Graham Parlett): Fantasy Sonata (1943) [13'33]
Robert Plane- clarinet, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins
Champs Hill CHRCD160 [recorded June 2019; download issued 2020]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland
Recording engineer: Dave Rowell; Producer: Matthew Bennett
Scottish Dances and Music from Russia:
01 Iain Hamilton: Scottish Dances, op.32 * [11'55]
02 Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances, op.59 * [8'53]
03 Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture, op.96 [5'22]
04 Sergei Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, op.33 - March and Scherzo [3'45]
05 Dmitry Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon, op.24 - Overture [4'40]
Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
Maestoso [recorded September1962 for Waverley*, others unknown; download issued in 2000]
[digital download; cover scan only - no booklet]
Recording venue: St Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow, Scotland*, others unknown
Recording engineers and Producers: not known
The wide range of Iain Hamilton's musical styles are well represented by these three issues, from the avant-garde of the First Piano Concerto to the light music of the Scottish Dances. This latter release is something of a mystery. The Hamilton and Arnold works appear to have been recorded for the small Scottish company Waverley and, according to Discogs, later released, in Canada at least, as the A-side of an LP by Quality Records. The B-side was made up of the three Music from Russia items but I can find no details of their original release. The Maestoso digital release is no help and even that seems to have disappeared from circulation. [It also doesn't separately track the five movements of the Hamilton and four movements of the Arnold but I have listed these in the documentation. John Wilson's recording of the Hamilton Scottish Dances is here on MIMIC and properly tracked.]
Rounding off Alexander Gibson's contribution, this recording of the Lemminkainen Suite, although taking around the same time, seems rather more dynamic than his 1978 recording with the Scottish National Orchestra:
Jean Sibelius:
01 - 04 Lemminkainen Suite, op.22 [44'36]
05 Finlandia, op.26 [7'42]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
Collins Classics 30132 [recorded August 1989; this release 2010]
[digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, booklet sourced from archive.org.]
Recording venue: St. John's Smith Square, London
Recording engineer: Mike Clements; Producer: Ates Orga
Download from Mega.
01 - 05 The Bermudas for baritone, chorus and orchestra, op.33* [26'43]
06 - 10 Piano Concerto No. 1^ [23'17]
11 - 15 Cantos for horn, tuba, harp and orchestra~ [15'44]
Ronald Morrison- baritone, Scottish National Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson*; Margaret Kitchin- piano, Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson^; Douglas Moore- horn, John Fletcher- tuba, Sidonie Goossens- harp, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Norman Del Mar~
Lyrita Itter Collection REAM1126 [recorded April 1973*, March 1961^ and August 1965~; download issued 2016]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues: BBC Broadcasts from Scotland*^, BBC Promenade concert, Royal Albert Hall, London~
Recording engineers and producers: not given
Reawakened:
01 - 03 Iain Hamilton: Clarinet Concerto, op.7 (1950) [28'36]
04 - 06 Richard Walthew (orch. Alfie Pugh): Clarinet Concerto (1902) [16'45]
07 - 09 Ruth Gipps: Clarinet Concerto in G minor, op.9 (1940) [18'43]
10 John Ireland (orch. Graham Parlett): Fantasy Sonata (1943) [13'33]
Robert Plane- clarinet, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins
Champs Hill CHRCD160 [recorded June 2019; download issued 2020]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland
Recording engineer: Dave Rowell; Producer: Matthew Bennett
Scottish Dances and Music from Russia:
01 Iain Hamilton: Scottish Dances, op.32 * [11'55]
02 Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances, op.59 * [8'53]
03 Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture, op.96 [5'22]
04 Sergei Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, op.33 - March and Scherzo [3'45]
05 Dmitry Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon, op.24 - Overture [4'40]
Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
Maestoso [recorded September1962 for Waverley*, others unknown; download issued in 2000]
[digital download; cover scan only - no booklet]
Recording venue: St Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow, Scotland*, others unknown
Recording engineers and Producers: not known
The wide range of Iain Hamilton's musical styles are well represented by these three issues, from the avant-garde of the First Piano Concerto to the light music of the Scottish Dances. This latter release is something of a mystery. The Hamilton and Arnold works appear to have been recorded for the small Scottish company Waverley and, according to Discogs, later released, in Canada at least, as the A-side of an LP by Quality Records. The B-side was made up of the three Music from Russia items but I can find no details of their original release. The Maestoso digital release is no help and even that seems to have disappeared from circulation. [It also doesn't separately track the five movements of the Hamilton and four movements of the Arnold but I have listed these in the documentation. John Wilson's recording of the Hamilton Scottish Dances is here on MIMIC and properly tracked.]
Rounding off Alexander Gibson's contribution, this recording of the Lemminkainen Suite, although taking around the same time, seems rather more dynamic than his 1978 recording with the Scottish National Orchestra:
Jean Sibelius:
01 - 04 Lemminkainen Suite, op.22 [44'36]
05 Finlandia, op.26 [7'42]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
Collins Classics 30132 [recorded August 1989; this release 2010]
[digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, booklet sourced from archive.org.]
Recording venue: St. John's Smith Square, London
Recording engineer: Mike Clements; Producer: Ates Orga
Download from Mega.