Pictures at an Exhibition - Reflected and Refracted
[All works arranged by Julian Yu]
01 - 16 Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [29'58]
17 - 18 Reinhold Glière: Coloratura Concerto (arr. for oboe and strings) ^ [14'06]
19 Mikhail Glinka: The Nightingale (variations on a romance, arr. for oboe and strings) ^ * [6'35]
20 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, op.37a no.6 - June 'Barcarolle' [5'27]
21 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, op.37a no.10, October 'Autumn Song' [4'44]
Jeffrey Crellin- oboe^, Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Crellin
Move MD3312 [recorded October 2005; first issued 2008]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues: BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne excepting * Music Auditorium of Huntingtower School, Melbourne, Australia.
Recording engineer: Martin Wright; Producers: Martin Wright, Jeffrey Crollin and Julian Yu
Pictures at an Exhibition, probably as you have never heard them before.
Australian composer Julian Yu was born in Beijing, China in 1957. Jeffrey Crellin was principal oboe of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Jayson Gillham- Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concertos:
1.01 - 1.03 Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op. 15 [39'40]
1.04 - 1.06 Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, Op. 19 [30'44]
2.01 - 2.03 Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op. 37 [36'49]
2.04 - 2.06 Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, Op. 58 [35'24]
3.01 - 3.03 Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' [39'28]
Jayson Gillham- piano, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Carter
ABC Classics 4819130 [recorded June 2019; issued 2020]
[digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]
Recording venue: Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Recording engineers: Jakub Gaudasinski & Tom Henry; Producer: Virginia Read
The fine young Australian pianist Jayson Gillham has recently received substantial public attention with his fall out with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's board over comments he made at a concert containing a work 'Witness' written for him by Connor D’Netto. For more, see this article in Limelight Magazine.
John Wilson- Alwyn, Vaughan Williams, Bowen and Parry:
01 William Alwyn: Overture in the Form of a Serenade (1946) [5'55]
02 - 03 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Heroic Elegy & Triumphal Epilogue * (1901 rev. 1902) [20'03]
04 York Bowen: Orchestral Poem 'Eventide', op.69 (1922) [13'10]
05 William Alwyn: Prelude (1925) [2'11]
06 William Alwyn: Blackdown - a Tone Poem from the Surrey Hills (1926) [5'00]
07 - 10 William Alwyn: Peter Pan Suite (1923) [12'26]
11 William Alwyn: Ad Infinitum - A Satire for Orchestra (1929) [5'24]
12 - 14 Hubert Parry: 'Hypatia' - incidental music (1892) [13'04]
Micaela Haslam- soprano & The London Chorus *; BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by John Wilson
Dutton Epoch CDLX 7237 [recorded July 2009; issued 2009)
[digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, booklet sourced from internet]
Recording venue: The Colloseum, Town Hall, Watford, UK
Recording engineer: Dexter Newman; Producer: Michael Ponder
Edward Elgar- The Binyon Settings:
01 - 03 The Spirit of England, op.80 * [27'21]
04 With Proud Thanksgiving ^ [7'06]
05 Carillon for speaker & orchestra, op.75 ~ [8'27]
06 - 30 Arthur - A Tragedy, complete incidental music # [34'41]
Judith Howarth- soprano *; London Symphony Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by John Wilson *^; Simon Cowell- speaker, BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by John Wilson ~; Orchestra of St. Paul's conducted by Ben Palmer #
SOMM CD255 [recorded February 2012~, March# and April*^ 2014; issued 2014]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues: Henry Wood Hall*^, St Mary's Church Walthamstow# and Watford Colosseum~, London
Recording engineers: Ben Connellan and Paul Waton~; Producers: Siva Oke and Neil Varley~
Note: This recording of Carillon was previously issued on SOMM CD247 which can be found here on MIMIC.
Andrew Litton- Ralph Vaughan Williams and Stephen Hough:
01 - 05 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem - cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra * [34'29]
06 - 10 Stephen Hough: Missa Mirabilis for chorus and orchestra [20'15]
Sarah Fox- soprano, Christopher Maltman- baritone *; Colorado Symphony Chorus, Colorado Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton
Hyperion CDA68096 [recorded March 2014; issued 2015]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, Colorado, USA
Recording engineer: Simon Eadon; Recording producer: Andrew Keener
Nicholas Braithwaite- Frank Bridge Oration and Phantasm:
01 - 08 Oration. Concerto elegacio for cello and orchestra (1930) * [31'07]
09 - 12 Phantasm. Rhapsody for piano and orchestra (1931) ^ [27'19]
Julian Lloyd Webber- cello*, Peter Wallfisch- piano^, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite
Lyrita SRCD244 [recorded November 1975^ and October 1976*; CD issued 2007]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues: Somewhere in Southwark*; Kingsway Hall^, London
Recording engineer: John Dunkerley; Producers: Richard Beswick* and James Walker^
Nicholas Braithwaite- Frank Bridge Orchestral Works:
01 Dance Rhapsody (1908) [18'22]
02 Dance Poem (1913) [15'38]
03 Two Poems (1916) - I. The Open Air [7'44]
04 Two Poems (1916) - II. The Story of my Heart [4'25]
05 Overture 'Rebus' (1940) [10'38]
06 Allegro Moderato for string orchestra (1941) [14'47]
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite
Lyrita SRCD243 [recording dates not given but are in or before 1979 - LP release date; CD issued 2007]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues, engineers and producers: not disclosed
David Atherton- Andrej Panufnik Symphonies No.5 and No.6:
01 - 04 Sinfonia Mistica 'Symphony No.6' (1977) [20'46]
05 - 10 Sinfonia di Sfere 'Symphony No.5' (1974) [31'57]
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Atherton
Explore EXP0014 (Decca 4833967) [recorded August 1978; CD issued 2008]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Recording engineer: Stanley Goodall; Producer: James Mallinson
Mstislav Rostropovich- Andrej Panufnik Cello Concerto:
01 - 02 Cello Concerto (1991) [19'03]
Mstislav Rostropovich- cello, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff
NMC D010S [recorded June 1992; CD issued 1993]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London
Recording engineer: Mark Vigars; Producer: Colin Matthews
Boris Berezovsky-Franz Liszt Piano Concertos:
01 - 04 Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, R.455 [16'56]
05 - 09 Piano Concerto No.2 in A major, R.456 [19'22]
10 Totentanz (Danse macabre), R.457 [16'01]
Boris Berezovsky- piano, Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff
Teldec 4509 96517-2 [recorded December 1994; CD issued 1995]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK
Recording engineer: Eberhard Sengpiel; Producer: Bernhard Mnich
Martyn Brabbins- Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916):
01 Land of the Mountain and the Flood. Overture, op.3 (1886) [9'15]
02 The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow. Overture, op.6 (1888) [10'15]
03 The Ship o' the Fiend. Overture, op.5 (1887) [11'53]
04 - 16 Excerpts from 'Jeanie Deans'. A Grand Opera in Four Acts (1894) * [33'27]
17 - 18 Recitative and Chorus from 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel'. Dramatic Cantata, op.7 (1888) ^ [4'44]
Janice Watson and Lisa Milne- soprano, Jamie MacDougall- tenor, Peter Sidhom and Graeme Danby- bass, Scottish Opera Chorus *; Stephen Gadd- bass, Scottish Opera Chorus ^; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion CDA66815 [recorded April 1995; CD issued 1995
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Govan Town Hall, Glasgow, Scotland
Recording engineer: Tony Kime; Producer: Mark Brown
Orchestral Music of Charles Ives
Premieres and New Ives Society Critical Edition
(ed. James Sinclair and Kenneth Singleton):
01 ''Country Band'' March [4'09]
02 - 05 Set of Four Ragtime Dances [11'12]
06 Postlude in F [4'50
07 Calcium Light Night [2'23]
08 Yale-Princeton Football Game [2'01]
09 - 11 Set for Theatre Orchestra [7'19]
12 Largo Cantabile: Hymn [3'06]
13 - 15 Three Places In New England. Orchestral Set No.1 [19'16]
Orchestra New England conducted by James Sinclair
Koch 3-7025-2 [recorded February and May 1990; CD issued 1990]
[CD-rip; cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Recording engineer: Eugene Kimball; Producer: Michael Fine
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in Switzerland:
01 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Basle March [3'32]
02 - 06 Joseph Horovitz: Music Hall Suite [8'53]
07 (arr. Elgar Howarth): The Cuckoo [1'17]
08 Alan Civil: Tarantango [3'28]
09 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Lucerne Song [4'01]
10 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Zurich March [1'51]
11 - 15 Jan Koetsier: Petite Suite [8'21]
16 (arr. Elgar Howarth): The Old Chalet [2'35]
17 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Variations on the 'Carnival of Venice' [4'25]
18 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Berne Patrol [3'38]
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble [Philip Jones- trumpet & flugelhorn, Elgar Howarth- trumpet & arrangements, John Miller & Michael Laird- trumpet & piccolo trumpet, Ifor James- horn, John Fletcher - tuba, David Purser, John Iveson & Roger Brenner- trombone, Raymond Premru- bass trombone - with Peter-Lukas Graf- piccolo and James Holland- drums]
Claves CD 50-600 [recorded 1975; CD issued 1987]
[CD-rip; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
recording venue: Studio Angus McKenzie, St Giles Cripplegate, London
recording engineer and producer: not given
Note: The numbering in the booklet and on the inlay card is for the number of works (10, as divided on the original LP release) rather than the number of tracks which is 18.
Andrew Davis- Carl Vine The Enchanted Loom:
01 V 'an orchestral fanfare' (2003) [5'29]
02 Concerto for Orchestra (2014) [20'31]
03 MicroSymphony 'Symphony No.1' (1986) [12'09]
04 - 08 The Enchanted Loom 'Symphony No.8' (2018) [24'59]
09 Smith's Alchemy (2001) * [17'14]
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, all conducted by Andrew Davis excepting * conducted by Dale Barltrop
ABC Classics ABCL0021D [recorded March to September 2018; download released in June 2022]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans (but see note below)]
Recording venues: Hamer Hall, Melbourne Arts Centre and Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre*, Melbourne, Australia
Recording engineers: Nic Mierisch, Russell Thomson and unknown*; Producers: Duncan Yardley and unknown*
A somewhat belated tribute to conductor Sir Andrew Davis who died on 20 April 2024 - an addition to the other recordings of works by Carl Vine contained in my Australian Composers download folder. That folder originally included a mp3 download of the broadcast of this world-premiere performance of the eighth symphony The Enchanted Loom.
Strangely, this digital download was issued with an additional track, not conducted by Davis, not on the CD issue and not mentioned in the booklet nor on the inlay card. This is Smith's Alchemy; a reworking of Carl Vine's String Quartet No.3. I have included it here as track 9. An alternative recording of that work, conducted by Ola Rudner can also be found in that Australian Composers download folder (see this MIMIC page).
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[All works arranged by Julian Yu]
01 - 16 Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [29'58]
17 - 18 Reinhold Glière: Coloratura Concerto (arr. for oboe and strings) ^ [14'06]
19 Mikhail Glinka: The Nightingale (variations on a romance, arr. for oboe and strings) ^ * [6'35]
20 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, op.37a no.6 - June 'Barcarolle' [5'27]
21 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, op.37a no.10, October 'Autumn Song' [4'44]
Jeffrey Crellin- oboe^, Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Crellin
Move MD3312 [recorded October 2005; first issued 2008]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues: BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne excepting * Music Auditorium of Huntingtower School, Melbourne, Australia.
Recording engineer: Martin Wright; Producers: Martin Wright, Jeffrey Crollin and Julian Yu
Pictures at an Exhibition, probably as you have never heard them before.
Australian composer Julian Yu was born in Beijing, China in 1957. Jeffrey Crellin was principal oboe of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Jayson Gillham- Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concertos:
1.01 - 1.03 Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op. 15 [39'40]
1.04 - 1.06 Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, Op. 19 [30'44]
2.01 - 2.03 Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op. 37 [36'49]
2.04 - 2.06 Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, Op. 58 [35'24]
3.01 - 3.03 Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' [39'28]
Jayson Gillham- piano, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Carter
ABC Classics 4819130 [recorded June 2019; issued 2020]
[digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]
Recording venue: Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Recording engineers: Jakub Gaudasinski & Tom Henry; Producer: Virginia Read
The fine young Australian pianist Jayson Gillham has recently received substantial public attention with his fall out with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's board over comments he made at a concert containing a work 'Witness' written for him by Connor D’Netto. For more, see this article in Limelight Magazine.
John Wilson- Alwyn, Vaughan Williams, Bowen and Parry:
01 William Alwyn: Overture in the Form of a Serenade (1946) [5'55]
02 - 03 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Heroic Elegy & Triumphal Epilogue * (1901 rev. 1902) [20'03]
04 York Bowen: Orchestral Poem 'Eventide', op.69 (1922) [13'10]
05 William Alwyn: Prelude (1925) [2'11]
06 William Alwyn: Blackdown - a Tone Poem from the Surrey Hills (1926) [5'00]
07 - 10 William Alwyn: Peter Pan Suite (1923) [12'26]
11 William Alwyn: Ad Infinitum - A Satire for Orchestra (1929) [5'24]
12 - 14 Hubert Parry: 'Hypatia' - incidental music (1892) [13'04]
Micaela Haslam- soprano & The London Chorus *; BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by John Wilson
Dutton Epoch CDLX 7237 [recorded July 2009; issued 2009)
[digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, booklet sourced from internet]
Recording venue: The Colloseum, Town Hall, Watford, UK
Recording engineer: Dexter Newman; Producer: Michael Ponder
Edward Elgar- The Binyon Settings:
01 - 03 The Spirit of England, op.80 * [27'21]
04 With Proud Thanksgiving ^ [7'06]
05 Carillon for speaker & orchestra, op.75 ~ [8'27]
06 - 30 Arthur - A Tragedy, complete incidental music # [34'41]
Judith Howarth- soprano *; London Symphony Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by John Wilson *^; Simon Cowell- speaker, BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by John Wilson ~; Orchestra of St. Paul's conducted by Ben Palmer #
SOMM CD255 [recorded February 2012~, March# and April*^ 2014; issued 2014]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues: Henry Wood Hall*^, St Mary's Church Walthamstow# and Watford Colosseum~, London
Recording engineers: Ben Connellan and Paul Waton~; Producers: Siva Oke and Neil Varley~
Note: This recording of Carillon was previously issued on SOMM CD247 which can be found here on MIMIC.
Andrew Litton- Ralph Vaughan Williams and Stephen Hough:
01 - 05 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem - cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra * [34'29]
06 - 10 Stephen Hough: Missa Mirabilis for chorus and orchestra [20'15]
Sarah Fox- soprano, Christopher Maltman- baritone *; Colorado Symphony Chorus, Colorado Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton
Hyperion CDA68096 [recorded March 2014; issued 2015]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, Colorado, USA
Recording engineer: Simon Eadon; Recording producer: Andrew Keener
Nicholas Braithwaite- Frank Bridge Oration and Phantasm:
01 - 08 Oration. Concerto elegacio for cello and orchestra (1930) * [31'07]
09 - 12 Phantasm. Rhapsody for piano and orchestra (1931) ^ [27'19]
Julian Lloyd Webber- cello*, Peter Wallfisch- piano^, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite
Lyrita SRCD244 [recorded November 1975^ and October 1976*; CD issued 2007]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues: Somewhere in Southwark*; Kingsway Hall^, London
Recording engineer: John Dunkerley; Producers: Richard Beswick* and James Walker^
Nicholas Braithwaite- Frank Bridge Orchestral Works:
01 Dance Rhapsody (1908) [18'22]
02 Dance Poem (1913) [15'38]
03 Two Poems (1916) - I. The Open Air [7'44]
04 Two Poems (1916) - II. The Story of my Heart [4'25]
05 Overture 'Rebus' (1940) [10'38]
06 Allegro Moderato for string orchestra (1941) [14'47]
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite
Lyrita SRCD243 [recording dates not given but are in or before 1979 - LP release date; CD issued 2007]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues, engineers and producers: not disclosed
David Atherton- Andrej Panufnik Symphonies No.5 and No.6:
01 - 04 Sinfonia Mistica 'Symphony No.6' (1977) [20'46]
05 - 10 Sinfonia di Sfere 'Symphony No.5' (1974) [31'57]
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Atherton
Explore EXP0014 (Decca 4833967) [recorded August 1978; CD issued 2008]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Recording engineer: Stanley Goodall; Producer: James Mallinson
Mstislav Rostropovich- Andrej Panufnik Cello Concerto:
01 - 02 Cello Concerto (1991) [19'03]
Mstislav Rostropovich- cello, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff
NMC D010S [recorded June 1992; CD issued 1993]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London
Recording engineer: Mark Vigars; Producer: Colin Matthews
Boris Berezovsky-Franz Liszt Piano Concertos:
01 - 04 Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, R.455 [16'56]
05 - 09 Piano Concerto No.2 in A major, R.456 [19'22]
10 Totentanz (Danse macabre), R.457 [16'01]
Boris Berezovsky- piano, Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff
Teldec 4509 96517-2 [recorded December 1994; CD issued 1995]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK
Recording engineer: Eberhard Sengpiel; Producer: Bernhard Mnich
Martyn Brabbins- Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916):
01 Land of the Mountain and the Flood. Overture, op.3 (1886) [9'15]
02 The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow. Overture, op.6 (1888) [10'15]
03 The Ship o' the Fiend. Overture, op.5 (1887) [11'53]
04 - 16 Excerpts from 'Jeanie Deans'. A Grand Opera in Four Acts (1894) * [33'27]
17 - 18 Recitative and Chorus from 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel'. Dramatic Cantata, op.7 (1888) ^ [4'44]
Janice Watson and Lisa Milne- soprano, Jamie MacDougall- tenor, Peter Sidhom and Graeme Danby- bass, Scottish Opera Chorus *; Stephen Gadd- bass, Scottish Opera Chorus ^; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion CDA66815 [recorded April 1995; CD issued 1995
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Govan Town Hall, Glasgow, Scotland
Recording engineer: Tony Kime; Producer: Mark Brown
Orchestral Music of Charles Ives
Premieres and New Ives Society Critical Edition
(ed. James Sinclair and Kenneth Singleton):
01 ''Country Band'' March [4'09]
02 - 05 Set of Four Ragtime Dances [11'12]
06 Postlude in F [4'50
07 Calcium Light Night [2'23]
08 Yale-Princeton Football Game [2'01]
09 - 11 Set for Theatre Orchestra [7'19]
12 Largo Cantabile: Hymn [3'06]
13 - 15 Three Places In New England. Orchestral Set No.1 [19'16]
Orchestra New England conducted by James Sinclair
Koch 3-7025-2 [recorded February and May 1990; CD issued 1990]
[CD-rip; cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Recording engineer: Eugene Kimball; Producer: Michael Fine
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in Switzerland:
01 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Basle March [3'32]
02 - 06 Joseph Horovitz: Music Hall Suite [8'53]
07 (arr. Elgar Howarth): The Cuckoo [1'17]
08 Alan Civil: Tarantango [3'28]
09 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Lucerne Song [4'01]
10 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Zurich March [1'51]
11 - 15 Jan Koetsier: Petite Suite [8'21]
16 (arr. Elgar Howarth): The Old Chalet [2'35]
17 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Variations on the 'Carnival of Venice' [4'25]
18 (arr. Elgar Howarth): Berne Patrol [3'38]
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble [Philip Jones- trumpet & flugelhorn, Elgar Howarth- trumpet & arrangements, John Miller & Michael Laird- trumpet & piccolo trumpet, Ifor James- horn, John Fletcher - tuba, David Purser, John Iveson & Roger Brenner- trombone, Raymond Premru- bass trombone - with Peter-Lukas Graf- piccolo and James Holland- drums]
Claves CD 50-600 [recorded 1975; CD issued 1987]
[CD-rip; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
recording venue: Studio Angus McKenzie, St Giles Cripplegate, London
recording engineer and producer: not given
Note: The numbering in the booklet and on the inlay card is for the number of works (10, as divided on the original LP release) rather than the number of tracks which is 18.
Andrew Davis- Carl Vine The Enchanted Loom:
01 V 'an orchestral fanfare' (2003) [5'29]
02 Concerto for Orchestra (2014) [20'31]
03 MicroSymphony 'Symphony No.1' (1986) [12'09]
04 - 08 The Enchanted Loom 'Symphony No.8' (2018) [24'59]
09 Smith's Alchemy (2001) * [17'14]
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, all conducted by Andrew Davis excepting * conducted by Dale Barltrop
ABC Classics ABCL0021D [recorded March to September 2018; download released in June 2022]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans (but see note below)]
Recording venues: Hamer Hall, Melbourne Arts Centre and Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre*, Melbourne, Australia
Recording engineers: Nic Mierisch, Russell Thomson and unknown*; Producers: Duncan Yardley and unknown*
A somewhat belated tribute to conductor Sir Andrew Davis who died on 20 April 2024 - an addition to the other recordings of works by Carl Vine contained in my Australian Composers download folder. That folder originally included a mp3 download of the broadcast of this world-premiere performance of the eighth symphony The Enchanted Loom.
Strangely, this digital download was issued with an additional track, not conducted by Davis, not on the CD issue and not mentioned in the booklet nor on the inlay card. This is Smith's Alchemy; a reworking of Carl Vine's String Quartet No.3. I have included it here as track 9. An alternative recording of that work, conducted by Ola Rudner can also be found in that Australian Composers download folder (see this MIMIC page).
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