01. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
02. Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
03. Gounod: Judex from 'Mars et Vita'
04. Hamish MacCunn: Overture. Land of the Mountain and the Flood
05. Puccini: Intermezzo from 'Manon Lescaut'*
06. Puccini: Intermezzo from 'Cavalleria Rusticana'*
07. Satie: Gymnopedie No.1. Lent et douloureux
08. Satie: Gymnopedie No.3. Lent et grave
09. Massenet: Meditation from 'Thais' (Martin Milner- violin)
10. Albinoni - Giazotto: Adagio in G minor (Martin Milner- violin; Ronald Frost- organ)
11. Pachelbel: Canon in D
12. Welsh Trad. (arr. George Weldon): Suo Gan
13. Barber: Adagio for Strings
Halle Orchestra conducted by Maurice Handford
EMI Classics for Pleasure 5749452 (recorded June 1979 and May 1980*; this CD release 2001)
Total time: 76'16
(flac and scans)
Recording venue: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Recording engineer: Mike 'Mr Bear' Clements; Producer: Barry McCann
Here's a mostly lightweight and popular collection for the holiday season. This CD release has the contents of the original CfP 'Halle Encore' LP issue with the addition of the Puccini, Giazotto and Pachelbel items from the later 'Halle Encore 2' LP issue. HIPsters should definitely avoid the latter two.
Maurice Handford was formerly the principal horn and then associate conductor of the Halle Orchestra during John Barbirolli's reign and he frequently undertook the conducting of choral and 'pops' concerts. He offers fine performances here. Notable, less-frequently performed works, include the Hamish MacCunn overture 'Land of the Mountain and the Flood' - familiar to British TV viewers in the 1970s as the theme tune for Sutherland's Law - and George Weldon's arrangement of the beautiful Welsh carol Suo Gan.
02. Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
03. Gounod: Judex from 'Mars et Vita'
04. Hamish MacCunn: Overture. Land of the Mountain and the Flood
05. Puccini: Intermezzo from 'Manon Lescaut'*
06. Puccini: Intermezzo from 'Cavalleria Rusticana'*
07. Satie: Gymnopedie No.1. Lent et douloureux
08. Satie: Gymnopedie No.3. Lent et grave
09. Massenet: Meditation from 'Thais' (Martin Milner- violin)
10. Albinoni - Giazotto: Adagio in G minor (Martin Milner- violin; Ronald Frost- organ)
11. Pachelbel: Canon in D
12. Welsh Trad. (arr. George Weldon): Suo Gan
13. Barber: Adagio for Strings
Halle Orchestra conducted by Maurice Handford
EMI Classics for Pleasure 5749452 (recorded June 1979 and May 1980*; this CD release 2001)
Total time: 76'16
(flac and scans)
Recording venue: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Recording engineer: Mike 'Mr Bear' Clements; Producer: Barry McCann
Here's a mostly lightweight and popular collection for the holiday season. This CD release has the contents of the original CfP 'Halle Encore' LP issue with the addition of the Puccini, Giazotto and Pachelbel items from the later 'Halle Encore 2' LP issue. HIPsters should definitely avoid the latter two.
Maurice Handford was formerly the principal horn and then associate conductor of the Halle Orchestra during John Barbirolli's reign and he frequently undertook the conducting of choral and 'pops' concerts. He offers fine performances here. Notable, less-frequently performed works, include the Hamish MacCunn overture 'Land of the Mountain and the Flood' - familiar to British TV viewers in the 1970s as the theme tune for Sutherland's Law - and George Weldon's arrangement of the beautiful Welsh carol Suo Gan.
