La Discoteca Clásica: Ulster Orchestra

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2/22/2024

Stanford - A Song of Agincourt; Overture in the Style of a Tragedy; Verdum

Charles Villers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Overture in the style of a tragedy, Op.90

Verdun: Solemn March and Heroic Epilogue, Op.151

A Welcome March, Op.87

Fairy Day, Op.131*

A Song of Agincourt, Op.168

Codetta*

Ulster Orchestra

Howard Shelley

Recorded 27-29 August 2018 in Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland

E.J. Moeran - Serenade in G; In the Mountain Country; Rhapsodies Nos.1 and 2

Ernest John MOERAN (1894-1950)

Serenade in G

In the Mountain Country

Rhapsody No.1

Rhapsody No.2

Nocturne *

Hugh Mackey (Baritone)

The Renaissance Singers

Ronnie Lee (Chorus master)

Ulster Orchestra

Vernon Handley

Stanford - Six Irish Rhapsodies; Piano Concerto No.2; Down among the Dead Men

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Irish Rhapsodies: No. 1 in D minor, op. 78 (1902),

No. 2 in F minor, op. 84 – "The Lament for the Son of Ossian" (1903),

No. 3 in D, op. 137 (1913) (*),

No. 4 in A minor, op. 141 – "The Fisherman of Lough Neagh and What he Saw" (1913),

No. 5 in G minor, op. 147 (1917),

No. 6 in D minor, op. 191 (1922) (**)

Concert Variations upon an English Theme, op. 71 – "Down among the Dead Men" (c.1897-8) (***),

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 126 (1911) (***)

Raphael Wallfisch (violoncello) (*)

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) (**)

Margaret Fingerhut (piano) (***)

Ulster Orchestra

Vernon Handley

Recorded August 1986 (op.147), 7-9 September 1987 (op.141), 9-10 March 1988 (op.78), 19-23 February 1989 (opp.71, 126), 22 August 1989 (op.191), 5 November 1989 (op.137), 30 April-2 May 1991 (op. 84),

Ulster Hall, Belfast

Hamilton Harty - In Ireland: The Orchestral Works

HAMILTON HARTY (1879-1941)

In Ireland

The Orchestral Works

CD1

Violin Concerto (1908)

Piano Concerto (1922)

CD 2

The Children of Lir (1938)

Variations on a Dublin Air (1912)

The London Air (1924)

Ode to a Nightingale (1907)

CD3

A Comedy Overture (1906)

An Irish Symphony (1904)

In Ireland (1904)

With the Wild Geese (1902)

Ulster Orchestra

Bryden Thomson

Violin Concerto, Variations and Air (ADD)

all other items DDD rec Ulster 1979, 1981-83

Claude Debussy - Complete Works for Orchestra

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

Complete Works for Orchestra

Disc 1

La Mer

Nocturnes

Printemps

Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

Disc 2

Images

Jeux

Khamma

Disc 3

La Boite a joujoux

Children's Corner

Petite Suite

Marche ecossaise

Danse

Disc 4

Fantasie

Premier rapsodie

Danses

Rapsodie for alto saxophone and orchestra

Sarabande

L'Isle Joyeuse

La plus que lente

Claire de lune

The Renaissance Singers

Grosvenor High School Choir (female voices)

Ronnie Lee, chorus master

Colin Fleming, flute solo

Rachel Ingleton, oboe d'amore solo

Michael McGuffin, piano

Louis Martin, harp

Christopher Blake, oboe

Colin Stark, cor anglais

Anne Queffélec, piano

Christopher King, clarinet

Rachel Masters, harp

Gerard McChrystal, saxophone

Derek Bell, cimbalom solo

Ulster Orchestra

Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

Recorded in Ulster Hall, Belfast

30 & 31 October 1988 (La boîte à joujoux): 19 & 20 February 1989 (Children's Corner, Petite suite), 1 & 2 October 1989 (Prélude, Nocturnes), 5-8 December 1989 (Images): 29 & 30 May 1990 (Jeux, Khamma),

16 August 1990 (Danses, Première rapsodie): 19 & 20 February 1991 (La Mer, L'Isle joyeuse, La plus que lente), 28 & 29 May 1991 (Fantaisie, La Clair de lune):

3 & 4 June 1992 (Printemps, Marche écossaise, Danse, Rapsodie for saxophone, Sarabande)

William Mathias - Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2; Vaughan Williams - Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra

William MATHIAS (1934-1992)

Piano Concerto No. 1 Op.2, (ed. Rhiannon Mathias and Geraint Lewis) (1955) [24:52]

Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.13 (1961) [23:59]

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Fantasia for piano and orchestra (ed. Graham Parlett) (1896-1902 rev. 1904) [21:23]

Mark Bebbington (piano)

Ulster Orchestra

George Vass

rec. 15-16 May 2011, Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Macdowell - Suite Nos.1 and 2; Hamlet and Ofelia

Edward MACDOWELL (1860-1908)

Suite No. 1, Op. 42

Suite No. 2, Op. 48 "Indian"

Hamlet and Ophelia, Op. 22.

Ulster Orchestra

Takuo Yuasa

recorded 2-4/12/99, in the Ulster Hall, Belfast

Harty - Piano Concerto in B minor; A Comedy Overture; Fantasy Scenes

Sir Hamilton HARTY (1879-1941)
Piano Concerto in B minor; A Comedy Overture; Fantasy Scenes

Peter Donohoe (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa

Michael Hurd - The Aspern Papers & The Night of the Wedding

Michael HURD (1928-2006)
The Aspern Papers - chamber opera in three acts (1994)

Owen Gilhooly (baritone) – Harry Jordan; Louise Winter (mezzo-soprano) – Juliana Bordereau; Pippa Goss (soprano) – Mrs Prest; Clare McCaldin (soprano) – Miss Tina, Servant;

Ulster Orchestra/George Vass
rec. Ulster Hall, Belfast, 2011

The Night of the Wedding - chamber opera in one act (1998)

Nicholas Morton (baritone) – Count Gervaise de Polisson; Garry Humphreys (baritone) – Antoine; Rhian Lois (soprano) – Marquise de Belle Poitrine; Matthew Buswell (baritone) – Marquis;

Simon Lepper (piano)/Ronald Corp

rec. Henry Wood Hall, London, 2014