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

Lydia Kakabadse - The Phantom Listener; The Mermaid

Lydia KAKABADSE (b.1955)

The Mermaid, for narrator, mezzo-soprano, string quartet and piano (2007) 

Russian Tableaux, for piano (2009) 

The Song of the Shirt, for mezzo-soprano and piano (1993) 

Arabian Rhapsody Suite, for string quartet (2007-8)

The Phantom Listeners, for narrator, soprano, mezzo, baritone, organ and ensemble 

Kit Hesketh-Harvey (narrator) 

Clare McCaldin (mezzo) 

Emma Brain-Gabbott (soprano) 

Michael Bundy (baritone) 

Tim Amherst (double-bass) 

Caroline Dale (cello) 

Ben Fullbrook (percussion)

 Nigel Shipway (timpani) 

Christian Wilson (piano, organ)

ad hoc quartet: Madeleine Easton (violin), Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Ben Griffiths (double-bass)

George Vass (conductor)

rec. St Michael's, Highgate, London, 5-16 February 2010.

  

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

Donald Tovey - Cello Concerto; Air for Strings; Elegiac Variations

Donald TOVEY (1875-1940)

Cello Concerto; Air for Strings; Elegiac Variations

Alice Neary, cello

Ulster Orchestra, orchestra

George Vass, conductor

Gretel Dowdeswell, piano

Donald Tovey - Symphony in D; The Bride of Dionysius: Prelude

Donald Tovey: 

The Bride of Dionysus: Prelude

Symphony in D, Op. 32

Malmö Opera Orchestra, Sweden, orchestra

George Vass, conductor