Parry - Orchestral and Choral Works
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHAN10740
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 1st October 2012
Contents
Works
Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings
EnglandJerusalem
Magnificat
Te Deum (Coronation)
The Birds of Aristophanes: Suite
The Glories of Our Blood and State
Artists
Amanda Roocroft (soprano)BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor
Neeme JarviWorks
Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings
EnglandJerusalem
Magnificat
Te Deum (Coronation)
The Birds of Aristophanes: Suite
The Glories of Our Blood and State
Artists
Amanda Roocroft (soprano)BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor
Neeme JarviAbout
Parry is simultaneously one of Britain's best-known and least-known composers. Jerusalem (recorded here in Parry’s original orchestration) is almost a national hymn, regularly performed at rugby grounds, schools, Women's Institute meetings, and at the Last Night of the Proms. Yet until very recently few knew much about Sir Charles Hubert H Parry, who in his day was described by Sir Edward Elgar as ‘the leader of art in this country’.
In 2010, HRH The Prince of Wales thrust Parry back into the limelight when in the BBC documentary 'The Prince and the Composer', he set out to discover more about the man behind the music, with the help of members of Parry's family, scholars and performers. In April 2011, HRH once again placed Parry centre stage, as Jerusalem was performed at the Royal Wedding of his eldest son and daughter-in-law, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Several other pieces on this recording have strong ties to members the Royal Family. The Magnificat of 1897 was dedicated to Queen Victoria on her Diamond Jubilee, and the Te Deum was composed for the Coronation of George V in 1911.
The orchestral suite from the incidental music to The Birds features the famous march which was played at the wedding of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and again as the processional march for the Queen’s arrival at the Royal Wedding in 2011.
Also on this disc is England, which was sung at the eightieth birthday concert of Sir Adrian Boult at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969.
The works are performed by the BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, with the soprano Amanda Roocroft, under Neeme Järvi who this year celebrates both his seventy-fifth birthday and an impressive thirty-year-long recording career with Chandos Records.
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