Barbirolli: Halle Favourites Vol.1
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Label: Barbirolli Society
Cat No: SJB1036
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 10th August 2009
Contents
Works
Joyeuse MarcheNell Gwyn (suite)
Irish Tune from County Derry
Mock Morris
Molly on the Shore
Shepherd's Hey
Cavalleria rusticana
La forza del destino
Artists
Halle OrchestraConductor
John BarbirolliWorks
Joyeuse MarcheNell Gwyn (suite)
Irish Tune from County Derry
Mock Morris
Molly on the Shore
Shepherd's Hey
Cavalleria rusticana
La forza del destino
Artists
Halle OrchestraConductor
John BarbirolliAbout
Barbirolli grew up in Edwardian London where the theatre orchestras revelled in the music of Edward German and Lionel Monckton. As a child he listened to the band playing in Lincoln’s Inn Gardens and that was where he decided he wanted to be a conductor. We can be sure that it was there he first heard the William Tell ballet music, the Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana and the Dance of the Hours. He loved them then and he loved them all his life. So when he conducted them – as the performances on this disc eloquently testify – he lavished as much artistry on them as he did on symphonies by Elgar and Mahler.
No one in the audience could fail to know that he loved these pieces, he communicated his affection with a smile, with a little extra touch of showmanship, with a glance round at the audience to see if they were enjoying it as much as he was.
The last two tracks of this disc comprise a brief snatch of Sir John rehearsing for a stereophonic test ‘take’ of Shepherd’s Hey, which is here issued for the first time.
Contents:
[1] Verdi: ‘La forza del destino’ - Overture
12 June, 1957
[2] Mascagni: ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ - Intermezzo
4 September, 1958
[3] Ponchielli: ‘La Gioconda’ - Dance of the Hours
11 August, 1957
[4] Rossini: ‘William Tell’ - Ballet music (arr: Charles Godfrey Jnr.)
4 September, 1958
[5] Massenet: Under the Linden Tree (Scènes alsaciennes)
Solo cello: Oliver Vella / Solo clarinet: Pat Ryan
11 August, 1957
[6] Chabrier: Marche joyeuse
11 August, 1957
[7] German: Nell Gwyn Dances - Country Dance / Pastoral Dance / Merrymaker’s Dance
3 May, 1957 (mono)
[8] Grainger: Shepherd’s Hey / Londonderry Air / Molly on the Shore / Mock Morris
29 May 1957 Pye (mono)
[9] Rehearsal excerpt leads into a previously unpublished stereo ‘test’ recording of Shepherd’s Hey
29 May, 1957 (unpublished)
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