English Music for Strings: Recorded at The Friary, Liverpool, 6-7 May 2009 & The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, 10 November 2009

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To avoid sounding mawkish, this kind of idiom needs a really focused sound in performance: Martin Yates conjures exactly that from the RLPO string section, which responds with serious class — Classic FM Magazine, November 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 15th Mar 2010
Catalogue No: CDLX7244
Label: Dutton
Series: Epoch
Length: 65 minutes

Bax: Variations on the Name Gabriel Fauré

Work length17:10

$6.00

$8.40

Martin Yates
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Theme. Lento

Track length0:24

$1.00

$1.40

I. Idyll. Andante con moto

Track length2:09

$1.00

$1.40

II. Barcarolle. Andante

Track length3:21

$1.00

$1.40

III. Polka. Allegro poco piu lento

Track length3:36

$1.00

$1.40

IV. Storm. Allegro

Track length2:13

$1.00

$1.40

V. Quodlibet. Moderato alla breve

Track length5:27

$1.00

$1.40

Bax: Symphonic Serenade for string orchestra

Work length10:34

$1.50

$2.10

Martin Yates
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Dodgson: Essay No. 7

Work length16:53

Album only

Martin Yates
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Arnell: Classical Variations in C for strings, Op. 1

Work length12:34

$7.00

$9.80

Martin Yates
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Theme in Fugato

Track length1:36

$1.00

$1.40

I. Chorale

Track length1:39

$1.00

$1.40

II. Conzona

Track length2:53

$1.00

$1.40

III. Minuet

Track length0:51

$1.00

$1.40

IV. Alla breve

Track length0:56

$1.00

$1.40

V. Intermezzo

Track length1:09

$1.00

$1.40

VI. Scherzo

Track length3:30

$1.00

$1.40

Del Mar: Allegro Concertante for horn and string orchestra, Op. 15

Work length8:30

$1.50

$2.10

Martin Yates
BBC Concert Orchestra

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Dutton Epoch explores unrecorded Arnold Bax! The strings of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic create a powerful impression in the Variations on the name Gabriel Fauré and the early Symphonic Serenade. These two tuneful works for strings are a delightful addition to the canon of recorded Bax. They are coupled with Richard Arnell’s Classical Variations Op.1 – an essential footnote to the symphonies and a must for all collecting the Dutton Epoch Arnell series. The CD is completed by Stephen Dodgson’s delightful Essay No.7 for orchestra, and a fascinating discovery – conductor Norman Del Mar’s bold one movement Allegro Concertante for horn and strings. This muscular concerto-movement, brilliantly played by Stephen Bell, was written by a professional horn player, but with his friend Dennis Brain very much in mind.

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November 2010

To avoid sounding mawkish, this kind of idiom needs a really focused sound in performance: Martin Yates conjures exactly that from the RLPO string section, which responds with serious class

September 2010

[Del Mar's Allegro Concertante] sounds as though the writing is grateful for the player...With Stephen Bell a brilliant soloist, Martin Yates draws strong and purposeful playing from the BBC Concert Orchestra...All the other works have Yates conducting the refined strings of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in equally strong and sensitive performances.

English Music for Strings

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