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My England - A Collection of Timeless English Concertos [Box set]

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  • Audio CD (3 Jun 2008)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 5
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Universal Classics
  • ASIN: B0001JSS40
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 155,564 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. 1. Allegro vigoroso - allegro lirico - Emma Johnson, Roy Emerson, Michael Sheady, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Groves, Richard Hale, Gerald Finzi
2. 2. Adagio - Emma Johnson, Roy Emerson, Michael Sheady, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Groves, Richard Hale, Gerald Finzi
3. 3. Rondo (Allegro giocoso) - Emma Johnson, Roy Emerson, Michael Sheady, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Groves, Richard Hale, Gerald Finzi
4. 1. Rondo Pastorale - Roderick Elms, Ruth Bolister, David Wright, Elgar Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Bell, Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Disc: 2
1. 1. Allegro - Andrew Keener, Emma Johnson, English Chamber Orchestra, Martin Haskell, Ivor Bolton
2. 2. Andante con moto - Andrew Keener, Emma Johnson, English Chamber Orchestra, Martin Haskell, Ivor Bolton
3. 3. Allegro con fuoco - Andrew Keener, Emma Johnson, English Chamber Orchestra, Martin Haskell, Ivor Bolton
4. Allegro moderato - - Emma Johnson, Roy Emerson, Michael Sheady, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Groves, Richard Hale
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Disc: 3
1. 1. Allegro moderato - Roderick Elms, Ruth Bolister, David Wright, Elgar Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Bell
2. 2. Andante con moto - Roderick Elms, Ruth Bolister, David Wright, Elgar Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Bell
3. 3. Allegro vivace - Roderick Elms, Ruth Bolister, David Wright, Elgar Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Bell
4. 1. Allegro moderato - Jennifer Stinton, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland
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Disc: 4
1. 1. Allegro assai - Christiane Edinger, Michael Ponder, English Northern Philharmonia, Mike Skeet, Howard Blake, Paul Daniel
2. 2. Adagio (Calma) - Christiane Edinger, Michael Ponder, English Northern Philharmonia, Mike Skeet, Howard Blake, Paul Daniel
3. 3. Allegro con brio - Christiane Edinger, Michael Ponder, English Northern Philharmonia, Mike Skeet, Howard Blake, Paul Daniel
4. Concerto for saxophone and orchestra "On Hungerford Bridge" (1998) - John Harle, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Christopher Gunning
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Disc: 5
1. 1. Allegro vivace - Emma Johnson, English Chamber Orchestra, Ivor Bolton, Malcolm Arnold
2. 2. Lento - Emma Johnson, English Chamber Orchestra, Ivor Bolton, Malcolm Arnold
3. 3. (The Pre-Goodman Rag) Allegro non troppo - Andrew Keener, Emma Johnson, English Chamber Orchestra, Martin Haskell, Ivor Bolton, Malcolm Arnold
4. 1. Molto moderato ma con moto - Jill Crowther, English Northern Philharmonia, Alan Cuckston
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good music, but shoddy packaging, 19 Mar 2009
By Bernard Davis "Bernard Davis" (Birmingham, England) - See all my reviews
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I was almost put off buying this set by the shoddy packaging. Before buying it on the internet I saw it in a shop. The packaging is amateurish, as though someone had printed it up at home on a poor quality machine. `My England' is in a bargain basement typeface. The Grainy photographs and text appears to have come straight off 1980s home printers.

Fortunately I did put in an order, and I am now enjoying the music on the 5 Cds.

The cover photo and `A collection of Timeless English Concertos' line might suggest that this will be 5CDs of Elgar, Delius and Vaughan Williams style music. Actually it is broader than that, with works composed from the early 20th century all the way to the year 2000. There is a fair amount of classic British pastoral style, but also plenty of music in which is more modern, but still pleasantly listenable.

There are 19 concertos in all, and six hours of music. The highlights of the set? We can start with all 4 works with Emma Johnson playing the Clarinet: Finzi's Clarinet Concerto, Arnold's two Clarinet Concertos and Stanford's Clarinet Concerto. Her style is perfectly suited to the music, and she delivers performances of these works as good as any available.

I have made some worthwhile discoveries. Kenneth Leighton's Concerto for recorder, harpsichord and strings is original and imaginative, bringing the baroque into the 20th century.

Some of the most pleasant surprises are the most recent works. Christopher Gunning's atmospheric Saxophone Concerto `On Hungerford Bridge' from 1998. Peter Hope's Light Music - but very good music - Concertino for Bassoon from 2000. Best of all is Howard Blake's substantial Violin Concerto `The Leeds' from 1992. As good a violin concerto as any produced in the second half of the 20th Century.

One below par performance is that of Holst's short Fugal Concerto, which doesn't flow as it should. However, on the whole the standard of the playing and recording is excellent.

Why the shoddy packaging? This set was produced during the disappearance of the ASV label, on which these recordings first appeared. It was first merged into Sanctuary Records, and now seems to have disappeared as the Sanctuary Group has been taken over by Universal Records. The set deserves new packaging and a reissue. But don't be put off. The music is all here.
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