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2023-10-27 00:00:00
Dohnanyi, Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Rawsthorne and British Trombone Concertos (Christian Lindberg, Malcolm Sargent et al)
[…] different combination of works. The other two are from Pye Records (originally issued on a 7 inch EP, CEM 36010), which was later subsumed into EMI. Just the four Bagatelles, played by Denis Matthews, are left out in the cold.Alan Rawsthorne:01 - 07 Practical Cats. Entertainment for speaker and orchestra (1954) * [23'48]08 Overture. Street Corner (1944) [5'32]09 - 12 Madame Chrysanthème. Ballet Suite (1957) [8'38]Robert Donat- speaker, Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alan Rawsthorne *; Pro Arte Orchestra conducted by Alan RawsthorneWarner Music 9029653728 [recorded September & December 1954 for EMI* and 1958 for Pye Records; download released 2021][digital download; flacs, cover scan only]Recording venues: Kingsway Hall (orchestra) & Abbey Road Studios (speaker) * and Walthamstow Assembly Hall, LondonRecording engineers: Douglas Larter (orchestra) & Francis Dillnutt (speaker) * and Bob Auger.Producers: Walter Legge (orchestra) & Alan Rawsthorne (speaker) * and Douglas TerryCyril Smith & Malcolm Sargent: Variations01 Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody […]
All the conducting master class
2023-05-28 00:06:50
06 Jun – 12 Aug, 2023 This summer Pro Arte Orchestra of Hong Kong proudly presents our Conducting Workshops and Showcase 2023, supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. The Active Participants will conduct on podium on a rotating basis under the tutelage of the instructor, our Music Director Ho-man Choi, in the 12-session […]
2020-07-21 23:00:00
Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas - Sir Malcolm Sargent
Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)OperettasPro Arte Orchestradir : Sir Malcolm SargentThis 16-CD set contains the complete nine-opera series that Sir Malcolm Sargent recorded for EMI from 1957–63; the overtures to Cox and Box, The Sorcerer, Princess Ida (Sargent/Pro Arte Orchestra); Overture di Ballo (Sargent/BBC Symphony Orchestra); In Memoriam, Tempest Suite and Merchant of Venice Suite (CBSO/Dunn); Symphony in E (RLPO/Groves); and the Cello Concerto (LSO/Mackerras/Lloyd-Webber).EMI 5 74468 2 stereo - 16 CDs [P] 2001Individual FLAC files, logs, scans-----------------------------If you like Sir Malcolm Sargent, you may also be interested in:Sir Malcolm Sargent - Icon Series - The Great Recordings - 18 CDshttp://meetinginmusic.blogspot.com/2019/01/sir-malcolm-sargent-icon-box-18-cds.html Malcolm Sargent began serving as an accompanist for amateur productions of Gilbert & Sullivan when he was 14, was musical director for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1926 to 1928, and made complete recordings of several of the operettas with the company, so he clearly had the Gilbert & Sullivan tradition […]
2018-12-07 00:00:00
Handel by Charles Mackerras and Thurston Dart
[…] and Orchestra(recorded June & July 1958; originally issued as DG Archiv LP ARC 3133)02. Fugue in F major for organ, HWV.611 [2'39]Thurston Dart- organ of St John's Church Wolverhampton(recorded October 1957; originally issued 1958 as mono only LP HMV CLP1212)03. (arr. Whittacker) Berenice, HWV.38. Overture 'Minuet' [4'38]London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Mackerras(recorded April 1956; originally issued 1957 as HMV EP 7EP7031}04. - 11. arr. Mackerras) Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F major [23'44]Pro Arte Orchestra conducted by Charles Mackerras(recorded March 1959; originally issued as Pye LP GSGC14001in 1964.)12. - 14. (arr. Dart) Concerto for Lute and Harp in B-flat major, HWV.294 [13'48]15. - 18.. (arr. Dart) Concerto Grosso in C major, HWV.318 'Alexander's Feast' [16'54]Desmond Dupre- lute; Osian Ellis- harp; Philomusica of London conducted by Granville Jones.(recording dates unknown; both originally issued in 1960 as L'Oiseau Lyre LP SOL 60013.)Major Classics M2CD014 (2 CD set […]