Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028944665727
Label: Philips
Manufacturer: Philips
Number Of Discs: 1
Packaged Height: 54 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 555 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 18 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 497 hundredths-inches
Publisher: Philips
Release Date: 1996-05-14
Studio: Philips
Product Description:
Grainger was one of music's true originals. Folk-song collector, bandmaster, composer of quirkily original orchestral and choral music, his works have yet to be fully appreciated--or even cataloged. The problem was that he liked to keep his performance options open, and generally produced several versions of the same piece, some of which were complete rewrites (and therefore new works), while others were modest rescorings. The choral music largely consists of folk tune and popular song arrangements that Grainger collected on his travels through the English and Irish countryside. You owe it to yourself to hear them; they are, one and all, delightful. --David Hurwitz
Customer Reviews:
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
 A great Grainger anthology, 2007-09-08
If you want everything Grainger wrote for orchestra and chorus, the Hickox series on Chandos is indispensible. But if you're looking for a good sampling of Grainger's musical style, then this CD by John-Eliot Gardiner is just the thing. I really like JEG's way with most of the selections. Brigg Fair, Seventeen Come Sunday, Shallow Brown and several others are well-known works, and JEG does a fine job with those, joined by a top-notch chorus and sharp orchestral accompaniment. There are also a few lesser-known works on the CD, including the Foster Tribute -- one of the most amazing and intriguing arrangements of Foster melodies you're ever likely to hear ... and at more than 11 minutes in length, it's almost a mini tone-poem for chorus and orchestra.
Buy this for a nice sampling of Grainger's special musical style ... then if the spirit moves, go for the whole enchilada over on Chandos -- all nine or ten volumes' worth!
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