Grainger: Works for Chorus and Orchestra

Stephen Varcoe (Performer), Percy Grainger (Composer), Richard Hickox (Conductor), London Sinfonia (Orchestra), City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra), Penelope Thwaites (Performer), Leslie Pearson (Performer), Mark Padmore (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Stephen Varcoe, Penelope Thwaites, Leslie Pearson, Mark Padmore
• Orchestra: London Sinfonia, City of London Sinfonia
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Composer: Percy Grainger
• Audio CD (November 19, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Chandos
• ASIN: B000000B09
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #459,196 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very High Quality 'Easy Listening', January 17, 2007

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B. Marold "Bruce W. Marold" (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grainger: Works for Chorus and Orchestra (Audio CD)

This is the second of Chandos 'The Grainger Edition' recordings I have reviewed and it is much closer to the heart of my tastes than the piano accompanied baritone solos of Volume 2 I previously reviewed. Just as I will value a cookbook if it has just one extraordinary recipe or a computer book if it has just one extraordinarily good programming idea, I wouldlove this album even if everything else but 'Scotch Strathspey and Reel' were junk. But, of course, all the other tracks on the album are not junk, they are very, very good. Just not as enjoyable as this superb rendition of the famous sea chanty, better known by its first line 'What do we do with a drunken sailor...' The 'Joyful Company of Singers' earns their name on this one. Next to Russian liturgical choral singing, sea chanties are my favorite, so I confess to being just a bit less than impartial on this one, but there you are. This one is simply lovely.