Orchestral Works 3, Vol. 15

Percy Grainger (Composer), Richard Hickox (Conductor), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Paul Janes (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Paul Janes
• Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Composer: Percy Grainger
• Audio CD (October 24, 2000)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Chandos
• ASIN: B00004XPK7
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #309,034 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Chandos's Grainger Edition brings yet another cornucopia of delights delivered with indefatigable dedication and twinkling charisma by Richard Hickox and the BBC Philharmonic. The formula is the same as on this team's first and second volumes of Grainger's orchestral music, with tried-and-trusted nuggets such as Green Bushes and Colonial Song (both given here in particularly lavish orchestrations from 1905-06 and 1919, respectively) sitting alongside genuine rarities like The Merry King (based on a folk tune from West Sussex and boasting a seductively ornate piano contribution) and the amazingly colorful English Dance No.1 (a riot of a piece that prompted Gabriel Fauré to exclaim: "It's as if the total population were a-dancing!"). Perhaps the most startlingly original items here were conceived for wind band, namely the bracingly tangy Hill Song No.2 and that ambitious, extraordinarily titled essay The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart (which also draws on material from the first movement of Grainger's glorious Danish Folk Song Suite). Chandos's thrillingly realistic sonics fairly leap from the loudspeakers. All told, this disc is not to be missed. --Andrew Achenbach

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ...Enter the English countryside in all its splendor..., October 3, 2009

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Neal Schultz "hegemondus" (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orchestral Works 3, Vol. 15 (Audio CD)

This CD continues the fine work of Richard Hickox and his forces at the BBC Philharmonic. As a seeming second-tier English composer probably because he was a producer mostly smaller scaled works and not for the finely crafted mini tone poem-styled approach to his composition I for one continue to be amazed how much Grainger's music grows on me. Now one caveat (as perhaps the other reviewer did not understand) if you do not have a taste for English classical music Grainger whose music is quintessentially "English" will not appeal to your tastes. But for the rest of us who periodically enjoy our tea and crumpets in tinier bite sized morsels then there is no greater master of this niche of the English music than Grainger. There is very little to complain about this CD....sound is well balanced and Hickox's conducting is flawless.

Strongly recommended****

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2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, March 2, 2009

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Monica T. Canty Coleman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orchestral Works 3, Vol. 15 (Audio CD)

I personally did not care that much for this CD,but in was Ok.Not what I had expected.