Malcolm Arnold - English Dances, Set 1 Op.27, Set 2 Op.33 • Solitaire, Sarabande & Polka • Irish Dances Op.126 • Scottish Dances Op.59 • Cornish Dances Op.91

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Malcolm Arnold, conductor

Label: Lyrita
Copyright: 1990 Lyrita Recorded Edition, England
Catalogue number: SRCD.201
UPC/EAN: 5020926020123
Format: CD
Analogue / Digital recording: ADD/DDD
Number of discs: 1
Total playing time: 60.51
Price: £ 14.99 (+ postage & packing)

Tracks 1 - 8, 15 - 22: Recorded in Walthamstow Assembly Hall, 12 January 1977, Producer: James Walker, Engineer: John Dunkerley
Tracks 9 - 14: Recorded in Walthamstow Assembly Hall, 28 October 1986, Producer: Andrew Cornall, Engineer: Stanley Goodall

"The late Trevor Harvey gave a warm and well-deserved welcome to the English, Scottish and Cornish Dances, when these recordings, conducted by the composer, first appeared. Now with Arnold’s latest set of Irish Dances added . . . it is even more of a winner. Arnold regularly takes a warmly expressive view without ever sacrificing tension, often springing rhythms infectiously. The analogue sound … is given a splendid transfer. The new items, in digital sound, very well recorded too, bring no feeling of inconsistency. …one after another these little jewels first grab and then delight the ear with their brilliant pastiche of folk melodies. … this is a wonderful box of delights" Edward Greenfield, Gramophone

"There is a barely-contained exuberance about the performances on this disc ..." Colin Clarke, www.musicweb-international.com Click here to read the full review

"All in all, then, a superb disc. The quality of playing throughout is magnificent, the orchestra obviously responding to the authority of the composer ..." Owen E. Walton, www.musicweb-international.com Click here to read the full review

"... this now-legendary recording of Malcolm Arnold conducting his own delightful English, Scottish, Irish, and Cornish Dances (plus the Sarabande and Polka from the ballet Solitaire) never has been surpassed ..." David Hurwitz, www.ClassicsToday.com Click here to read the full review

	English Dances Set 1, Opus 27	Malcolm Arnold	10.11
1	1. Andantino		3.15
2	2. Vivace		1.47
3	3. Mesto		3.28
4	4. Allegro risoluto		1.41
	English Dances Set 2, Opus 22	Malcolm Arnold	9.49
5	1. Allegro non troppo		3.20
6	2. Con brio		1.23
7	3. Grazioso		2.30
8	4. Giubiloso		2.36
	Solitaire	Malcolm Arnold	8.25
9	1. Sarabande		5.39
10	2. Polka		2.46
	Irish Dances, Opus 126	Malcolm Arnold	9.28
11	1. Allegro con energico		1.42
12	2. Commodo		2.45
13	3. Piacevole		2.19
14	4. Vivace		2.42
	Scottish Dances, Opus 59	Malcolm Arnold	10.33
15	1. Pesante		2.39
16	2. Vivace		2.21
17	3. Allegretto		4.07
18	4. Can Brio		1.26
	Cornish Dances, Opus 91	Malcolm Arnold	12.40
19	1. Vivace		1.40
20	2. Andantino		4.30
21	3. Con moto		3.24
22	4. Allegro ma non troppo		3.06

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