Orchestrations by Sir Henry Wood (1869 - 1944)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

Label: Lyrita
Copyright: 2007 Lyrita Recorded Edition, England
Catalogue number: SRCD.216
UPC/EAN: 5020926021625
Format: CD
Analogue / Digital recording: DDD
Number of discs: 1
Total playing time: 78.41
Price: £ 14.99 (+ postage & packing)

Tracks 1, 8 - 18: Recorded at Watford, 10 & 11 January 1990, Producer: Morten Winding, Engineer: John Pellowe
Tracks 2 - 7: Recorded at Watford, 6 July 1993, Producer: Morten Winding, Engineer: Trygg Tryggvason

"The conductor Sir Henry Wood was an adept of grand orchestration and continued in this activity after such indulgences had ceased to be fashionable ... Who but Lyrita would give us such a valuable collection and annotate it in such princely detail at the hands of Lewis Foreman? An enjoyable collection shedding new light on Henry Wood ..." Rob Barnett, www.musicweb-international.com Click here to read the full review

"... These transcriptions are very obviously the work of a master of his craft, capable of achieving the varied effects that he felt the various pieces require ... I very much hope that this well filled and well recorded disc will have the success it deserves and that it will soon be followed by recordings of some of Sir Henry’s other arrangements ..." John Sheppard, www.musicweb-international.com Click here to read the full review

1 Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565 J. S. Bach 9.53
2 Funeral March (from Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op 35) Chopin 10.26
3 Polish Dance no. 3 Scharwekna 4.10
4 Spanish Dance no.4 in G Granados 5.15
5 Funeral March (In memory of Rikard Nordraak) Grieg 7.47
6 La cathédrale engloutie (Préludes, Book 1 no. 10) Debussy 6.46
7 Prelude in C-sharp minor (Op. 3 No. 2) Rachmaninov 3.46
Pictures at an exhibition Mussorgsky 30.29
8 I Promenade 1.26
9 II The Gnome 2.32
10 III The Old Castle 3.39
11 IV Tuileries (Dispute between children at play) 1.04
12 V Bydlo 3.51
13 VI Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 1.21
14 VII Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle 2.17
15 VIII The Market at Limoges 1.18
16 IX The Catacombs 5.27
17 X The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba Yaga) 2.32
18 XI The Great Gate of Kiev 5.06