Arthur Benjamin - Overture to an Italian Comedy • Cotillon Suite • North American Square Dance Suite • Symphony

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Myer Fredman, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, conductor

Label: Lyrita
Copyright: 2007 Lyrita Recorded Edition, England
Catalogue number: SRCD.314
UPC/EAN: 5020926031426
Format: CD
Analogue / Digital recording: ADD / DDD
Number of discs: 1
Total playing time: 76.50
Price: £ 14.99 (+ postage & packing)

Track 1: Recorded at Walthamstow, 6 January 1970
Tracks 2 - 10: Recorded at Watford, 6 September 1978, Producer: Tom Mowrey, Engineer: John Dunkerley
Tracks 11 - 19: Recorded at Watford, 25 August 1993 & 2 March 1994, Producer: Andrew Keener, Engineer: Mark Vigars
Tracks 20 - 23: Recorded at Watford, 7 July & 23 August 1993, Producer: Andrew Keener, Engineers: Trygg Tryggvason, Andrew Halifax

1 Overture to an Italian Comedy (1936) Arthur Benjamin (1893 - 1960) 6.21
Cotillon, A Suite of Dance Tunes (1938) Arthur Benjamin (1893 - 1960) 12.12
2 1. Lord Hereford’s Delight 1.02
3 2. Daphne’s Delight 1.40
4 3. Marlborough’s Victory 1.16
5 4. Love’s Triumph 2.24
6 5. Jigg it a foot 0.40
7 6. The Charmer 1.16
8 7. Nymph Divine 1.40
9 8. The Tattler 0.59
10 9. Argyle 1.13
North American Square Dance Suite (1951) Arthur Benjamin (1893 - 1960) 13.48
11 Introduction 0.46
12 1. Miller’s Reel 0.50
13 2. The Old Punk 0.59
14 3. The Bundle of Straw 1.32
15 4. He piped so Sweet 3.26
16 5. Fill the Bowl 1.01
17 6. Pigeon on the Pier 0.53
18 7. Calder Fair 2.12
19 8. Salamanca – Coda 2.09
Symphony (1945) Arthur Benjamin (1893 - 1960) 44.22
20 1. Largo - Allegro 15.56
21 2. Scherzo 7.22
22 3. Adagio Appassionato 13.37
23 4. Introduzione – Allegro 7.27