William Mathias - Dance Overture* • Divertimento for String Orchestra** • Invocation and Dance* • Prelude, Aria & Finale for String Orchestra** • Sinfonietta*** • Laudi† • Vistas†

London Symphony Orchestra*
English Chamber Orchestra**
1975 National Youth Orchestra of Wales***
New Philharmonia Orchestra†
David Atherton, conductor* ** †
Arthur Davison, conductor***

Label: Lyrita
Copyright: 1996 Lyrita Recorded Edition, England
Catalogue number: SRCD.328
UPC/EAN: 5020926032829
Format: CD
Analogue / Digital recording: ADD
Number of discs: 1
Total playing time: 78.53
Price: Ł 14.99 (+ postage & packing)

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"The first five works on this disc are the fruits of his early years, and they share many distinctive features such as clarity of structure, expanded tonality (incorporating chromatic and modal inflections), as well as a propensity for syncopation and inventive rhythmic vitality. The final two works belong to a series of single-movement orchestral works which my father described as 'landscapes of the mind'" Rhiannon Mathias

1	Dance Overture, Opus 16	William Mathias	6.36
	Divertimento for string orchestra, Opus 7	William Mathias	11.26
2	1. Allegro ritmico		3.38
3	2. Lento non troppo		5.02
4	3. Allegro		2.46
5	Invocation and Dance, Opus 17	William Mathias	11.37
	Prelude, Aria and Finale, Opus 25	William Mathias	10.39
6	1. Prelude		2.01
7	2. Aria		5.49
8	3. Finale		2.49
	Sinfonietta, Opus 34	William Mathias	13.10
9	1. Allegro non troppo		4.18
10	2. Lento con moto		4.45
11	3. Allegro con slancio		4.07
12	Laudi, Opus 62	William Mathias	12.10
13	Vistas, Opus 69	William Mathias	13.14