Moeran: Serenade and Rhapsodies
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ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Moeran: Serenade and Rhapsodies
Hugh Mackey (baritone) / The Renaissance Singers / Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley, conductor
[ Chandos Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 8 September 2004
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'The performances under Vernon Handley… are absolutely splendid, and are warmly and spaciously recorded.'
The Independent
"A unique collection performed with apposite sensitivity. Essential" (MusicWeb Jan 2009)
'The Ulster Orchestra plays with exquisite refinement.'
Gramophone
'Handleys… performances are well studied and beautiful.'
American Record Guide
Vernon Handley's Chandos Moeran recordings are regarded as classic accounts. This final disc in the recent series of re-issues gathers together some less well-known and certainly not less appealing works: the Serenade in G is highly attractive with its use of ancient dance forms, transformed in modern colours and dress, whilst the Nocturne for baritone and chorus (a work much admired by Britten) is wonderfully atmospheric. The Rhapsodies are unpretentious and highly enjoyable, with some very attractive themes, whilst folk-like melodies pervade In the Mountain Country to disarming effect.
Tracks:
Serenade in G 23:40
in G
1 I Prologue. Allegro 4:05
2 II Intermezzo. Allegretto 3:17
3 III Air. Lento, ma non troppo 2:46
4 IV Galop. Presto 2:18
5 V Minuet. Tempo di Minuetto 3:56
6 VI Forlana. Andante con moto 4:00
7 VII Rigadoon. Con brio, ma tempo moderato 1:47
8 VIII Epilogue. Allegro un poco maestoso 1:27
9 In the Mountain Country 7:06
Symphonic impression
10 Rhapsody No. 1 11:54
For orchestra in F major
11 Rhapsody No. 2 12:56
For orchestra in E major
12 Nocturne* 13:26
For baritone, chorus and orchestra
Text by Robert Nichols
