CDHeritage 12.
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Featured Australian works
Work | Composer | Performers | Duration | |
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Green valley for piano duo (4 hands) | Roy Agnew | 2 mins, 3 sec. | |
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Poem No. 1 (1922) — solo piano | Roy Agnew | 2 mins, 8 sec. | |
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Poem no. 2 — solo piano | Roy Agnew | 1 mins, 45 sec. | |
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Three poems (1927) — solo piano | Roy Agnew | 5 mins, 53 sec. | |
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Toccata — solo piano | Roy Agnew | 4 mins, 47 sec. | |
Two poems | Roy Agnew | |||
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Caribbean dance | Arthur Benjamin | 3 min. | |
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Heritage for equal voice choir with piano | Arthur Benjamin | 5 mins, 29 sec. | |
Light music suite (1928) for full orchestra — Movements 1 (March) and 2 (Pastorale) only Recorded/performed at: ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on 14 Sep 93. |
Arthur Benjamin | Sydney Symphony, Max McBride | 7 mins, 39 sec. | |
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Romance-impromptu (1911) — solo piano | Arthur Benjamin | 1 mins, 53 sec. | |
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Two Jamaican street songs | Arthur Benjamin | 4 min, 8 sec. | |
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Meditation for orchestra (1965) for full orchestra | Peggy Glanville-Hicks | 12 mins, 12 sec. | |
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Pastorale for piano — solo piano | Peggy Glanville-Hicks | 1 mins, 40 sec. | |
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Berceuse — solo piano | Alfred Hill | 2 mins, 36 sec. | |
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Retrospect — solo piano | Alfred Hill | 4 mins, 26 sec. | |
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Christmas bells for piano duo | Frank Hutchens | 5 min, 17 sec. | |
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Farewell! Thou art too dear for my possessing for voice with piano | Dorian Le Gallienne | 2 mins, 54 sec. | |
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Come away death for voice with piano | Henry Handel Richardson | 3 mins, 2 sec. |
Product details
Duration: 72 min.
Contents note: Heritage: Ceremonial march ; from Light music suite: March and Pastorale ; Two Jamaican street songs (Mattie rag, Cookie) ; Caribbean dance ; Romance impromptu / Arthur Benjamin -- Berceuse ; Retrospect / Alfred Hill -- Christmas bells / Frank Hutchens -- Green valley ; Toccata ; Two poems ; Three poems / Roy Agnew -- Farewell, thou art too dear for my possessing / Dorian Le Gallienne -- Come away death / Henry Handel Richardson -- Pastorale for piano ; Meditation for orchestra / Peggy Glanville-Hicks.
CD prepared by Australian Music Unit, ABC Classic FM.
Performers: Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Heritage - Ceremonial march, Light music suite, Meditation) ; Max McBride (conductor: Heritage - Ceremonial march, Light music suite) ; Wendy Hiscocks (piano: Two Jamaican street songs ; Caribbean dance) ; Roy Howat (piano: Two Jamaican street songs ; Caribbean dance) ; Alexandra Vinokurov (piano: Romance impromptu) ; Natalia Sheludiakova (piano: Berceuse) ; Joshua Tsai (piano: Retrospect) ; Paul Rickard-Ford (piano: Christmas bells, Green valley) ; Katie Zhukov (piano: Christmas bells, Green valley) ; Roger Smalley (piano: Toccata, Two poems, Three poems) ; Elizabeth Campbell (mezzo-soprano: Farewell, thou art too dear for my possessing, and Come away death) ; Sharolyn Kimmorley (piano: Farewell, thou art too dear for my possessing, and Come away death) ; Stephanie McCallum (piano: Pastorale) ; Sir William Southgate (conductor: Meditation).
Capture sessions: Romance impromptu, Berceuse, Retrospect, Christmas bells and Green valley recorded at Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, on 29 August 2001 ; Toccata, Two poems and Three poems recorded at Studio 620, Perth, on 8 July 1999 ; all other works recorded at Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney: Heritage - Ceremonial march and Light music suite on 14 September 1993 ; Two Jamaican street songs and Caribbean dance on 11 June 2000 ; Farewell, thou are too dear for my possessing and Come away death on 19 June 2002 ; Pastorale on 23 November 2001 ; Meditation on February 9 1994.
Title from container.
Liner notes include brief programme notes.
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