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Historical Gems: Beecham’s English Music

David Hurwitz

Artistic Quality:

  • 9

Sound Quality:

  • 5

When we think of Beecham and “English Music,” we really […]

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Recording Details:

Album Title: Sir Thomas Beecham: English Music
Reference Recording: None

Delius: Over the Hills and Far Away; Sleigh Ride; Brigg Fair; Florida Suite; Marche Caprice; Dance Rhapsody No.2; Summer Evening; On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring; Summer Night on the River; A Song Before Sunrise; Fennimore and Gerda (Intermezzo); Irmelin Prelude; Songs of Sunset; A Village Romeo and Juliet; Sea Drift; A Song of the High Hills; Dance Rhapsody No. 1; Violin Concerto (with Jean Pougnet); On the Mountains
German: Gypsy Suite
Bantock: Fifine at the Fair
Bax: The Garden of Fand
Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune (excerpts)

  • Record Label: EMI - 9 09915 2
  • Medium: CD

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