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Title The very best of the BBC : recent recordings by the BBC orchestras and the BBC Singers.

Publication Info. Woking, Surrey : BBC Music Magazine, [1997]
℗1997

Call No.CD 537
LocationMoore Audio CD

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Description 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 001814 000658 001449 000542 001211 001543
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording
Note The 3rd work a symphonic poem.
"75 years of the BBC, 1922-1997."
Performer In the 1st work: BBC National Orchestra of Wales ; Mark Wigglesworth, conductor. In the 2nd: BBC Concert Orchestra ; José Serebrier, conductor. In the 3rd: BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Andrew Davis, conductor. In the 4th: BBC Philharmonic ; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor. In the 5th: BBC Singers ; Helen Tunstall, Manon Morris, harp ; Simon Limbrick, Timothy Wright, percussion ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor. In the 6th: Robert Wallace, highland bagpipe ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ; Osmo Vänskä, conductor.
Event Recorded Jan. 20-21, 1994, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (4th work); live on July 30, 1996, Royal Albert Hall, London (1st work); live on Oct. 24, 1996, Studio I, Maida Vale, London (5th work); live on Nov. 27, 1996, Megaron Concert Hall, Athens, Greece (3rd work); Apr. 15, 1997, Golders Green Hippodrome, London (2nd work); and live on Aug. 18, 1997, Royal Albert Hall (6th work).
Note Compact disc.
Listening guide published in BBC music magazine, v. 6, no. 3 (Nov. 1997).
Contents Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg : suite / Richard Wagner (18:14) -- La princesse jaune overture / Camille Saint-Saëns (6:58) -- Tintagel / Arnold Bax (14:49) -- Girl crazy overture / George Gershwin (5:42) -- Songs of love and war / David Sawer (12:11) -- Calgacus / Edward McGuire (15:43).
Subject Suites (Orchestra), Arranged.
Suites (Orchestra), Arranged.
Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged.
Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged.
Genre/Form Overtures.
Overtures.
Symphonic poems.
Symphonic poems.
Subject Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.
Genre/Form Orchestral music.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Excerpts.
Excerpts.
Arrangements (Music)
Arrangements (Music)
Added Author Tunstall, Helen, performer.
Morris, Manon, performer.
Limbrick, Simon, performer.
Wright, Timothy (Percussionist), performer.
Wallace, Robert (Bagpiper), performer.
Wigglesworth, Mark, conductor.
Serebrier, José, 1938- conductor.
Davis, Andrew, 1944- conductor.
Tortelier, Yan Pascal, conductor.
Cleobury, Stephen, conductor.
Vänskä, Osmo, 1953- conductor.
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Selections; arranged.
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Princesse jaune. Ouverture.
Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953. Tintagel.
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Girl crazy. Overture.
Sawer, David. Songs of love and war.
McGuire, Edward, 1948- Calgacus.
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, performer.
BBC Concert Orchestra, performer.
BBC Symphony Orchestra, performer.
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
BBC Singers, performer.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, performer.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Note Subtitle on container spine: 75th anniversary celebration
Added Title BBC music magazine. v. 6, no. 3.
Music No. MM63 BBC Music Magazine