The All-Star Orchestra
Programs 15 & 16
Naxos 2.110562
DVD Video (NTSC 16:9, Region 0)
Gerard Schwarz, Music dirctor and conductor
Première : Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Gérard Schwarz, Saturday, January 19th 2002, Guild Hall, Preston, England
Rel. 8th September 2017
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B074BKFN4Q/

Programme 15
British Enigmas

Sir Edward Elgar : Enigma Variations (1898-1899; England)
  1. Theme (Enigma: Andante)
  2. Variation I (L'istesso tempo) "C.A.E." (Elgar’s wife, Caroline Alice Elgar)
  3. Variation II (Allegro) "H.D.S-P." (Hew David Steuart-Powell, a pianist and fellow chamber musician)
  4. Variation III (Allegretto) "R.B.T." (Richard Baxter Townshend)
  5. Variation IV (Allegro di molto) "W.M.B." (William Meath Baker)
  6. Variation V (Moderato) "R.P.A." (Richard Penrose Arnold, son of English poet Matthew Arnold)
  7. Variation VI (Andantino) "Ysobel" (Isabel Fitton, an amateur viola player)
  8. Variation VII (Presto) "Troyte" (A. Troyte Griffith, an architect and would-be pianist)
  9. Variation VIII (Allegretto) "W.N." (Winifred Norbury, a matron of the arts with a distinctive laugh)
  10. Variation IX (Adagio) "Nimrod" (A.J. Jaeger)
  11. Variation X (Intermezzo: Allegretto) "Dorabella" (Dora Penny, daughter of the rector of Wolverhampton)
  12. Variation XI (Allegro di molto) "G.R.S." (George Robertson Sinclair, organist at Hereford Cathedral, and his dog)
  13. Variation XII (Andante) "B.G.N." (Basil G. Nevinson, amateur cellist and fellow chamber musician)
  14. Variation XIII (Romanza: Moderato) "***" (a female friend thought to be traveling)
  15. Variation XIV (Finale: Allegro) "E.D.U." (Elgar’s wife’s nickname for him)
Benjamin Britten : The Young person's Guide to the Orchestra (1946; England)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell
  1. Theme : Allegro maestoso e largamente (Tutti, woodwinds, brass, strings, then percussion)
  2. Variation A : Presto (Piccolo and flute)
  3. Variation B : Lento (Oboes)
  4. Variation C : Moderato (Clarinets)
  5. Variation D : Allegro alla marcia (Bassoons)
  6. Variation E : Brillante: alla polacca, Violins)
  7. Variation F : Meno mosso (Violas)
  8. Variation G : Lusingando (Cellos)
  9. Variation H : Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro (Double basses)
  10. Variation I : Maestoso (Harp)
  11. Variation J : L'istesso tempo (French horns)
  12. Variation K : Vivace (Trumpets)
  13. Variation L : Allegro pomposo (Trombones and bass tuba)
  14. Variation M : Moderato Percussion (timpani; bass drum & cymbals; tambourine & triangle; snare drum & wood block; xylophone; castanets & tamtam; whip; percussion tutti)
  15. Fugue : Allegro molto

Programme 16
Mysterious Mountain

Alan Hovhaness : Symphony No. 2, Opus 132, "Mysterious Mountain" (1955; USA)
  1. Andante con moto
  2. Double Fugue (Moderato maestoso, allegro vivo)
  3. Andante espressivo
Variations on a Theme by Sir Eugène Goossens (1944; USA) (World première recording)
"Jubilee Variations" for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra 50th anniversary
Premiere on March 23rd 1945 by Eugène Goossens conducting the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  1. Paul Creston (1906-1985) Tranquillo
  2. Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Jubilee Variation
  3. Deems Taylor (1885-1966)
  4. Howard Hanson (1896-1981)
  5. William Schuman (1910-1992) Molto Tranquillo for string orchestra
  6. Walter Piston (1894-1976)
  7. Roy Harris (1898-1979) Moderato
  8. Anis Fuleihan(1900-1970)
  9. Bernard Rogers (1893-1968)
  10. Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) Solemne