Dutton's British Composers Conduct & Other Rarities consists of a program of historical recordings dating from 1927-1952 in excellent overall sound in a number of twentieth century English works, not one of which will be readily familiar to most. Regrettably, British Composers Conduct & Other Rarities doesn't get off to a good start. Granville Bantock was in his salad days when he recorded his Two Heroic Ballads and Two Herbridean Sea-Poems in 1945. The Heroic Ballads are predictable orchestral compositions so monolithic in ...
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Dutton's British Composers Conduct & Other Rarities consists of a program of historical recordings dating from 1927-1952 in excellent overall sound in a number of twentieth century English works, not one of which will be readily familiar to most. Regrettably, British Composers Conduct & Other Rarities doesn't get off to a good start. Granville Bantock was in his salad days when he recorded his Two Heroic Ballads and Two Herbridean Sea-Poems in 1945. The Heroic Ballads are predictable orchestral compositions so monolithic in style they almost resemble American Indianist literature. The Hebridean Sea-Poems are cinematic in sweep, but emotionally empty. The tone poem Sennen Cove is the most ambitious symphonic effort of light music composer and jazz pianist Billy Mayerl; while it has a nice opening, ultimately it winds up in the Music Hall. The last part of the disc, with works by John St. Anthony Johnson, Hubert Clifford, and Montague Phillips, leaves a similar impression; this section also has the worst...
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