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Arthur Benjamin, Myer Fredman, Nicholas Braithwaite
Arthur Benjamin: Overture to an Italian Comdey; Cotillon; North American Square Dance Suite
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical

Track Listings (23) - Disc #1
1. Overture To an Italian Comedy
2. Cotillion Suite, for orchestra: 1. Lord Hereford's Delight
3. Cotillion Suite, for orchestra: 2. Daphne's Delight
4. Cotillion Suite, for orchestra: 3. Marlborough's Victory
5. Cotillion Suite, for orchestra: 4. Love's Triumph
6. Cotillion Suite, for orchestra: 5. Jigg it a foot
7. Cotillion Suite, for orchestra: 6. The Charmer
8. Cotillion Suite, for orchestra: 7. Nymph Divine
9. Cotillion Suite, for orchestra: 8. The Tattler
10. Cotillion Suite, for orchestra: 9. Argyle
11. North American Square Dance for orchestra, Nos 1-8, complete: Introduction
12. North American Square Dance for orchestra, Nos 1-8, complete: 1. Miller's Reel
13. North American Square Dance for orchestra, Nos 1-8, complete: 2. The Old Punk
14. North American Square Dance for orchestra, Nos 1-8, complete: 3. The Bundle of Straw
15. North American Square Dance for orchestra, Nos 1-8, complete: 4. He piped so Sweet
16. North American Square Dance for orchestra, Nos 1-8, complete: 5. Fill the Bowl
17. North American Square Dance for orchestra, Nos 1-8, complete: 6. Pigeon on the Pier
18. North American Square Dance for orchestra, Nos 1-8, complete: 7. Calder Fair
19. North American Square Dance for orchestra, Nos 1-8, complete: 8. Salamanca - Coda
20. Symphony No. 1: 1. Largo - Allegro
21. Symphony No. 1: 2. Scherzo
22. Symphony No. 1: 3. Adagio Appassionato
23. Symphony No. 1: 4. Introduzione - Allegro

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CD Details

All Artists: Arthur Benjamin, Myer Fredman, Nicholas Braithwaite, Barry Wordsworth, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Title: Arthur Benjamin: Overture to an Italian Comdey; Cotillon; North American Square Dance Suite
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Lyrita
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 5/8/2007
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical
Styles: Ballets & Dances, Dances, Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5020926031426

Synopsis

Album Description

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) was born in Australia but moved to London in 1911 to pursue his musical education. After graduation he taught at the Royal College of Music, where one of his pupils was Benjamin Britten. From the 1930s on, Benjamin composed a number of light-music pieces, and it was one of these, the Jamaican Rumba, that brought him popular acclaim, making him something of a household name--so much so that the Jamaican government assigned him a free barrel of rum a year for his contribution to making the country known.

CD Reviews

Buy this and you won't be sorry

NadMan | Houston , USA | 09/21/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a wonderful disc, by a composer who fits right in the Vaughan Williams/Holst mold of 20th Century British music (although he was actually a native Aussie)...although better known for his light music this cd is an example of what he could do in the longer vein...it's time for him to be "rediscovered"...an interesting trivia note, he is the composer of a cantata called "The Storm Clouds" which is what the orchestra is playing in the climatic scene of the Jimmy Stewart/Doris Day version of Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much"...Lyrita is doing a great job issuing cds containing rerecordings of 20th Century British and Britsh style music, you should check it out"