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Walter Leigh, Nicholas Braithwaite, Trevor Pinnock
Walter Leigh
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Agincourt Overture
2. Concertino for harpsichord (or piano) & string orchestra: 1. Allegro
3. Concertino for harpsichord (or piano) & string orchestra: 2. Andante
4. Concertino for harpsichord (or piano) & string orchestra: 3. Allegro vivace
5. Music for string orchestra: 1. Adagio
6. Music for string orchestra: 2. Vivo
7. Music for string orchestra: 3. Lento
8. Music for string orchestra: 4. Allegro
9. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music: 1. Overture
10. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music: 2. Entry of the Mechanicals
11. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music: Introduction to Act 2
12. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music: 4. Intermezzo
13. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music: 5. Introduction to Act 3
14. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music: 6. Wedding March
15. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music: 7. Bergomask
16. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music: 8. Fairies' Dance
17. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music: 9. Finale
18. Overture & Dance from The Frogs: Overture
19. Overture & Dance from The Frogs: Dance
20. Jolly Roger Overture

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CD Details

All Artists: Walter Leigh, Nicholas Braithwaite, Trevor Pinnock, London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra
Title: Walter Leigh
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Lyrita
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 10/9/2007
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Vocal, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Instruments, Keyboard, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 400000002453, 5020926028921

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Album Description

Legendary performances on CD for the first time Walter Leigh, born in 1905 and killed in action near Tobruk in 1942, was a craftsman-composer of a sort commoner in the eighteenth than in the twentieth century. Almost all his music was written for immediate use; like Haydn, he would not have dreamed of fulfilling a commission without ascertaining the probable capabilities of his performers; he could plug in to any number of different idioms according to the needs of the occasion.

CD Reviews

Gift for melody, music reminiscent of Finzi, Elgar, Butterwo

Todd Nolan | Seattle, WA USA | 03/13/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Three of my favorite discs to take off of the shelves every few months or so are collections of shorter orchestral works by Gerald Finzi, Edward Elgar and George Butterworth. This Lyrita CD is worth your while if you are also fond of Elgar's 'lighter' pieces, and the type of elegaic miniatures that Finzi & Butterworth excelled at (Prelude & Romance, Introit, Severn Rhapsody, Banks of Green Willow, Shropshire Lad). Leigh's music doesn't reach the heights of Vaughan William's Symphony #5 or Elgar's three masterpieces and Gerontius, but I found myself playing the selections from Midsummer Night's Dream, the lento from Music for String Orchestra & the haunting Andante from the Concertino for Harpsichord over and over weeks after my purchase. Recommended for all classical music lovers, but a must-buy for those who like the English composers connected to the Parry/Stanford/Vaughan Williams/Holst school of nostalgic, folk-tinged, bittersweet melodies."