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 Music for String Orchestra
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Music for String Orchestra
SPRATLEY, Philip

Catalogue Number: TOCC0088
EAN: 5060113440884
Release Date: 06 July 2009
Duration: 72:10

Clarinet Concertino, Byard's Leap, Op. 27
Recorder Concertino, A Gallery of Cats, Op. 26
Sinfonietta, Op. 6
Suite, In Outlaw Country, Op 12b

Linda Merrick, clarinet
John Turner, recorder
Tracey Redfern, trumpet
Eira Lynn Jones, harp
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
Manchester Sinfonia
Philip Spratley, conductor

This CD reveals a fresh, original and immediately attractive voice in British music. Philip Spratley, born in Nottinghamshire in 1942, has his roots in English folksong and his compositions are strongly evocative of the countryside – though animated by a rhythmic vivacity and drive that recalls Shostakovich, Britten and Tippett. Spratley's music also abounds in memorable melodies, and his ability to write tunes with the ring of folksong about them reveals him as a true heir of Holst and Vaughan Williams.

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Track No. Track Title/Details Duration Sample Download Track
  Sinfonietta for Strings and Timpani, Op. 6 (1964, rev. 1988)
Philip Spratley, composer
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
26:41
1 I. Pezzo poco serioso 8:29
2 II. Arioso 6:39
3 III. Scherzo 5:52
4 IV. Pezzo meno serioso 5:41
  Clarinet Concertino, Byard's Leap, Op. 27 (1983, rev. 2006)
Philip Spratley, composer
Linda Merrick, clarinet
Manchester Sinfonia
Philip Spratley, conductor
16:23
5 I. Cadenza - Andante pastorale 7:57
6 II. Larghetto et desolato 4:22
7 III. Allegro non troppo 4:04
  Recorder Concertino, A Gallery of Cats, Op. 26 (1982-83)
Philip Spratley, composer
John Turner, recorder
Manchester Sinfonia
Philip Spratley, conductor
13:10
8 I. Alla Giga 1:37
9 II. Alla Pavan 1:30
10 III. Corante 1:36
11 IV. Lamentoso 2:12
12 V. Ostinato 1:33
13 VI. Alla Valsa 1:23
14 VII: Rigadoon 3:19
  Suite, In Outlaw Country, Op 12b (1970, rev. 1994, 2007)
Philip Spratley, composer
Tracey Redfern, trumpet
Eira Lynn Jones, harp
Manchester Sinfonia
Philip Spratley, conductor
15:56
15 I. Preludio 2:24
16 II. Notturno 3:30
17 III. Scherzo 3:25
18 IV. Lullaby 2:49
19 V. Finale 3:48

Artists

Philip Spratley

Philip Spratley, composer

Linda Merrick

Linda Merrick, clarinet

John Turner

John Turner, recorder

Tracey Redfern

Tracey Redfern, trumpet

Royal Ballet Sinfonia

Royal Ballet Sinfonia, orchestra
[credit: Bill Cooper]

Barry Wordsworth

Barry Wordsworth, conductor

Manchester Sinfonia, orchestra

Philip Spratley

Philip Spratley, conductor

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