Malcolm Arnold - Dance Music

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Composer: Malcolm Arnold

• (01-04) English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27
• (05-08) English Dances, Set 2, Op. 33
• (09-10) Solitaire
• (11-14) Irish Dances, Op. 126
• (15-18) Scottish Dances, Op. 59
• (19-22) Cornish Dances, Op. 91

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Malcolm Arnold, conductor

Date: 1979/1990
Label: Lyrita

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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 10 / SOUND QUALITY: 10

This now-legendary recording of Malcolm Arnold conducting his own delightful English, Scottish, Irish, and Cornish Dances (plus the Sarabande and Polka from the ballet Solitaire) never has been surpassed. True, the playing isn't quite perfect. There are a couple of brass flubs here and there, but you have to strain to hear them and probably won't notice. More to the point, the sheer gusto of the interpretations (witness English Dance No. 4) and the impact of the superb engineering remain in a class of their own. Colorful, tuneful, and a delight from first note to last, this disc is a treasure whose appeal hasn't dimmed a bit since the day it was released. No self-respecting collector of English music can afford to be without it. [9/19/2006]

-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday

More reviews:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Mar04/Arnold_dances.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Sept06/Arnold_Dances_SRCD201.htm
https://www.amazon.com/English-Dances-Scotish-Cornish-Sarabande/dp/B000027QVJ

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Malcolm Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. He was ranked with Britten as one of the most sought-after composers in Britain. His output of works features music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music for brass band and wind band. He wrote extensively for the theatre, with five ballets specially commissioned by the Royal Ballet, as well as two operas and a musical. He also produced scores for more than a hundred films, among these The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won an Oscar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Arnold

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