Ralph Vaughan Williams & James MacMillan: Oboe Concertos Nicholas Daniel
Album info
Album-Release:
2015
HRA-Release:
01.04.2015
Label: harmonia mundi
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Artist: Nicholas Daniel, Britten Sinfonia & James MacMillan
Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), James MacMillan (1959-), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Concerto for oboe and strings in A minor (1944)
- 1I. Rondo Pastorale08:17
- 2II. Minuet and Musette02:50
- 3III. Finale (Scherzo)09:28
- James MacMillan (1959-): One for chamber orchestra (2012)
- 4One04:49
- Oboe Concerto (2010) – dedicated to Nicholas Daniel
- 5I. [marcato e ritmico]05:49
- 6II. Largo10:28
- 7III. Allegro07:41
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Suite on English Folk Tunes: A Time There Was, Op. 90 (1974)
- 8I. Cakes and Ale02:33
- 9II. The bitter whey03:02
- 10III. Hankin Booby02:28
- 11IV. Hunt the squirrel01:28
- 12V. Lord Melbourne06:57
Info for Ralph Vaughan Williams & James MacMillan: Oboe Concertos
Two major British oboe concertos featuring soloist Nicholas Daniel with the Britten Sinfonia. Composer James MacMillan conducts the world premiere recording of his own Concerto (dedicated to Nicholas Daniel), as well as his 2012 composition 'One' and the Britten 'Suite on English Folk Tunes: A Time There Was'.
The oboist himself directs the Ralph Vaughan Williams concerto, the work with which he won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition at the age of 18.
Nicholas Daniel, oboe, director (on tracks 1-3), cor anglais solo (on track 12)
Britten Sinfonia
James MacMillan, conductor (on tracks 4-12)
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