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	Release Date: 11/21/2006 Label: Hallé Catalog #: 7512 Spars Code: n/a Composer: Arnold Bax, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gerald Finzi, Frederick Delius, Sir Edward Elgar, John Ireland Performer: Lyn Fletcher Conductor: Mark Elder Orchestra/Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra Chorus Number of Discs: 1 Recorded in: Stereo	CD $13.49 Low Stock

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For the rarity on its latest in-house disc, the Hallé has reached into its own past for Gerald Finzi’s The Fall of the Leaf, left partly unorchestrated when the composer died in 1956, and completed by Howard Ferguson for a Hallé premiere under John Barbirolli the following year. It’s a touching elegy with a powerful climax, performed here with obvious affection. On more familiar territory, the orchestra’s leader Lyn Fletcher catches the ‘chirrup, whistle, slur and shake’ of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending to sweet perfection; RVW’s First Norfolk Rhapsody is suitably atmospheric; and Bax’s Tintagel surges and roars majestically, though here the generally good recording lacks a little opulence. The only other possible cavils concern the programming. Perhaps something reflecting the Hallé’s own northern landscapes could have replaced the French and Norwegian scenes of Delius’s Summer Night on the River and On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring. And short unaccompanied choral items by Elgar and Ireland, sung with precise chording and enunciation, are tacked on at the end rather than integrated into a programme for continuous listening. But you don’t need an iPod to shuffle, and whatever order you play this disc in you’ll find something to enjoy. Performance: *** Sound: ** -- Anthony Burton, BBC Music Magazine


Works on This Recording		Back to Top

1.	Tintagel by Arnold Bax
	Conductor: Mark Elder Orchestra/Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1917-1919; England


2.	The lark ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams
	Performer: Lyn Fletcher (Violin) Conductor: Mark Elder Orchestra/Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1914/1920; England


3.	The Fall of the Leaf, Op. 20 by Gerald Finzi
	Conductor: Mark Elder Orchestra/Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1939-1941; England


4.	Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams
	Conductor: Mark Elder Orchestra/Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1905-1906; England


5.	Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra: no 2, Summer Night on the River by Frederick Delius
	Conductor: Mark Elder Orchestra/Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1911; France


6.	Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra: no 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo by Frederick Delius
	Conductor: Mark Elder Orchestra/Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1912; France


7.	Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30: As Torrents in Summer by Sir Edward Elgar
	Conductor: Mark Elder Orchestra/Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1894-1896; England


8.	The Hills by John Ireland
	Conductor: Mark Elder Orchestra/Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra Chorus Period: 20th Century Written: England

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