Title: British Music for Strings IV Artist: Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim Label: Cpo Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 761203545223 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2025-08-15 Number of Discs: 1
The fourth volume of this diverse and instructive series presents itself as a "group portrait with a lady". In this installment, Douglas Bostock and the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim continue their exploration of British string music history. Representing the "fairer sex" among her colleagues is Imogen Holst, daughter of the renowned composer of The Planets. Of all the composers featured, she employs the most advanced musical language. Nevertheless, they are all united by a shared artistic ethos: they creatively follow in the footsteps of the old masters, devising various ways to bridge the spirit of past centuries with their own time. This may take shape as variations or as a musical monument, but more often than not, it unfolds "en suite" - with refined taste and that distinctly British sense of conservatism.
Tracks: 1.1 Denbigh Suite~Praeludium 1.2 Denbigh Suite~Pavane 1.3 Denbigh Suite~Gavotte 1.4 Denbigh Suite~Jig 1.5 Vectis. Suite, Op. 82~March 1.6 Vectis. Suite, Op. 82~Boree 1.7 Vectis. Suite, Op. 82~Slow Minuet 1.8 Vectis. Suite, Op. 82~Mayday Dance 1.9 Vectis. Suite, Op. 82~Thanksgiving 1.10 Suite~Prelude 1.11 Suite~Fugue 1.12 Suite~Intermezzo 1.13 Suite~Jig 1.14 Homage to William Sterndale Bennett 1.15 Theme and Variations~Theme 1.16 Theme and Variations~Variation I: Minuet - Trio 1.17 Theme and Variations~Variation II: Air and Canon 1.18 Theme and Variations~Variation III: Mazurka 1.19 Theme and Variations~Variation IV: Hymn 1.20 Theme and Variations~Variation V: Finale 1.21 Shade and Shine~Prelude 1.22 Shade and Shine~Cradle Song 1.23 Shade and Shine~Intermezzo 1.24 Shade and Shine~Humoreesque
