Alfred Deller – Will You Buy A Fine Dog? By Thomas Morley.
Raising The Tone
It Ain't What They Call Rock And Roll
An attempt to split things up a bit as the quantity of music posts mounts up. I could say what it includes but why spoil the surprise.
59% Of All Film Scores
Draw something from Gustav Holst’s Planets Suite.
Shoichi Yabuta – Anima
Just the thing for Monday morning.
And a bonus for those of you who like to play along at home – the video is of the score.
The world première on 26th April 2013 played by the RSO Wien with Cornelius Meister conducting.
Missing From A Lot Of Christmas Playlists Again This Year
William Henry Fry – Santa Claus Symphony (1853).
Not One You Hear On The Radio Every Day
I bought a CD of Music For Viola & Orchestra (probably prompted by listening to too much Anoice) which includes a version of this one by Herbert Howells from 1917- Elegy for Viola, String Quartet and String Orchestra.
Viola doesn’t seem to get many cheery tunes.
Septura – Elgar: Serenade II for Brass Septet
Quite a change of direction for the Brazilian metallers…
Arcana (1927)
Edgar Varèse has never been hugely popular other than with every soundtrack composer ever.
Ottorino Respighi – Butanan
Of orchestral pieces based on the work of Brazilian institutes studying the venom of poisonous animals to create antidotes this is amongst my favourites.
If There’s A Better Double Violin Concerto In D Minor Than Bach’s I Don’t Know It
Literally. It’s the only one I know.
Quite Different From The Dion Version
