Classical

Sleeve Notes: Scheherazade, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff (1844-1908) is a sea haunted work that has never failed to exercise its magic from the time it was composed, in 1888, to to-day. It is an extraordinarily strong and beautiful composition portraying with … Continued

Sleeve Notes: The eight selections performed here represent out-standing peaks of musical achievement in which the composers pull out all the stops and use the combined resources of that formidable body known as the full orchestra to underscore or actually … Continued

Label: SAGA XID 5279 1966 1960s Covers

Label: Supraphon SUB ST 54452 1962 1960s Covers

Sleeve notes: London’s Stoll Theatre has gone. A giant block of offices stands on its site. A small theatre is hidden inside it. But the memories of great nights at the Stoll linger on. On April 20, 1955, the curtain … Continued

Sleeve Notes: Ravel’s Bolero was commissioned by the dancer Ida Rubenstein, and was originally presented by her in Paris during 1928. In its original form it was a dance pantomime with a Spanish setting, and Ida Rubenstein, portraying an attractive … Continued

Sleeve Notes: There are probably few more familiar tunes than the English traditional melody “Greensleeves.” From 1580 at least – when it was first mentioned in a registry of ballads printed in London – to the present day, it has … Continued

Sleeve Notes: The Concerto in G major, K. 453. written by Mozart in 1784, takes a place of importance among the master’s piano concertos. Behind the marvellous thematic complexity of the first movement one discerns a strange emotional unrest. The … Continued