Composer: Edward William Elgar, Gustav Theodore Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Haydn Wood
Performer: Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Wind Ensemble
Orchestra: Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: David Bernard
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Recursive Classics
Catalogue: RC5946217D
Release: 2022
Size: 696 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Wood: Mannin Veen-“Dear Isle of Man”
01. I. The Good Old Way (Moderato)
02. II. The Manx Fiddler (Allegro moderato)
03. III. Sweet Water in the Common (L’istesso tempo)
04. IV. Manx Fisherman’s Evening Hymn (Andante moderato)
05. V. The Manx Fiddler (reprise) (Allegro moderato)
06. VI. Finale (Andante moderato)
Holst: First Suite for Military Band, Op. 28 No. 1
07. I. Chaconne
08. II. Intermezzo
09. III. March
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
10. I. Largo sostenuto
11. II. Poco piu animato
12. III. Tempo del principio
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, “Enigma”
13. Theme (Andante)
14. I. C.A.E. (L’istesso tempo)
15. II. H.D.S-P. (Allegro)
16. III. R.B.T. (Allegretto)
17. IV. W.M.B. (Allegro di molto)
18. V. R.P.A. (Moderato)
19. VI. Ysobel (Andantino)
20. VII. Troyte (Presto)
21. VIII. W.N. (Allegretto)
22. IX. Nimrod (Adagio)
23. X. Intermezzo
24. XI. G.R.S. (Allegro di molto)
25. XII. B.G.N. (Andante)
26. XIII. Romanza
27. XIV. Finale E.D.U. (Allegro – Presto)
Admittedly, much of the playing here tends towards the rough and ready – the tuning in moments of the Enigma Variations, in particular, has a mind of its own – but the rarely recorded Mannin Veen by Haydn Wood is nonetheless a very welcome discovery.