Composer: Robert Docker
Performer: David Presley, William Davies
Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Barry Knight
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574322
Release: 2022
Size: 288 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Legend
02. Scène du bal
Contrasts for Oboe & Strings
03. No. 1, Alla marcia
04. No. 2, Romanza
05. No. 3, Rondolet
06. Tabarinage
Scenes de Ballet
07. I. Prelude
08. II. Allegretto
09. III. Adage
10. IV. Finale
Air & Jig
12. Air (Arr. for Orchestra)
12. The Spirit of Cambria
13. Fairy Dance Reel
14. Blue Ribbons
15. Pastiche Variations
Robert Docker was one of the giants of light music – a composer and arranger whose works graced stage, screen, radio and television. Two of his best pieces were written for piano and orchestra: Legend, which can rank alongside Addinsell’s Warsaw Concerto; and the brilliantly witty inventions of the Pastiche Variations. Not only was Docker a distinguished orchestrator, he was also a rich melodist as his classic Scène du bal illustrates, while the composer’s impish humour can be savoured in Tabarinage. Docker’s early training as a classical violist fully equipped him to explore the British pastoral tradition in the languid and beautiful Air.