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Composer:
Felix Mendelssohn

Artist(s):
Oliver Vella
William Lang

Conductor:
John Barbirolli

Background: Barbirolli really relished these little overtures and preludes and he brought to them his characteristically elegant phrasing and lively rhythms; note his careful grading of the famous Rossini crescendos in Semiramide, the richness of the orchestral texture in Hansel and Gretel and the vigour and élan of the playing in The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Of the four pieces included here unrelated to the opera house, two make their debut on CD. The Trumpet Voluntary recalls a much earlier Hallé record, made in Manchester’s old Free Trade Hall in 1927 under Sir Hamilton Harty, the Orchestra’s principal conductor from 1920-33. The other title new to CD is his spick-and-span account of The Stars and Stripes Forever which gives the percussion players a chance to enjoy themselves.

CATALOGUE NR: SJB1023
RECORD LABEL: Barbirolli Society
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.25
RELEASE DATE: 19-Apr-2010

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Halle Favourites volume 3
TRACKS: Fingal's Cave (Mendelssohn). Overture: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai). Andante Cantabile (Tchaikovsky). Overture: Oberon (Weber). Overture: Semiramide. Overture: William Tell (Rossini). Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke arr. Wood). Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo Act III (Puccini). Overture Hansel & Gretel (Humperdinck). The Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa).
ORCHESTRA: Halle Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: John Barbirolli
ARTISTS: Oliver Vella   William Lang    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1957-1958

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