Eric Coates: Orchestral Works Vol 4

Eric Coates: Orchestral Works Vol 4

CHAN 20292 (Chandos Records, CD)

FIRST RELEASE (12 July 2024)

Playing time: 61'36"
Tracks: 22
Booklet pages: 36
℗ 2024 Chandos Records Ltd
© 2024 Chandos Records Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Eric Coates: Orchestral Works Vol 4 published on 16 August 2024

Alex Jakeman, flute (tracks 19-22)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Torchinsky, leader
John Wilson, conductor

Eric Coates:

1 Music Everywhere (Rediffusion March, 1948)

2 Footlights - concert valse (1939)

3 I Sing to You (Je vous ferai une chanson) - souvenir (1940)

4-14 The Three Bears from 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ - phantasy (1926)

15-17 From Meadow to Mayfair - suite for orchestra (1931)

18 Under the Stars (1928)

Four Centuries - suite (1941)
19 Prelude and Hornpipe. Seventeenth Century
20 Pavane and Tambourin. Eighteenth Century
21 Valse. Nineteenth Century
22 Rhythm. Twentieth Century

John Wilson's survey of the music of Eric Coates continues with this album featuring the orchestral suites Four Centuries and From Meadow to Mayfair, alongside The Three Bears phantasy. Under the Stars, I Sing to You, Footlights and Music Everywhere complete the programme.

Recorded on 16 and 17 March 2023 at MediaCityUK, Salford, Manchester, UK.