Thomas Pitfield: Orchestral Music
TOCC 0765 (Toccata Classics, CD)
DDD
FIRST RELEASE (6 June 2025)
Playing time: 75'03"
Tracks: 22
Booklet pages: 24
℗ 2025 Toccata Classics
© 2025 Toccata Classics
Main country of recording: Latvia
Received: 1 May 2025
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Emma McGrath, violin (tracks 6-9 and 17-21)
Aigars Raumanis, alto saxophone (track 18)
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Jānis Baltābols, leader
Paul Mann, conductor
Thomas Pitfield:
Sinfonietta (1946) (first recording)
1 Introduction and Dance-Variants: Lento e flessibile - Allegro
2 Polka: Moderato articulato
3 Pavan: Poco lento, con molta dignità -
4 Jig: Allegro giocoso
5 Finale: Allegro risoluto
Fantasia on an Old Staffordshire Tune for violin and orchestra (1950) (first recording)
6 Andante contemplativo -
7 Allegro marcato -
8 Cadenza -
9 Andante contemplativo – Più calmato e sereno
10 Lyric Waltz for string orchestra (1988) (first recording)
Bucolics: Folk Song Studies (undated) (first recording)
11 Comin' through the Rye; Faithful Johnny: Allegretto grazioso
12 Where are you going to, my Pretty Maid?: Allegro marcato -
13 So Far from my Country: Larghetto -
14 Gathering Peascods: Allegro gaiamente e molto ritmico -
15 The Little Room: Poco solenne
16 Carrion Crow: Allegretto poco giocoso
Concerto Lirico for violin and orchestra (1958)
17 Allegro apprensivo - Molto allegro grazioso - Allegro giocoso -
18 Requiem - in Memoriam Albert Hardie (August 2, 1958): Larghetto con dignità -
19 Cadenza -
20 Release: Allegro con brio - Poco meno mosso -
21 Tempo primo - Giocoso - Larghetto tragico
22 Epitaph for string orchestra (1981) (first recording)
Recorded 14-17 January 2025 in the Great Amber Concert Hall, Liepāja, Latvia.