Adrian Thompson - Complete Solo Folksong Arrangements - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Just prior to the Second World War, Sir Adrian single-handedly built the BBC Symphony Orchestra into a world-renowned ensemble. This live 1975 Proms performance of Brahms's Symphony No.4 has never been issued before. It has been recorded in stereo and fully captures the 'Indian summer' that Boult enjoyed at the Proms and in the studio with EMI at the time.

Ernest John Moeran was brought up in Norfolk and the folk music of Ireland and Norfolk were a lasting influence on him. His music studies were interrupted by the 1914-1918 War in which he served on the Western Front sustaining serious head injuries that affected him physically and mentally for the rest of his life. After the war he resumed a passion for collecting folksongs which form the foundation of this collection featuring members of the Weybridge Male Voice Choir, tenor Adrian Thompson and baritone Marcus Farnsworth.

Adrian Boult - Orchestral Works [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/09/2007