Christopher Sorensen - Complete Greatest Hits - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Redgate is acknowledged by many to be the no. 1 oboist in contemporary music today. This new recording of works by British composers brings the very best of new music including the utterly superb title track by Michael Finnissy, the almost romantic piece by Howard Skempton and major contributions from Clarke, Fox and Roger Redgate, who also conducts Ensemble Expose. Album Tracks 1. Quintet for Oboe and Strings (Redgate) 2. Greatest Hits of All Time (Finnissy) 3. Eperonsd (Redgate0 4. Oboe Quintet (Fox) 5. Garland for Obe and String Trio (Skempton) 6. Ceci N'est Pas Une Forme (Finnissy) 7. Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet (Clarke)

Album Tracks 1. Adagio 2. Allegretto 3. Vivace 4. Largo 5. Allegro 6. Vivace Assai 7. Poco Largo 8. Fuga Alla Breve 9. Allegro 10. Larghetto Alla Siciliana 11. Allegro 12. Vivace 13. Adagio E Mesto 14. Allegro Moderato 15. Allegretto

He reputation of the Anglo-Scottish composer William Wordsworth (1908-88), great-great-grandnephew of the poet, has recently been restored by a series of Toccata Classics albums of his orchestral music. His piano music, too, was poorly known before now, none of it recorded since a handful of pieces appeared on LP 60 years ago - though his epic Piano Sonata is a work of major importance. This first ever complete recording reveals an honest, unfussy approach to the keyboard akin to that of two other major symphonists, Sibelius and Rubbra like them, Wordsworth's primary concern seems to have been the expression of deep feeling - which makes the gentle story-telling of his miniatures for children all the more surprising. Album Tracks 1. I. Maestoso - Allegro Deciso [13 21] 2. II. Largamente E Calmato [06 13] 3. III. Allegro Molto - Poco Adagio - Tempo I [07 30] 4. No. 1. Prelude [04 40] 5. No. 2. Scherzo [02 04] 6. No. 3. Rhapsody [03 51] 7. I. Prelude [04 35] 8. II. Scherzo [01 34] 9. III. Nocturne [04 58] 10. IV. Fughetta [02 11] 11. Ballade, Op. 41 [07 55] 12. A Tale from Long Ago [01 48] 13. March of the Giants [01 16] 14. Ding Dong Bell [01 19] 15. Snowflakes [01 38] 16. Fireside Story [02 28] 17. Bedtime (Six O'Clock) [01 13] 18. Bedtime Story [01 25] 19. Hornpipe [01 03] 20. Valediction, Op. 82 [10 00