Various Artists - O to Be in England / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This new is an uplifting collection of moving and wistful orchestral classics which celebrate the English landscape and it's natural beauty. English composers have always excelled at pastoral music with a hint of nostalgia from 'The lark ascending' to the strains of 'Greensleeves' this evocative selection features some of this pleasant land's finest music. English music-making and composition has long been associated with a reaction to the beautiful and varied rural landscapes of this historic country and is often tinged with nostalgia and a forlorn romanticism. All of the composers on this disc were fascinated by English folk music and many used folk songs as the melodic basis of many of their works. Bax was reflects the subject matter of Tintagel with it's association with King Arthur, Gustav Holst loved the English countryside, having been brought up in Gloucestershire.

The spirit of England in favourite songs and music. From 'Greensleeves' to 'Jupiter', this is a celebration in music of England's green and pleasant land by Elgar, Handel and others, for orchestras and military bands.

Various Artists - Church Bells of England / Various [COMPACT DISCS] date 12/12/1995