W.a. Mozart - HN Cons - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Anthony Hedges was a popular and versatile composer with some 300 broadcasts to his name in Britain and abroad. He wrote prolifically in a variety of genres, often in response to commissions, from music for massed children's choirs and youth orchestras to operas and chamber music. His scenic imagination and atmospheric tone pictures are full of warmth and color, such as can be found in the Four Breton Sketches and Scenes from the Humber, which captures the spirit of the city of Hull, where he spent many years teaching. The delightful Heigham Sound shows his vivacity and compositional élan. Album Tracks 1. Four Breton Sketches (1980) 2. Cantilena, Op. 87A (1982, Orch. 1983) 3. Heigham Sound, Op. 72 (1978) 4. Four Miniature Dances, Op. 28 (1967) 5. Scenes from the Humber, Op. 80 (1980) 6. Kingston Sketches, Op. 36 (1969)

Leopold Godowsky was one of the greatest piano virtuosos of his time, many of whose compositions for the piano have long since taken their place in the repertoire. However, his violin music is almost unknown. Avowal is a charming transcription of his piano work Poem No. 2. The Twelve Impressions were dedicated to Fritz Kreisler and his wife, and are largely derived from Godowsky's original piano pieces but refashioned to allow for Kreisler's fingerings and bowing. Album Tracks 1. Avowal 2. Larghetto Lamentoso 3. Profile (Chopin) 4. Legende 5. Tyrolean (Schuhplattler) 6. Poeme 7. Perpetuum Mobile 8. Elegie 9. Valse 10. Valse Macabre 11. Orientale 12. Saga 13. Viennese (Wienerisch) 14. Waltz Poem No. 1 in G Major 15. Waltz Poem No. 2 in a Major 16. Alt - Wien 17. Nocturnal Tangier

Album Tracks 1. In Dulci Jubilo 2. Largo 3. Dance of the Toy Trumpets 4. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 5. Allegro Non Molto 6. And the Glory of the Lord