Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle (1st work); Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (2nd-5th and 7th-8th work) ; London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (4th work) ; Elmar Oliveira, violin ; Barbara Hendricks, soprano ; Sir Thomas Allen, baritone ; Roger Vignoles, piano ; Endellion String Quartet ; Leon McCawley, piano ; Jeannne Baxtresser, flute ; Joseph Robinson, oboe ; Stanley Drucker, clarinet ; Judith Le Clair, bassoon ; Phillip Meyers, horn. Recorded 1986-2008. Previously issued separately. Compact discs.. Program notes in English by Martin Cotton with German and French translations (11 p.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Disc 1. Adagio for strings, op. 11 (8:53) ; The school for scandal. Overture, op. 5 (8:25) ; Violin concerto, op. 14 (23:31) (Elmar Oliveira, violin) ; Knoxville: Summer of 1915 op. 24 (15:37) (Poem by James Agee) (Barbara Hendricks, soprano) ; Essay for Orchestra, op. 12 (9:17) ; Medea's dance of vengeance, op. 32a (13:06) -- Disc 2. Dover Beach op. 3 (Matthew Arnold) (8:22) (Sir Thomas Allen, baritone, Roger Vignoles, piano, Endellion String Quartet) ; Piano sonata op. 26 (20:34) ; Excursions op. 20 (13:56) (Leon McCawley, piano) ; Summer music for wind quintet op. 31 (11:31) (Jeannne Baxtresser, flute ; Joseph Robinson, oboe ; Stanley Drucker, clarinet ; Judith Le Clair, bassoon ; Phillip Meyers, horn) ; Three songs op. 2 (4:53) (Sir Thomas Allen, baritone ; Roger Vignoles, piano) ; String quartet op. 11 (18:21) (Endellion String Quartet).
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