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Granville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Hebridean Symphony / Celtic Symphony / The Witch Of Atlas / The Sea Reivers

Album UK 1991 on Hyperion label
Classical (Neo-Romantic, Modern)

20-page booklet with notes in English, French and German Recorded on 21, 22 August 1990. ℗ & © Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCI (on inlay card) ℗ 1991 Hyperion Records Ltd London (on CD label) Liner Notes: Michael Hurd © 1991 Tracks 1 to 14 published by Novello & Co Ltd Tracks 15 to 23 published by Stainer & Bell Ltd Playing time 73'30 Made in England.

     
Musicians
PortraitGranville Bantock , GB
album by
PortraitThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ,
orchestra, album by
PortraitVernon Handley str, 1930-2008 GB
conductor, album by
PortraitAlain Midoux ,
liner notes, french translation
PortraitAnne Steeb ,
liner notes, german translation
PortraitBernd Müller ,
liner notes, german translation
PortraitPercy Bysshe Shelley , 1792-1822 GB
text by, the witch of atlas
Producers
Terry Shannon design
Tony Faulkner engineer
Cecile Kelly executive-producer
Edward Perry executive-producer
Michael Hurd liner notes
Johan Christian Dahl painting, front illustration: morning after a stormy night (1819)
Martin Compton producer
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Celtic Symphony For String Orchestra And Six HarpsGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley19:55
2Lento SostenutoGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley3:31
3Allegro Con FuocoGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley7:10
4Andante Con TenerezzaGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley4:55
5Allegro Con SpiritoGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1:28
6Largamento MaestosoGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley3:00
7The Witch Of Atlas (Tone Poem For Orchestra No 5)Granville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley14:37
8A: A Lady-witch There Lived On Atlas' Mountain Within A Cavern, By A Secret Fountain.Granville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2:07
9B: 'Tis Said, She Was First Changed Into Vapour, And Then Into A Cloud, Such Clouds As Flit, Like Splendour-wingèd Moths About A Taper, Round The Red West When The Sun Dies In It ...Granville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2:18
10C: And Old Silenus, Shaking A Green Stick Of Lilies, And The Wood-gods In A Crew Came, Blithe, As In The Olive Corpses Thick Cicadae Are, Drunk With Noonday Dew: And A Dryope And Faunus Followed Quick, Teasing The God To Sing Them Something New; Till In This Cave They Found A Lady Lone, Sitting Upon A Seat Of Emerald Stone.Granville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2:36
11D: And Every Nymph Of Stream And Spreading Tree, And Every Shepherdess Of Ocean's Flocks, Who Drives Her White Waves Over The Green Sea, And The Ocean With The Brine On His Grey Locks, And Quaint Priapus With His Company, All Came, Much Wondering How The Enwombèd Rocks Could Have Brought Forth So Beautiful A Birth: - Her Love Subdued Their Wonder And Their Mirth.Granville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1:32
12E: For She Was Beautiful: Her Beauty Made The Bright World Dim, And Everything Beside Seemed Like The Fleeting Image Of A Shade ...Granville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1:01
13F: The Deep Recess Of Her Odorous Dwelling Were Stored With Magic Treasures - Sounds Of Air, Which Had The Power All Spirits Compelling.Granville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley0:32
14G: And Then She Called Out To Hollow Turrets Of Those High Clous, White, Golden, And Vermilion, The Armies Of Her High Ministering Spirits - In Mighty Legions Million After Million They Came, Each Troop Emblazoning Its Merits On Meteor Flags; As Many A Proud Pavilion, Of The Intertexture Of The Atmosphere, They Pitched Upon The Plain Of The Calm Mere.Granville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley1:53
15H: To Those She Saw Most Beautiful, She Gave Strange Panacea In A Crystal Bowl: They Drank In Their Deep Sleep Of Of That Sweet Wave, And Lived Thenceforth As If Some Control, Mightier Than Life, Were In Them; And The Grave Of Such, When Death Oppressed The Weary Soul, Was A Green And Over-aching Bower Lit By The Gems Of Many A Starry Flower.Granville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2:53
16The Sea Reivers (Hebridean Sea Poem No 2)Granville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley3:53
17A Hebridean SymphonyGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley35:06
18UntitledGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley7:26
19UntitledGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley3:01
20UntitledGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley5:41
21UntitledGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley3:23
22UntitledGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley3:28
23UntitledGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley3:51
24UntitledGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2:51
25UntitledGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley2:08
26UntitledGranville Bantock - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley3:20
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