Favourite Orchestral Classics Philharmonic Concert Orchestra & Iain Sutherland

• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704):
• 1 Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146: No. 1, Prelude 01:30
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912):
• 2 Coleridge-Taylor: Petite suite de concert, Op. 77: I. Le caprice de Nanette 03:49
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953):
• 3 Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64: No. 10, The Young Juliet 03:50
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945):
• 4 Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo 03:17
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875):
• 5 Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1, WD 40: II. Minuetto 03:04
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907):
• 6 Grieg: Norwegian March, Op. 54 No. 2 (Version for Orchestra) 02:36
• Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934):
• 7 Delius: 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring 06:39
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847):
• 8 Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M 13: I. Scherzo 05:12
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 9 Bach: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208: IX. Sheep May Safely Graze (Orch. W. Walton) 05:39
• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946):
• 10 Falla: El amor brujo: No. 8, Ritual Fire Dance 03:52
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971):
• 11 Stravinsky: The Firebird: No. 17, Lullaby 03:06
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990):
• 12 Copland: Rodeo: No. 5, Hoe-Down 03:21
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924):
• 13 Puccini: Suor Angelica, SC 87: Intermezzo 04:16
• Edvard Grieg:
• 14 Grieg: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op. 65 No. 6 (Arr. for Orchestra) 04:57
• Frederick Delius:
• 15 Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden 09:54
• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978):
• 16 Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite: V. Galop 02:50
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918):
• 17 Debussy: Petite suite, L. 65: I. En bateau (Arr. for Orchestra) 04:14
• Aram Khachaturian:
• 18 Khachaturian: Gayane Suite No. 3: V. Sabre Dance 02:42
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893):
• 19 Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, TH 12: Introduction 02:34
• Total Runtime 01:17:22

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A celebration of Favourite Orchestral Classics by Iain Sutherland and the Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Recorded in Munich in 1998 and Hanover in 1992, these glorious recordings bear the unmistakable stamp of the Scottish maestro’s reputation for emotion, colour and drama.

Sixteen composers drawn from three centuries of memorable music range from the brilliant heraldic flourish of Charpentier’s Te Deum Prelude (made internationally popular as the signature tune of the European Broadcasting Union) to Stravinsky’s agenda-changing The Firebird, with its beautiful Lullaby.

There is yearning romance in Prokofiev’s ‘The Young Juliet’ and Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana, thrilling fantasy in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Scherzo, ecstatic energy in Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance (Gayane), infectious high spirits in Copland’s Hoe-Down (Rodeo) and the sylvan beauty of On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring by Delius. Other highlights include unforgettable classic moments from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (the delightful ‘Le Caprice de Nanette’), Bizet (the lilting Minuet from L’Arlésienne with its novel use of saxophone), Bach (the sublime Sheep May Safely Graze) and Puccini (Suor Angelica’s melody-rich Intermezzo).

Completing the wide-ranging recital are Grieg’s festive Wedding Day at Troldhaugen and evocative Norwegian Rustic March, the haunting scene-setting introduction to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, and Debussy’s vividly impressionistic En bateau.

Iain Sutherland’s previous SOMM releases include the “impressive… fully recommended” (Musical Opinion) Bernstein: Broadway to Hollywood (Ariadne 5002) and In London Town (SOMMCD 0117) with its “sparkling performances of some of the cream of light music” (MusicWeb International). His two volumes of Great Classic Film Music (Ariadne 5006/5009) received wide acclaim, Classical Music Daily declaring Sutherland makes “the music sound even more exciting than it was thought to be”.

Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Iain Sutherland, conductor

Iain Sutherland
is a conductor of international status. He has received the prestigious Gold Badge Award of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, is a member of the Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain (founded by Handel in 1738), an Emeritus Fellow of the Incorporated Society of Musicians and is a Companion of the Television and Radio Industries Club. On the passing of Dame Joan Sutherland, DBE, he was honoured to be invited by his clan chief, the Countess of Sutherland, to follow Dame Joan as Hon. Vice-President of Clan Sutherland.

Iain was born in Scotland and is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama). His principal instrument was the violin which he studied under Prof. Horace Fellowes, and later under Prof. Sacha Lasserson in London, leading to a highly successful career as an orchestral and studio session violinist playing with the great London symphony orchestras under the greatest conductors of the era such as Klemperer, Boult, Sargent, Solti, Kempe and Groves, and in the film and recording studios with legendary composers like Dimitri Tiomkin, and Malcolm Arnold, before receiving his own first conducting appointment with the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra.

Prior to this, and after basic training, he served his national service as Leader of the orchestra of HM Band of the Grenadier Guards in the footsteps of soon to be famed violinists Hugh Bean and Ralph Holmes. Both he and Ralph Holmes were once put on a charge of “idle on parade” for playing Spohr violin duets after “lights out”, an anecdote he recounts among many in his witty after dinner talk, “My Life in Music; Music in my Life”. He is married to former fashion model, Barbara Williams and his varied interests include history, poetry and current affairs, good food, wine and conversation with amiable friends and colleagues and following the variable fortunes of Partick Thistle FC and Chelsea FC.

Maestro Iain has been a guest conductor of numerous well known orchestras of the world, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. International soloists with whom Iain Sutherland has performed include:- Nicola Benedetti, James Galway, Evelyn Glennie, Julian Lloyd-Webber and Tasmin Little.

His repertoire encompasses baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary works as well as the popular repertoire of Vienna, Hollywood, Broadway and International Light Music. His numerous CDs include 'The Merrymakers - British Light Classics' and 'Great Scottish Classics'.

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