William Davies, David Presley, RTE Concert Orchestra, Barry Knight - Docker: 3 Contrasts, Scènes de ballet & Pastiche Variations (2022)

Tracklist

01. Legend
02. Scène du bal
03. 3 Contrasts for Oboe & Strings: No. 1, Alla marcia
04. 3 Contrasts for Oboe & Strings: No. 2, Romanza
05. 3 Contrasts for Oboe & Strings: No. 3, Rondolet
06. Tabarinage
07. Scènes de ballet: I. Prelude
08. Scènes de ballet: II. Allegretto
09. Scènes de ballet: III. Adage
10. Scènes de ballet: IV. Finale
11. Air & Jig: Air (Arr. for Orchestra)
12. The Spirit of Cambria
13. Fairy Dance Reel
14. Blue Ribbons
15. Pastiche Variations



Robert Docker was one of the giants of light music – a composer and arranger whose works graced stage, screen, radio and television. Two of his best pieces were written for piano and orchestra: Legend, which can rank alongside Addinsell’s Warsaw Concerto (Naxos 8.554323); and the brilliantly witty inventions of the Pastiche Variations. Not only was Docker a distinguished orchestrator, he was also a rich melodist as his classic Scène du bal illustrates, while the composer’s impish humour can be savoured in Tabarinage. Docker’s early training as a classical violist fully equipped him to explore the British pastoral tradition in the languid and beautiful Air.

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