BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins - Mackenzie: Orchestral Music incl. Twelfth Night and Coriolanus (1995)

Tracklist

01. The Cricket on the Hearth, Op. 62
02. Twelfth Night, Op. 40: I. [Act II Scene 5] By My Life, This Is My Lady's Hand!
03. Twelfth Night, Op. 40: II. [Act II Scene 5] Why, Thou Hast Put Him in Such a Dream
04. Twelfth Night, Op. 40: III. [Act II Scene 3] Shall We Rouse the Night-Owl in a Catch?
05. Twelfth Night, Op. 40: IV. [Act I Scene 1] O, She That Hath a Heart of That Fine Frame
06. Twelfth Night, Op. 40: V. [Act IV Scene 2] Fool, There Was Never Man so Notoriously Abus'd
07. Twelfth Night, Op. 40: VI. [Act V Scene 1] I'll Be Reveng'd on the Whole Pack of You
08. Benedictus, Op. 37 No. 3
09. Burns "Second Scotch Rhapsody", Op. 24: I. Scots! Wha Hae wi' Wallace Bled
10. Burns "Second Scotch Rhapsody", Op. 24: II. She's Faire and Fause
11. Burns "Second Scotch Rhapsody", Op. 24: III. I Coft a Stane o' Haslock Woo'
12. Coriolanus, Op. 61: I. Prelude. Allegro moderato e marcato
13. Coriolanus, Op. 61: II. Marche funèbre. Andante

This recording of wonderfully theatrical orchestral music by Scottish composer Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1945) revived an unfairly neglected composer’s profile when first issued in 1995. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins are on top form in these colourful showpieces, from the tuneful good cheer of The Cricket on the Hearth overture and the soaringly lovely Benedictus, to the characterful incidental music for two Shakespeare plays, Twelfth Night and Coriolanus, as well as the Burns-inspired Second Scottish Rhapsody. This reissue on Helios is certain to introduce a new audience to Mackenzie’s irresistibly tuneful sound world.

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