COMPOSERS: Grainger
LABELS: Cala
ALBUM TITLE: Grainger
WORKS: The Warriors; Danish Folk-Music Suite; Hill Songs 1 & 2 etc
PERFORMER: Melbourne SO/Simon
CATALOGUE NO: CACDS 4033
Excellently remastered for SACD, this is a real collectors’ piece. Simon’s spirited renditions still sound first-rate, and this is the only version of Grainger’s folk setting Beautiful Fresh Flower as orchestrated by Peter Sculthorpe. Calum MacDonald
Grainger: The Warriors; Danish Folk-Music Suite; Hill Songs 1 & 2 etc
Excellently remastered for SACD, this is a real collectors’ piece. Simon’s spirited renditions still sound first-rate, and this is the only version of Grainger’s folk setting Beautiful Fresh Flower as orchestrated by Peter Sculthorpe. Calum MacDonald
Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:03 pm