1PD25 Hamilton Harty - Conductor, Composer, Arranger
Although now best known as a conductor, during his lifetime Hamilton Harty enjoyed a fine reputation as composer, arranger and accompanist. This disc celebrates all four talents.
It contains recordings made between 1926 and 1934 with Sir Hamilton Harty conducting the Halle Orchestra unless othewise shewn:
Nymphs and Shepherds from Act VI The Libertine (1692) (Purcell)
Dance Duet from Act I Hansel und Gretel (1893) (Humperdinck)
Manchester School Children's Choir ( this the 1929 recording that remained a firm favorite over the years)Water Music (1715-17) - 1 Allegro (Handel arr Harty)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Irish Symphony - Scherzo (Harty)
With the Wild Geese (Harty)
The Corsair Overture (Berlioz) London Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens (Berlioz)
Hungarian Rhapsody No 4 (Liszt arr Doppler)
Flight of the Bumble Bee from Act III The Tsar Saltan (1900) (Rimsky Korsakov)
Kovanshchina - Prelude (1886) (Mussorgsky)
This disc can not be sold to residents of North America.
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