G R A C E M A R Y W I L L I A M S Welsh classical composer (1906-1977)
Discography of Grace Williams' works
ORCHESTRAL WORKS, VOL. 1
LYRITA CD SRCD323 [69:45]
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes (1940) [11:03]
Carillons for Oboe and Orchestra (1965, rev. 1973) [10:31]
Penillion* (1955) [15:49]
Trumpet Concerto (1963) [13:27]
Sea Sketches** (1944) [18:55]
Anthony Camden (oboe)
Howard Snell (trumpet)
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves
*Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves
**English Chamber Orchestra/David Atherton
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ORCHESTRAL WORKS, VOL. 2
LYRITA CD SRCD327 [73:23]
Ballads (1968) [17:12]
Fairest of Stars* (1973) [14:09]
Symphony No. 2 (1956) [37:51]
*Janet Price (soprano)
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra/Vernon Handley
*London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves.
rec. BBC Studio One, Llandaff, 24-25 March 1979 (originally released on BBC Artium REGL381)
*Abbey Road Studios, London, 22 November 1973 (originally HMV ASD3006).
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CHAMBER MUSIC
NAXOS 8571380 [71:11]
Violin Sonata (1930, rev. 1938) [18:03]
Sextet for Oboe, Trumpet, Piano and String Trio* (1931) [31:37]
Suite for Nine Instruments* (1934) [13:39]
Romanza for Oboe and Bass Clarinet (1940s) [2:14]
Sarabande for Piano Left Hand** (1958) [4:03]
Rondo for Dancing, for Two Violins and Cello (1970) [1:55]
Madeleine Mitchell, violin
*London Chamber Ensemble
Konstantin Lapshin, piano
John Anderson, oboe
Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet
**David Owen Norris, piano
Gordon MacKay, violin
Joseph Spooner, cello
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CHANDOS 9617 (1984) CHORAL WORKS
The Dancers [19:39]
Two Choruses* [10:17]
Ave Maris Stella [11:17]
Six Gerard Manley Hopkins Poems [16:41]
Eiddwen Harrhy, soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
Caryl Thomas, harp
Simon Standage & Elizabeth Shenton, violins
Richard Williamson & Simon Whistler, violas
John Heley & Shuna Wilson, cellos
*Frank Lloyd & Christopher Larkin, horns
Richard Hickox Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
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LORELT LNT140 MY LAST DUCHESS
THE SONGS OF GRACE WILLIAMS
1. My Last Duchess [11.36]
2-3 Two 9th Century Welsh Poems [6.06]
4. Tarantella [2.43]
5. Thou Art the One Truth [3.48]
6. The Red Sun Rises [1.45]
7-10. Four Medieval Welsh Poems [13.05]
11-12. Two Welsh Folk Songs [2.40]
13-18. Six Welsh Oxen Songs [8.40]
19. Margoton va t’à l’eau (Belinda Went to the Well) [1.25]
20. Morfa Rhuddlan (The Red Marsh) [2.25]
21. Hun Gwenllian (The Little Princess) [3.18]
22. Bugeilio ’r Gwenith Gwyn (Watching the Wheat) [4.03]
23. Dafydd y Garreg Wen (David of the White Rock) 2.48]
24. Y Bore Glas (The Early Dawn) [1.19]
22-25. Yr Eneth Ffein Ddu (The Lovely Dark Maid) [2.19]
26. Cariad Cyntaf (First Love) 2.58]
27 Hiraeth (Longing) [2.10]
28. Y Gwydd (The Loom) [3.26]
Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone
Paula Fan, piano & harpsichord
Rachel Kay Green, harp
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BBC Music Magazine B0010XHG5I
includes :
Ballads for Orchestra (1968)
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Baldur Brönnimann
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CBC B002X06YQE (2000)
reedited by :
Alliance B00009LW0E (2003)
includes :
Sea Sketches, for String orchestra (1944)
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra/Roy Goodman
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NAXOS/MARCO POLO 8.225048 (1999)
ASIN : B000038I7Y
"Welsh Classical Favourites"
includes :
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes [10:34]
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny
Recorded at St Paul's Church, New Southgate, London, on January 13 or 14, 1997.
Engineer : Antony Askew
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Womyn's Work
L&V Records (634479062728)
(1999 - reedited in 2002 and 2007)
ASIN : B0014EOLWE
includes :
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (1963) [12:55]
Lisa Lynn Verzella (trumpet)
Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
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Themes & Variations : Variations by Nineteen British Composers
(2001) - reedited in 2012 by NMC Recordings
includes :
Variation on "Braint" [4:34]
from the collective work
"Severn Bridge Variations" (1966)
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jac van Steen
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SEA OF GLASS (MÔR O WYDR)
LORELT LNT 105 Orig. Inanna Publications
(1994 - reedited in 2002 and 2008)
includes :
Hiraeth, for solo harp (1951) [3:00]
Elinor Bennett, harp
Recorded at St. Silas Church, London, 1994
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WELSH PORTRAITS (PORTREADAU CYMREIG)
SAIN RECORDS SCD 2308 (2001)
includes :
The Silent Pool (Y Llyn Mud), prelude for piano (1932) [3:23]
Iwan Llewelyn-Jones, piano
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HARP MUSIC FROM SIX CENTURIES
GLOBE GLO 5133
(1995) - reedited in 2002
includes :
Hiraeth, for solo harp (1951) [2:57]
Edward Witsenburg, harp
Recorded in Utrecht, Netherlands,
December 1994
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TRUMPET MUSIC FROM WALES
TŶ CERDD RECORDS ("Discover Welsh Music")
(2016)
includes :
Elegy for Cynddylan, for Trumpet and Piano (1970) [2:04]
Philippe Schartz, trumpet
Chris (Christopher) Williams, piano
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BIR KITAP GIBI 2
KALAN MÜZIK 8691834008991
(2010)
includes :
Hiraeth (Özlem), for solo harp (1951) [1:44]
Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu, harp
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