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艾瑞克.寇茲: 管絃樂作品第三集
約翰.威爾森 指揮
BBC愛樂管弦樂團

John Wilson's third volume devoted to music by Eric Coates combines some of the composer's larger-scale works with miniatures and two marches. The Cinderella Phantasy frames the well-known fairy-tale from Cinderella's perspective, glossing over the more brutal elements of the original, with some notably descriptive writing for the dream sequences, the ball, and of course the happy ending. The Three Men is to some extent autobiographical, as Coates explores his love of his native Nottinghamshire countryside, his love for London, and his love of the sea. The Three Elizabeths is a suite of portraits of three great figures in English History – Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabeth of Glamis (then the Queen Consort, now remembered as the Queen Mother), and Princess Elizabeth (who of course would become Queen Elizabeth II). Last Love is a wistful Romance written in 1939, while the much later Sweet Seventeen, a beautiful waltz, was inspired by the love of dancing harboured by both Eric and his wife, Phyllis. In fact, the title refers to his first date with 'Phyl', at the Blenheim Restaurant, the day before her seventeenth birthday. Two marches complete the programme: Television March was commissioned by the BBC (just three weeks before the date of broadcast!) for the resumption of television broadcasting in 1946, while The Dam Busters was used as the main title for Michael Anderson's 1955 film and is arguably the composer's most widely known work.

ERIC COATES
Orchestral Works, Volume 3
1. Television March 3:28

The Three Men 13:53
Suite for Orchestra
To Stanford Robinson and the B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra
2. I The Man from the Country. Andante (maestoso) - 4:16
Allegroo - Presto - Andante (maestoso)
3. II The Man about Town. Allegretto - Piu mosso - Tempo I 4:56
4. III The Man from the Sea. Allegro - Piu mosso - 4:33
Tempo I - Poco piu mosso - Allegro molto

Cinderella 15:39
A Phantasy
To Cinderella
5. (Cinderella, alone by the fire, dreaming) Andante - 1:16
6. (Her Fairy Godmother calls her softly and she gradually wakes) - 1:35
7. (Cinderella dresses for the ball) - Agitato - 2:21
(Cinderella gets into the carriage) -
(She drives away) Allegro -
(Cinderella has misgivings as to the result of her adventure) -
(She feels reassured) -
8. (Cinderella arives at the Palace) - 1:20
(She watches the dancers) Valse allegro -
(The ugly sisters attempt to dance) - Broadly -
(The Prince sees Cinderella) -
(He asks cinderella to dance with him) -
9. (The Prince and Cinderella dance together) Tempo di Valse lento - 2:03
Piu mosso - Animato -
(The Fairy Godmother warns Cinderella) -
Vivace (roughly) -
10. (The Clock strikes Twelve) Heavy - 0:33
(Cinderella runs away, leaving one little glass slipper behind her)
Presto -
11.(Cinderella, once more sitting by the fireside, dreaming of the Ball and
her dance with the Prince) Andante - 1:13
12. (She fancies she hears her Fairy Godmother calling her again) - 1:01
13. (The Prince''s Trumpeters are heard in the distance) 2:11
Tempo di Marcia allegro -
(The Prince and his attendants set out to search for the owner of
the glass slipper) A tempo (very rhythmic) - Piu mosso -
14. (The Prince and his attendants arrive at Conderella''s house) 1:04
A tempo di Marcia -
(Cinderella''''s sisters try on the slipper) Piu mosso - Allargando -
Moderato (broadly) -
(The Prince tries the slipper on Cinderella''''s foot) -
15. (The slipper fits) - Largamente - Allegro molto - 0:59
Accelerando molto al fine

16. The Dam Busters 3:51
March
Con spirito - Cantabile (poco meno mosso) - Tempo I - Grandioso
17. Last Love 3:26
Romance
Andante - Poco piu mosso - A tempo I
18. Sweet Seventeen 4:56
Concert Valse
For my beloved Phyl
Animato - Tempo di Valse allegro - (Scherzando) -
Poco meno mosso - Piu mosso - Animato -
A tempo I - Vivace - Presto

The Three Elizabeths 21:03
Suite
Dedicated by permission to Her Majesty The Queen
19. I Halcyon Days (Elizabeth Tudor). Andante maestoso - 7:30
Allegro vivace - Piu mosso
20. II Springtime in Angus (Elizabeth of Glamis). Andante - 8:15
Poco piu mosso - A tempo [Andante] - Piu mosso -
Tempo I
Will Oinn oboe
21. III March. Youth of Britain (The Princess Elizabeth). Con spirito - 5:09
Cantabile - Molto ritmico - Grandioso - Tempo I

Total time: 65:56
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Helena Wood leader
Conductor: John Wilson