艾瑞克.寇茲: 管絃樂作品第四集
約翰.威爾森 指揮
BBC愛樂管弦樂團

John Wilson's fourth volume devoted to music by Eric Coates opens with Music Everywhere, a rousing march that was commissioned by Britain's first independent TV and radio service, Rediffusion, for use as its signature tune. The concert waltz Footlights is a life-affirming evocation of the glamour of the inter-war West End, created just weeks before the start of the Second World War. In wartime, as it turned out, the demand for refreshing, morale-boosting music would be higher than ever. Coates's 'Souvenir' I Sing to You was premiered on 14 March 1940 – the week in which wartime meat rationing was introduced in the UK. Composed for his young son Austin, The Three Bears Phantasy transports the Goldilocks fairytale firmly into the 1920s. From Meadow to Mayfair reflects Coates's own journey from rural Nottinghamshire to life in London. Under the Stars, composed in 1928, marks the first inclusion by Coates of an alto saxophone in his orchestration. The Four Centuries Suite is one of Coates's most substantial compositions – not only in length, but also in the size of the orchestra. Its four movements evoke the musical styles of the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Dedicated to his wife, Phyllis, the work is also a celebration of the couple's lifelong love of dancing.

ERIC COATES
Orchestral Works, Volume 4
1. Music Everywhere 3:10
2. Footlights 5:34
3. I Sing to You 3:37

The Three Bears 9:31
4. (''Who''s Been Sitting in My Chair?''/''Qui S''est Assis 0:10
5. (Goldilocks gets out of bed and dresses/Boucle D''or sort de son lit et 0:22
6. (Clock strikes five / Cinq heures) - 0:57
7. (Goldilocks knocks at the Bears'' door / Boucle D''or frappe a la porte 0:55
8. (Goldilocks falls asleep in the small Bear''s Bed / Boucle D''or s''endort 0:49
9. (Enter the Three Bears / Entree des Trois Ours) Allegretto - 0:45
10. (The Three Bears rush upstairs / Les Trois Ours montent rapidement 0:16
11. (She runs away, followed by the Three Bears / Elle s''enfuit, poursuivie 1:12
12. (The Three Bears give up the chase in disgust / Les Trois Ours, 1:02
13. (Goldilocks continues on her way home / Boucle D''or continue son 2:04
14. (As for the Three Bears - / Quant aux Trois Ours - ) Allegro molto - 0:59

From Meadow to Mayfair 12:01
15. I In the Country (Rustic Dance). Allegretto semplice 3:08
16. II A Song by the Way (Romance). Andante moderato - 4:04
17. III Evening in Town (Valse). Allegro - Tempo di Valse allegro - 4:39

Four Centuries 23:07
19. I Prelude and Hornpipe. Seventeenth Century. Andante - 6:11
20. II Pavane and Tambourin. Eighteenth Century. Andante moderato - 5:45
21. III Valse. Nineteenth Century. Allegro - Animato - Moderato - 4:41
22. IV Rhythm. Twentieth Century. Moderato - Piu mosso - 6:14

Total time: 60:37
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic
Yuri Torchinsky leader
Conductor: John Wilson