Falstaff / Orchestral Songs / 'Grania And Diarmid'

Album by Edward Elgar & Roderick Williams & BBC Philharmonic & Sir Andrew Davis

Falstaff / Orchestral Songs / 'Grania and Diarmid' is a 2017 album featuring works by English composer Edward Elgar, performed by the BBC Philharmonic under Sir Andrew Davis. The album showcases Elgar's orchestral mastery through the symphonic study 'Falstaff', a selection of his orchestral songs, and the incidental music for the play 'Grania and Diarmid', highlighting his ability to blend narrative depth with rich musical textures.
First released: November 2017

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Falstaff, Op. 68: I. Falstaff and Prince Henry
    3:09
  2. 2.
    Falstaff, Op. 68: IIa. Eastcheap
    2:54
  3. 3.
    Falstaff, Op. 68: IIb. Gadshill
    9:21
  4. 4.
    Falstaff, Op. 68: IIc. Revelry & Sleep
    1:14
  5. 5.
    Falstaff, Op. 68: IId. Dream Interlude
    2:36
  6. 6.
    Falstaff, Op. 68: IIIa. Falstaff's march
    2:58
  7. 7.
    Falstaff, Op. 68: IIIb. The Return Through Gloucestershire
    1:28
  8. 8.
    Falstaff, Op. 68: IIIc. Interlude. Gloucestershire, Shallow's orchard
    1:34
  9. 9.
    Falstaff, Op. 68: IIId. The New King
    1:07
  10. 10.
    Falstaff, Op. 68: IVa. King Henry V's Progress
    3:29
  11. 11.
    Falstaff, Op. 68: IVb. The Repudiation of Falstaff, and His Death
    6:12
  12. 12.
    Three Songs, Op. 59: III. O Soft Was the Song
    1:54
  13. 13.
    Three Songs, Op. 59: V. Was It Some Golden Star?
    2:13
  14. 14.
    Three Songs, Op. 59: VI. Twilight
    2:28
  15. 15.
    Two Songs, Op. 60: I. The Torch
    2:39
  16. 16.
    Two Songs, Op. 60: II. The River
    4:05
  17. 17.
    Incidental Music to Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42: I. Moderato
    3:22
  18. 18.
    Incidental Music to Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42: II. Funeral March
    6:57
  19. 19.
    The Wind at Dawn (Version for Voice and Orchestra)
    3:17
  20. 20.
    The Pipes of Pan (Version for Voice and Orchestra)
    3:52
  21. 21.
    Pleading, Op. 48
    2:27
  22. 22.
    The King's Way (Version for Voice and Orchestra)
    4:09
  23. 23.
    Smoking Cantata
    0:49