New Album Releases: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - JOB - A MASQUE FOR DANCING; OLD KING COLE; THE RUNNING SET (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrew Manze)

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Artist:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
75:03

Record Label:
Onyx Classics

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music

Release Date
June 30, 2023




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Product Description: Following on from their highly acclaimed cycle of the 9 Vaughan Williams symphonies, Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra have recorded a spectacular Job, taken from a live performance at the famed Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool. Also on this album is the orchestral ballet Old King Cole, a riot of orchestral colors with some beautiful passages for solo violin. The Running Set, based on traditional dance tunes completes this dance themed program. Vaughan Williams' inspiration for Job arose from William Blake's illustrations for The Book of Job, a collection of water colors from 1805, and the later engravings from 1822. 1928 was the centenary of Blake's death, and he attempted to interest Serge Diaghilev, the foremost artistic power in the world of ballet to take it up but to no avail. The work has since become a concert piece after a handful of staged performances in the early 1930s. The score is in 9 sections telling the story of Job. The music is notable for it's dramatic contrasts. The music for God being powerful and majestic, that for Satan is powerfully dissonant with a violence that foreshadows music encountered in the composer's 4th and 6th symphonies and piano concerto. He had seen service in France in the First World War, and what he saw there undoubtedly colored his musical language, and the horrors endured by Job are depicted in some of his most driven and dissonant music.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Job "A Masque for Dancing", Scene I: Introduction - Pastoral Dance - Satan's Appeal to God - Saraband of the Sons of God Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (10:34)

2 . Job "A Masque for Dancing", Scene II: Satan’s Dance of Triumph Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (03:19)

3 . Job "A Masque for Dancing", Scene III: Minuet of the Sons of Job and their Wives - Minuet of the Sons and Daughters of Job Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (04:38)

4 . Job "A Masque for Dancing", Scene IV: Job's Dream - Dance of Plague, Pestilence, Famine and Battle Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (04:16)

5 . Job "A Masque for Dancing", Scene V: Dance of the Three Messengers Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (05:27)

6 . Job "A Masque for Dancing", Scene VI: Dance of Job's Comforters - Job's Curse - A Vision of Satan Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (05:32)

7 . Job "A Masque for Dancing", Scene VII: Elihu's Dance of Beauty and Youth - Pavane of the Heavenly Host Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (06:18)

8 . Job "A Masque for Dancing", Scene VIII Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (05:03)

9 . Job "A Masque for Dancing", Scene IX: Epilogue Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (03:09)

10 . Old King Cole, A Ballet for Orchestra: I. Introduction: Allegro moderato Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (01:31)

11 . Old King Cole, A Ballet for Orchestra: II. Royal Fanfare, King Enters Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (01:30)

12 . Old King Cole, A Ballet for Orchestra: III. Pipe Dance Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (02:59)

13 . Old King Cole, A Ballet for Orchestra: IV. Bowl Dance Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (01:32)

14 . Old King Cole, A Ballet for Orchestra: V. 1st Fiddler Enters Dancing Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (01:35)

15 . Old King Cole, A Ballet for Orchestra: VI. King is Bored and Goes to Sleep Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (02:46)

16 . Old King Cole, A Ballet for Orchestra: VII. Entry of the 3rd Fiddler, Followed by Grotesque and Little Boys Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (00:50)

17 . Old King Cole, A Ballet for Orchestra: VIII. King Comes Down from His Throne Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (05:54)

18 .Old King Cole, A Ballet for Orchestra: IX. Fiddler Slowly Moves Across Stage Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (01:49)

19. The Running Set (Founded on Traditional Dance Tunes) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (06:32)

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