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Aurora Orchestra|Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi

Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi

Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon

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Instrumental arrangements of songs, not just those of Gerald Finzi, are a comparative rarity in classical music, and one would expect to find some kind of justification of the procedure in the notes to this Decca release. As it happens there is none, and you have to look to the packaging graphics to learn that the intent is to "aid wider appreciation of one of England's best-loved composers." That statement might be a bit contradictory, but apparently the idea is to draw in listeners who don't much care for art song. Your reaction to this may depend on how you feel about the enterprise in general, and hardcore Finzi fans may steer clear. But the album succeeds on its own terms. The Aurora Orchestra under Nicholas Collon offers some genuine orchestral works, including A Severn Rhapsody (1923), the piece that served notice that there was a new pastoralist in town. But sample instead one of the songs, perhaps Come away, come away, Death (track ten), one of several familiar Shakespeare items on the program. From this you'll learn several things. First, the saxophone of soloist Amy Dickson sings in all but words. Second, Finzi's melodies have a rather uncanny quality when shorn of the words: they seem to be straining toward something beyond themselves. And third, the pastoral tone of Finzi's music takes on a certain mystical quality when done this way. Although the music on the album is the work of several different arrangers, its tone and sound are remarkably consistent, and Dickson is used evocatively throughout. Unless you're repelled by the whole idea, give this album a chance: it's often gorgeous, and Decca's engineering work at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, is both appropriate as to sound design and technically flawless.

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Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Op. 26 (Gerald Finzi)

1
Amen (Instrumental)
Amy Dickson
00:02:40

Amy Dickson, Soprano Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Richard Crashaw, Author - Paul Mealor, Arranger, Work Arranger - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Claire Hay, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

Dies Natalis, Op. 8 - Arr. Sheppard (Gerald Finzi)

2
5. The Salutation (Instrumental)
Aurora Orchestra
00:04:17

Amy Dickson, Soprano Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Traherne, Author - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Mike Sheppard, Arranger, Work Arranger - Claire Hay, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

3
Who is Sylvia?, Op.18, No.2 (Instrumental)
Nicolas Fleury
00:01:42

Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robin Hawkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Mike Sheppard, Arranger, Work Arranger - Nicolas Fleury, French Horn, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

Love's Labour's Lost, Op. 28 (Gerald Finzi)

4
1. Soliloquy 1: So sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not (Instrumental)
Aurora Orchestra
00:01:43

Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robin Hawkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

5
2. Soliloquy 2: Did not the heavenly rhetoric of thine eye (Instrumental)
Aurora Orchestra
00:01:32

Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robin Hawkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

6
3. Soliloquy 3: On a day, alack the day (Instrumental)
Aurora Orchestra
00:01:16

Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robin Hawkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

7
Clear and gentle stream, Op. 17, No. 4 (Instrumental)
Aurora Orchestra
00:04:30

HARVEY BROUGH, Arranger, Work Arranger - Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robin Hawkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

8
Rollicum Rorum, Op. 15, No. 6 (Instrumental)
Aurora Orchestra
00:01:43

Amy Dickson, Soprano Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Mike Sheppard, Arranger, Work Arranger - Claire Hay, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

9
Introit, Op. 6
Thomas Gould
00:08:34

Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Thomas Gould, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Claire Hay, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

10
Come away, come away death, Op.18, No.1 (Instrumental)
Amy Dickson
00:03:43

Amy Dickson, Soprano Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Paul Mealor, Arranger, Work Arranger - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Claire Hay, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

11
Prelude, Op. 25
Aurora Orchestra
00:04:30

Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robin Hawkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

12
Romance, Op. 11
Aurora Orchestra
00:07:34

Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robin Hawkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

13
To Lizbie Brown, Op.15, No.7 (Instrumental)
Amy Dickson
00:04:06

Amy Dickson, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Mike Sheppard, Arranger, Work Arranger - Claire Hay, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

Dies Natalis, Op. 8 (Gerald Finzi)

14
1. Intrada
Aurora Orchestra
00:05:26

Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Traherne, Author - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Claire Hay, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

15
Fear no more the heat of the sun, Op.18, No.3 (Instrumental)
Amy Dickson
00:05:36

Amy Dickson, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Patrick Hawes, Arranger, Work Arranger - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Claire Hay, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

16
A Severn Rhapsody, Op. 3 (Instrumental)
Aurora Orchestra
00:06:36

Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Robin Hawkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

17
Eclogue Op. 10
Tom Poster
00:11:05

Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Tom Poster, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Claire Hay, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

Five Bagatelles, Op. 23 - Arr. Ashmore, Dickson (Gerald Finzi)

18
3. Carol
Amy Dickson
00:02:05

Amy Dickson, Arranger, Soprano Saxophone, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lawrence Ashmore, Arranger, Work Arranger - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Claire Hay, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

19
4. Forlana
Amy Dickson
00:03:01

Amy Dickson, Arranger, Soprano Saxophone, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lawrence Ashmore, Arranger, Work Arranger - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Claire Hay, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust

Album review

Instrumental arrangements of songs, not just those of Gerald Finzi, are a comparative rarity in classical music, and one would expect to find some kind of justification of the procedure in the notes to this Decca release. As it happens there is none, and you have to look to the packaging graphics to learn that the intent is to "aid wider appreciation of one of England's best-loved composers." That statement might be a bit contradictory, but apparently the idea is to draw in listeners who don't much care for art song. Your reaction to this may depend on how you feel about the enterprise in general, and hardcore Finzi fans may steer clear. But the album succeeds on its own terms. The Aurora Orchestra under Nicholas Collon offers some genuine orchestral works, including A Severn Rhapsody (1923), the piece that served notice that there was a new pastoralist in town. But sample instead one of the songs, perhaps Come away, come away, Death (track ten), one of several familiar Shakespeare items on the program. From this you'll learn several things. First, the saxophone of soloist Amy Dickson sings in all but words. Second, Finzi's melodies have a rather uncanny quality when shorn of the words: they seem to be straining toward something beyond themselves. And third, the pastoral tone of Finzi's music takes on a certain mystical quality when done this way. Although the music on the album is the work of several different arrangers, its tone and sound are remarkably consistent, and Dickson is used evocatively throughout. Unless you're repelled by the whole idea, give this album a chance: it's often gorgeous, and Decca's engineering work at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, is both appropriate as to sound design and technically flawless.

© TiVo

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