Alwyn / Berkeley m.fl.: British Flute Concertos

Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)
premiere recording
The Magic Flute Dances (1999) 19:20
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
1 Light - Tentative, getting faster and bolder - 5:06
2 [Cadenza] - Expansive, rapturous - Gently (twice as fast) - With movement, but plaintive - 3:32
3 Angry - Desolate - Gently moving - 2:32
4 Slow - A little held back - Moving forward - 4:53
5 Lively - Entranced 3:16

William Alwyn (1905-1985)
premiere recording in this version
Concerto (1980) 19:47
for Flute and Eight Wind Instruments
Arranged 2006 for flute and orchestra by John McCabe (b. 1939)
6 1 Allegro ritmico - Meno mosso - Più mosso (Tempo I) - Ancora più mosso - 4:52
7 2 Allegretto scherzando - Tempo grazioso (quasi Tempo di valse) - Cadenza - Tempo I 3:02
8 3 Andante sostenuto e semplice - Pochissimo meno mosso - Tempo I - Meno mosso - 5:48
9 4 Allegro vivace - Cadenza - Tempo moderato (sempre con moto) - Allegro - 5:57

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sonata, S 164 (1956-57) 13:04
for Flute and Piano
Arranged 1976 for flute and orchestra by Sir Lennox Berkeley
10 I Allegro malincolico - Un peu plus vîte - Tempo I 4:58
11 II Cantilena. Assez lent - Più vivo - 4:11
12 III Presto giocoso - Subito più lento - Tempo I (Presto) 3:51

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Flute Concerto, Op. 36 (1951-52) 24:52
To John Francis
13 I Allegro moderato - Cadenza - Andante - Un poco più lento 7:27
14 II Presto 2:54
15 III Adagio 5:32
16 IV Allegro vivace - Meno vivo - Tempo I - [Cadenza] - Presto 8:50
77:32

Emily Beynon flute
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Bramwell Tovey
Recorded in:
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales
27-29 October 2011
Producer(s)
Brian Pidgeon
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Jonathan Cooper (Assistant)
Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz