On this CD:
1. Border Ballads (3) Grey Galloway
Composed by Sir John Blackwood McEwen
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Alastair Mitchell
2. Border Ballads (3) The Demon Lover
Composed by Sir John Blackwood McEwen
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Alastair Mitchell
3. Border Ballads (3) Coronach
Composed by Sir John Blackwood McEwen
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Alastair Mitchell
Editorial Reviews
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This is the first release on Chandos of the beautiful and engaging music of Sir John Blackwood McEwen (1868-1948). These are his three border ballads: Grey Galloway (1908), The Demon Lover (1906/7) and Coronach (1906). The order here is the composer's. They are extended tone poems based loosely on various English, Scottish, and Celtic ballads. What McEwen has done is to frame them in a broader tone-poem setting, enhance them with more orchestral color, and finally making them more dramatic. They have similarities to the tone poems of Arnold Bax, especially Coronach (or perhaps it's the other way around). This is beautiful--and original--music, anyway. --Paul Cook
McEwen:Three Border Ballads, Music, Sir John Blackwood McEwen, Alastair Mitchell, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Classical, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music
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ASIN: B000000ATT Release Date: 1994-01-04 |
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Amazon.com
This is the first release on Chandos of the beautiful and engaging music of Sir John Blackwood McEwen (1868-1948). These are his three border ballads: Grey Galloway (1908), The Demon Lover (1906/7) and Coronach (1906). The order here is the composer's. They are extended tone poems based loosely on various English, Scottish, and Celtic ballads. What McEwen has done is to frame them in a broader tone-poem setting, enhance them with more orchestral color, and finally making them more dramatic. They have similarities to the tone poems of Arnold Bax, especially Coronach (or perhaps it's the other way around). This is beautiful--and original--music, anyway. --Paul CookMusic Review:
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