TRACKLISTING

CD 1
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Concerto No.1, “La primavera”, RV 269
[1] I Allegro
[2] II Largo
[3] III Allegro
Handel: Water Music — Suite in D major
[4] I Prelude
[5] II Hornpipe
[6] III Minuet
[7] IV Lentement
[8] V Bourrée
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major, BWV 1049
[9] I Allegro
[10] II Andante
[11] III Presto
Avison-Scarlatti: Concerto No.7 in G minor [12] I Adagio
[13] II Allegro
[14] III Adagio
[15] IV Allegro affetuoso
Boyce: Symphony No.5 in D major
Mozart: Serenade No.13 in G major, K525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
[17] I Allegro
[18] II Romanze: Andante
[19] III Menuetto: Allegretto
[20] IV Rondo: Allegro
CD 2
Bizet: Symphony in C major
[1] I Allegro vivo
[2] II Adagio
[3] III Scherzo: Allegro vivace
[4] IV Finale: Allegro vivace
[5] Wagner: Siegfried Idyll*
[6] Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor (arr.Parlow)
[7] Rossini: Guillaume Tell — Overture
Beethoven: Wellington’s Victory, op.91
[8] I Battle
[9] II Symphony of Triumph
CD 3
[1] Barber: Adagio for Strings, op.11
[2] Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)
[3] Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
[4] Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Walton: Sonata for Strings*
[5] I Allegro
[6] II Presto
[7] III Lento
[8] IV Allegro molto
[9] Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
BONUS DVD
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Grieg: Holberg Suite
* First international CD release es

RECORDING INFORMATION

On 15 April 2004 Sir Neville Marriner celebrates his 80th birthday.

This 3-CD set gives a brief overview of the range of music he has performed and recorded with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields; the bonus DVD features complete performances of two of the most popular chamber orchestra pieces, Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings and Grieg's Holberg Suite.

Marriner trained as a violinist and held appointments with the Philharmonia Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra (he was principal second violin in the LSO from 1956-58). In 1959 he founded the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and in 1961 the orchestra made its first recordings on Decca’s L’Oiseau-lyre label. That was in March 1961 and the repertory comprised Baroque concertos by Torelli, Locatelli, Corelli and Albicastro. In July 1962 another LP was made — more Baroque string concertos (Manfredini, Avison), and in November 1963 Marriner and the Academy made their first recording for the ARGO label. This was a disc of Handel’s Concerti grossi, op.3. From that date onwards the partnership recorded regularly for Decca and, later, for Philips. Their recordings have sold in huge quantities and have won numerous awards and represents one of the most substantial legacies of a conductor with one orchestra.

Two pieces included in this celebration of Marriner and the Academy receive their first international CD release: Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and Walton’s Sonata for Strings.