La Battaglia - Music for the Battle

La Battaglia - Music for the Battle
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Elgar Howarth, Philip Jones
Decca Ovation 448 183-2

Contents:

    Samuel Scheidt (1587 - 1654)
    Battle Suite (1621)
  1. Galliard battaglia
  2. Courant dolorosa
  3. Canzon ad imitationem Bergamascae anglicae

    4. Tylman Susato
    Susato Suite
  4. La Morisque
  5. Branle quatre branles
  6. Ronde
  7. Basse danse bergeret
  8. Ronde mon amy
  9. Pavane bataille

    10. William Byrd (1543 - 1623)
    The Battell
  10. The Marche before the Battell
  11. The souldiers' sommons
  12. The marche of footemen
  13. The marche of horsemen
  14. The Trumpetts
  15. The Irish Marche
  16. The bagpipe and the drone
  17. The flute and the droome
  18. The marche to the fighte
  19. The Retraite
  20. The buriing of the dead
  21. The Morris
  22. The souldiers' dance
  23. The Gaillarde for the Victoire
  24. The Earle of Oxford's Marche

    25. Adriano Banchieri (1568 - 1634)
  25. "Udite, ecco le trombe"

    26. Johann Huhnau (1660 - 1722)
    The battle between David and Goliath
  26. The boasting of Goliath
  27. The trembling of the Israelites on the appearance of the giant, and their prayer made to God
  28. The courage of David, and his desire to humble the arrogange of his dreadful enemy, together with his confidence placed in the aid of God
  29. The struggle between the two and their contest. With his sling David throws the flint at the forehead of the giant; Goliath falls
  30. The flight of the Philistines, who are pursued by the Israelites
  31. The joy of the Israelites at their victory
  32. The concert of music by the women in honour of David
  33. The general jubilation and the dances of joyfulness of the people

    34. John Jenkins (1592 - 1678)
  34. Fantasia "Newark Siege"

    35. George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
  35. La Réjouissance (from the Royal Fireworks Music)

Playing time: 68' 32"

Performers:
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble [Philip Jones, James Watson (trumpets), Michael Laird, Paul Archibald, John Miller, William Houghton (flugelhorns), Ifor James, Anthony Randall, John Pignéguy, patrick Garvey (horns), John Iveson, Roger Brenner, David Purser, Raymond Premru (trombones), John Fletcher, John Jenkins, David Purser (tubas), David Corkhill, Norman Taylor (percussion)] - Elgar Howarth (tracks 1-15, 26), Philip Jones (tracks 16 - 25) dir.

Place and date of recording:
St. Jude's Hampstead Garden Suburb [1980] (tracks 10-35)

Excerpts:
Argo ZRG 932 [LP] La Battaglia

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