A collection of over three hours of beautiful music inspired by the Chelsea Flower Show.
Featuring many fine performances by the English Symphony Orchestra, Colin Lawson, the Brodskys, the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Concert Orchestras, Inessa Galante, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Martin Jones and many more.
Disc 1
Music for a summer garden
Grieg: Morning Elgar: Chanson de Matin Delius: In a Summer Garden Butterworth: English Idyll No. 2 Delius: By the River Peterson-Berger: For the Roses Delius: Late Swallows (excerpt) Coates: Among the Poppies Delius: Summer Evening Parry: An English Suite - Air Delius: Summer Night on the River Vaughan Williams:The Lark Ascending
Disc 2
Music for An Enchanted garden
Vaughan Williams:
Fantasia on Greensleeves Holst: Dance of the Spirits of Water Faure: Pelleas et Melisande - Sicilienne Ravel: The Fairy Garden Elgar: Moths and Butterflies Dance Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Scherzo Coates: The Enchanted Garden (excerpt) Delius: Sunset Beethoven: ‘Moonlight’ Sonata - Adagio Sostenuto Tchaikovsky: Walz of the Flowers Mendelssohn:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Nocturn
Disc 3
Music for a Paradise garden
Delius:
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Parry: Lady Radnor’s Suite - Slow Minuet Mayerl: A Lily Pond Mascagni: Cavalleia Rusticana - Intermezzo Massenet: Meditation Puccini: Vissi d’arte Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major - Adagio Delibes: Flower Duet Faure: The Gardcn of Dolly Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow Debussy: Reflections in the Water Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garde