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CRQ 468 SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK: THE PAXTON RECORDINGS AND OTHER RARITIES

by Sir Granville Bantock

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Track 1 Bantock: The Frogs (after Aristophanes) Comedy Overture 08:03
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Metropole Symphony Orchestra / Sir Granville Bantock, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton GTR 101 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 2: Bantock: Two Heroic Ballads: 1. Cuchallon's Lament 04:12
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Metropole Symphony Orchestra / Sir Granville Bantock, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton GTR 102 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 3: Bantock: Two Heroic Ballads: 2. Kishmul's Galley 03:48
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Metropole Symphony Orchestra / Sir Granville Bantock, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton GTR 102 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 4: Bantock: Two Hebridean Sea Poems: 1. Caristiona 07:52
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Metropole Symphony Orchestra / Sir Granville Bantock, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton GTR103 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 5: Bantock: Two Hebridean Sea Poems: 2. Sea Reivers 04:02
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Metropole Symphony Orchestra / Sir Granville Bantock, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton GTR 104 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 6: Bantock: King Solomon: Processional 03:25
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Metropole Symphony Orchestra / Sir Granville Bantock, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton GTR 104 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 7: Bantock: Fairy Gold: Mystic Dance 01:25
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London Promenade Orchestra / Walter Collins, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton PR 440 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 8: Bantock: Incidental music to Fairy Gold: 2. Dance 01:41
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London Promenade Orchestra / Walter Collins, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton PR 440 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 9: Bantock: Incidental music to Fairy Gold: 3. Dance 01:32
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London Promenade Orchestra / Walter Collins, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton PR 440 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 10: Bantock: Incidental music to Fairy Gold: Interlude 01:56
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London Promenade Orchestra / Walter Collins, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton PR 440 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 11: Bantock: Four Chinese Landscapes: 1. Distant mountains and wild geese 03:45
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London Promenade Orchestra / Walter Collins, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton GTR 118-119 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 12: Bantock: Four Chinese Landscapes: 2. Mist over the village 02:33
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London Promenade Orchestra / Walter Collins, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton GTR 118-119 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 13: Bantock: Four Chinese Landscapes: Fishermen play their flutes 01:36
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London Promenade Orchestra / Walter Collins, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton GTR 118-119 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 14: Bantock: Four Chinese Landscapes: 4. Anchoring at evening 04:10
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London Promenade Orchestra / Walter Collins, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton GTR 118-119 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 15: Bantock: Macbeth: Overture 08:37
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Metropole Symphony Orchestra / Dolf van der Linden, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton GTR 122 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 16: Bantock: The Women's Festival (after Aristophanes) Overture 07:11
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Metropole Symphony Orchestra / Dolf van der Linden, originally released on the Paxton label Paxton LPT 1003 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 17: Bantock: The Pilgrim's Progress: Two Choruses 1. In praise of famous men 03:48
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National Choir, Wireless Symphony Orchestra / Stanford Robinson, originally released on Columbia AX 4507 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387
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Track 18: Bantock: The Pilgrim's Progress: Two Choruses 2. The Pilgrim now hath found his Lord 04:13
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National Choir, Wireless Symphony Orchestra / Stanford Robinson, originally released on Columbia AX 4508 Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387

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Track 1: The Frogs (after Aristophanes) Comedy Overture
Track 2: Two Heroic Ballads: 1. Cuchallon's Lament
Track 3: Two Heroic Ballads: 2. Kishmul's Galley
Track 4: Two Hebridean Sea Poems: 1. Caristiona
Track 5: Two Hebridean Sea Poems: 2. Sea Reivers
Track 6: King Solomon: Processional
Tracks 1-6: Metropole Symphony Orchestra / Sir Granville Bantock, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label (tr 1 Paxton GTR 101, trs 2-3 Paxton GTR 102, tr 4 Paxton GTR103, trs 5-6 Paxton GTR 104)
Track 7: Incidental music to Fairy Gold: 1. Mystic Dance
Track 8: Incidental music to Fairy Gold: 2. Dance
Track 9: Incidental music to Fairy Gold: 3. Dance
Track 10: Incidental music to Fairy Gold: Interlude
Track 11: Four Chinese Landscapes: 1. Distant mountains and wild geese
Track 12: Four Chinese Landscapes: 2. Mist over the village
Track 13: Four Chinese Landscapes: 3. Fishermen play their flutes
Track 14: Four Chinese Landscapes: 4. Anchoring at evening
Tracks 7-14: London Promenade Orchestra / Walter Collins, conductor, originally released on the Paxton label (trs 7-10 Paxton PR 440, trs 11-14 Paxton GTR 118-119)
Track 15: Macbeth: Overture
Track 16: The Women's Festival (after Aristophanes) Overture
Tracks 15-16: Metropole Symphony Orchestra / Dolf van der Linden (tr15 Paxton GTR 122, tr 16 Paxton LPT 1003)
Track 17: The Pilgrim's Progress: Two Choruses 1. In praise of famous men
Track 18: The Pilgrim's Progress: Two Choruses 2. The Pilgrim now hath found his Lord
Tracks 17-18 National Choir, Wireless Symphony Orchestra / Stanford Robinson (tr 17 Columbia AX 4507, tr 18 Co0lumbia AX 4508)

Original recordings kindly loaned by Stephen McClarence from his personal collection
Transfer and digital remastering by Jim Bostwick
Previously released in 2019 as CRQ CD 387

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released July 7, 2021

The recordings of Sir Granville Bantock conducting his own music were made in the Kingsway Hall on 15th November 1945, just 11 months before his death. They were originally released as Paxton 12" 78rpm records. The orchestra was the Metropole Symphony Orchestra and the works recorded were tracks 1-6 of the present release. These are among the most sought-after recordings of Bantock's music.

The conductors Walter Collins and Dolf van der Linden recorded a considerable amount of Bantock's music for the Paxton label, a selection of which is presented here on tracks 7 to 16.

Of recordings of Bantock's choral music the rarest is that with Stanford Robinson conducting the National Choir and the Wireless Symphony Orchestra in two pieces from Bantock's The Pilgrim's Progress, which were originally released on a Columbia 12" 78 (9894).

The publishing company Paxton operated in London, and published mainly songs and piano music from the 1870s. During the heyday of the piano, from 1899 to 1940, output was very vigorous, with many reprints of favourites for solo piano. Paxton's list included music by many contemporary British composers, apart from Bantock, including Harry Farjeon, John Foulds, Frederick Cutchee, Edwin Cundell and Cyril Jenkins. During the 1940s Paxton developed a considerable library of mood music recordings.

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