English Pastoral
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Released: August 1999
Atmosphere ATMOS-CD117
Performed by the BBC
Concert Orchestra, conducted by Alan Wilson
Arrangements by Anthony
Phillips and Alan Wilson
With additional pieces
from 1981 (Malvern Hills, Soft Landscape) and 1978 (Oceans)
The inclusion of
Oceans on this album (which is an orchestral section from Tarka)
means that the
commercial download release of this library album is credited to both
Ant and Harry Williamson.
However, Harry's contribution to the album
as a composer is confined to just that one track and he had no
involvement
with any of the other pieces.
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Track Listing
Noble England
1. Chartwell (2:02)
2. Chartwell (simpler version) (2:04) *
3. Pastorale (2:15)
4. This England (1:49)
5. Men of Arden (2:36)
Gardens, Gentle Rural Scenes
6. Pizziacto Caprice (1:29)
7. Pizzicato Caprice (slower version)
(1:35)
8. Exotic Gardens (2:35)
9. Woodland Life (2:41)
10. Tranquil Waters (2:04)
11. Tranquil Waters (simpler version)
(1:47) *
Peaceful Countryside, Wildlife
12. The Nightingale (2:58)
13. Pastoral Grandeur (2:24)
14. Norfolk Broads (2:27)
Rustic, Traditional England
15. Old England (2:49)
16. Country Diary (2:24)
17. Harvest Fayre (1:00)
18. Lyme Bay (2:14)
19. Lyme Bay (simple version) (2:14) *
Landscape, The Seasons
20. Summer Dawn (3:04)
21. Malvern Hills (3:55)
22. Soft Landscape (2:05)
Reflective, Stirring, Pathos
23. Heart of England (2:17)
24. Heart of England (no oboe solo) (2:17)
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25. Darkening Spires (3:26)
26. In Memoriam (1:12)
27. Quiet of the Day (1:01)
The Sea
28. Oceans (3:08)
All tracks composed by Anthony Phillips,
except Oceans - composed by Anthony Phillips & Harry Williamson
NB: The variant versions of the tracks
marked * are not included on the commercial download version of this release.
Credits
Tracks 1 - 20, 23 - 27 performed by the
BBC Concert Orchestra (leader: Martin Loveday), conducted by Alan Wilson
Recorded at Angel Studios, London, May
1999. Engineered by Gary Thomas.
Tracks 21 & 22 performed by various
musicians, featuring the Gabrieli String Quartet conducted by Jeremy Gilbert
Recorded at Atmosphere Studios, London,
May 1981
First released on Landscape (ATMOS 005) in
1983
Track 28 performed by the National
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jeremy Gilbert
Recorded at CTS Studios, Wembley, February
1978. Engineered by John Richards.
Mixed for library use by John Lee and
Simon Heyworth at Nova Studios, London, June 1987
First released on Art House (ATMOS-CD63)
in 1995
Album Information
"John Major certainly struck a chord with
middle England, when he talked of warm beer and cricket on the village
green and ATMOS117 'English Pastoral' is the perfect accompaniment to
this quieter side of English life - a land of rolling green fields,
sun-dappled cuntry lanes and picture postcard hamlets. 'Norfolk
Broads' brings to mind Arthur Ransome's Swallows & Amazons, whilst in
'Soft Landscape' you can actually hear the stirring in the hedgerows as
the dawn breaks. 'Malvern Hills' would sound perfect on a summer picnic,
whilst 'Oceans' brings to mind the majesty of the white cliffs of Dover.
So pack up your meat paste sandwiches and ginger beer and head off into
the country for a jolly old adventure."
(Original Atmosphere publicity for English Pastoral, August 1999)
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Several of the tracks on this album were
subsequently released on commercially released compilation CDs, as follows:
Heart of England,
Pastorale and The Nightingale were released on
An English Country Garden (2001)
Chartwell was released on
The National Trust Music Collection (2001)
Summer Dawn and The
Nightingale were released on Tranquil Moods
(2002)
Lyme Bay was released on
Escape (2003)
Exotic Gardens and
Malvern Hills were released on For Ever
For Everyone (2005)
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This England was used on
a TV advert for the breakfast cereal Jordan's Country Crisp
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