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Rupert Bawden - The Sailor's Tale / other works

Artist BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Nash Ensemble / Gary Cheung / Rupert Bawden Number NMC D093 Composer Rupert Bawden Label NMC Instruments mixed ensemble, symphony orchestra and children's choir Availablity In stock Price: £12.99 including VAT at 17.5% £11.05 shipped outside the European Union

This introduction to the music of Rupert Bawden features his chamber opera The Sailor's Tale - a counterpart to Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale and written for the same forces - setting Kevin Crossley-Holland's libretto on the life and loves of Horatio Nelson.

Also on the disc are the panoramic Two Studies for Orchestra, based on the Tristan legend, and the energetic ensemble work The Donkey Dances.

"A well produced CD and a good introduction to an appealing, quirky composer."
Musical Pointers, 2004

Released: 2002
Total Time: 73'43

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