dda 21222 VOICE Paul Rhodes Kenneth Smith divine art records - a division of divine art recordings group dda21222 Booklet.indd 1-2 13/7/13 23:35:59 VOICE the divine art family of labels 1 Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) arr. Smith/Rhodes 5.15 2 Chanson de Matin Edward Elgar (1857-1934) arr. Smith/Rhodes 3.30 3 La Capricieuse Edward Elgar (1857-1934), arr. Kenneth Smith 4.41 4 Make Believe from ‘Granpa’ Howard Blake (b.1938) arr. Paul Rhodes 3.35 5 Brigg Fair Percy Grainger (1882-1961) arr. Paul Rhodes 4.07 Two Country Impressions William Lloyd-Webber (1914-1982) arr. Kenneth Smith 6 i. Mulberry Cottage 2.07 7 ii. Frensham Pond 2.19 8 Lotus Land, Op. 47 No. 1 Cyril Scott (1879-1970), arr. Smith/Rhodes 6.01 A full list of over 300 titles, with full track details, reviews, artist profiles and audio samples, is on 9 English Air Peter Lamb (b.1925) 4.21 our website. All our recordings are available at any good record store or direct from our secure web stores. Five Bagatelles Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) arr. Kenneth Smith 10 i. Prelude 3.33 11 ii. Romanza 4.29 12 iii. Carol 1.59 Diversions LLC (Divine Art USA), 333 Jones Drive, Brandon, VT 05733, USA Tel: +1 802 247 4295 email: [email protected] 13 iv. Forlana 2.42 14 v. Fughetta 2.10 Divine Art Ltd., 3 Cypress Close, Doddington, Cambs. PE15 0LE, UK 15 The Serious Doll Edward Elgar (1857-1934), arr. Kenneth Smith 3.19 Tel: +44 (0)1609 882062 email: [email protected] 16 La Calinda from ‘Koanga’ Frederick Delius (1862-1934) arr. Eric Fenby 3.27 17 Touch her Soft Lips and Partfrom ‘Henry V’ William Walton (1902-1983) arr. Paul Rhodes 2.33 www.divineartrecords.com 18 Walking in the Air from ‘The Snowman’ Howard Blake (b.1938) arr. Paul Rhodes 4.12 Printed catalogue sent on request 19 The Skye Boat Song traditional Scottish air, arr. Smith/Rhodes) 2.45 Most titles also available in digital download through iTunes, Amazon mp3, Classics Online 20 Music in the Street traditional Irish air, arr. Paul Rhodes 2.14 and at http://divineartdigital.downloadcentric.net 21 Golden Slumbers May Fair, from ‘The Dancing Master’, (anon.,1718), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.51 WARNING: Copyright subsists in all recordings issued under this label. Any unauthorised broadcasting, public performance, copying or re-recording thereof in any manner 22 Allegretto from ‘Sonatina, Op. 19’ Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) 1.57 whatsoever will constitute an infringement of such copyright. In the United Kingdom, licences for the use of recordings for public performance may be obtained from Phonographic Performance Ltd, 1, Upper James Street, London W1R 3HG. CD1: Total CD duration 74.57 2 19 dda21222 Booklet.indd 3-4 13/7/13 23:36:00 flute piano Recording data: 1 Clair de Lune from ‘Suite Bergamasque’ Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Roelens/Moyse 4.55 Recorded at – 2 Menuet from ‘Petite Suite’ Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Kenneth Smith 2.55 Leighton Park School, Reading: December 1989 (CD1 tracks 15-16) 3 On Wings of Song, Op. 34 no. 2 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.56 St. Mary’s Church, Burghfield: 4 Schön Rosmarin Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) arr. Kenneth Smith 2.04 July 1992 (CD1 tracks 2,6-8, 10-14, 18-19, 21; CD2 tracks 1,3, 5-8, 10-16, 18, 24) 5 Träumerei (‘Dreaming’) from ‘Kinderszenen’ Robert Schumann (1810-1856) arr. Kenneth Smith 2.51 August 1994 (CD1 tracks 20, 22; CD2 tracks 2, 9, 17, 19-23) April 1996 (CD1 track 4; CD2 track 4) 6 Salut d’Amour, Op. 12 Edward Elgar(1857-1934) arr. Smith/Rhodes 2.58 Performing Arts Centre, St. Swithun’s School, Winchester: 7 Chant Hindou from ‘Sadko’ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arr. Smith/Rhodes 3.01 April 2007 (CD1 tracks 1, 9) 8 The Flight of the Bumble Bee August 2007 (CD1 tracks 3, 5, 17) from ‘The Tale of Tsar Saltan’ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.09 Recording engineer: Geoffrey Addis 9 Adagio from ‘Spartacus’ Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), arr. James Galway 3.14 Producer: Kenneth Smith/Paul Rhodes ( CD 1 tracks 1, 3-5, 9, 17, 20-22; CD2 tracks 2, 4, 9, 17, 19-23) 10 Last Spring from ‘Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34’ Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), arr. Paul Rhodes 3.03 Producer: Antony Hodgson (all other tracks) 11 Berceuse from ‘Dolly Suite, Op. 56’ Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), arr. Paul Rhodes 3.03 Photograph of Kenneth Smith by Carla Rees www.carlareesphotography.co.uk 12 Tambourin François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.18 Back cover photograph / portrait of Paul Rhodes by Anje Kirsch Cover design and photograph (“Floral elegance at Castle Howard”): Stephen Sutton 13 Liebestraum No. 3 Franz Liszt (1811-1886), arr. Paul Rhodes 4.38 Copyright images – all rights reserved 14 Barcarolle from ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’ Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), arr. Paul Rhodes 3.00 Programme notes by Kenneth Smith, Paul Rhodes & Peter Lamb 15 ‘Minute’ Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), arr. Smith/Rhodes 1.45 Original Sound Recording made by Kenneth Smith and issued under licence 16 Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) arr. Paul Rhodes 4.47 ℗ 1989-2007 Kenneth Smith 17 La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Smith/Rhodes 2.47 This compilation ℗ & ©2013 Divine Art Ltd (Diversions LLC in USA/Canada) 18 Hora Staccato Grigoraș Dinicu (1889-1949) arr. Jascha Heifetz/Kenneth Smith 2.12 Trois Gymnopédies Erik Satie (1866-1925) 7.34 19 I Lent et douloureux (2.58); 20 II Lent et triste (2.25); 21 III Lent et grave (2.10) 22 Le Basque Marin Marais (1656-1728), arr. Kenneth Smith 1.39 23 Walking Tune Percy Grainger (1882-1961), arr. Barry Ould 2.45 24 Csárdás Vittorio Monti (1868-1922),arr. Kenneth Smith 5.29 CD2: Total CD duration 70.47 18 3 dda21222 Booklet.indd 5-6 13/7/13 23:36:01 More acclaimed recordings from Kenneth Smith and Paul Rhodes: Flute Vocalise There is sweet music here that softer falls Chaminade: Concertino Chopin: Variations on a Theme of Rossini Than petals from blown roses on the grass…. Saint-Saëns: The Swan Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Benjamin Godard: Suite de Trois Morceaux Than tir’d eyelids on tir’d eyes,… Jules Massenet: Meditation from ‘Thaïs’ Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. Debussy: En Bateau Briccialdi: The Carnival of Venice from “The Lotus-Eaters” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Rachmaninov: Vocalise Gaubert: Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando This collection of some of the world’s most cherished melodies and popular concert favourites is Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16 presented by Kenneth Smith, principal flute of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra for 27 years, with Borne: Fantaisie Brillante sur Carmen pianist and accompanist Paul Rhodes, a duo partnership that has been performing and recording music diversions ddv 24156 for flute and piano since 1986. Most of these 46 tracks have been skilfully and sensitively transcribed by the performers themselves, sharing the musical content between both instruments in a way that allows the wide diversity of musical expression that lies within these works to be realized. Most of the works, especially those on CD2, are too well known to need a lengthy introduction, hence the brevity of some of the notes, leaving these beautiful melodies to speak for themselves. A Song without Words: The Legacy of Paul Taffanel CD1: A treasury of Romantic works inspired or promoted 1) Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves by Taffanel including many first recordings: music by Taffanel, Reinecke, Chopin, Catherine, Fauré, Mouquet, The first known reference to the well-known tune Greensleeves was in 1580 when it was called a ‘New Saint-Saëns, Grandval, Bernard, Lefebvre, Bériot, Barrère, Northern Dittye’ but it seems likely that it is much older than that. It is mentioned twice in Shakespeare’s Widor, Gluck, Mendelssohn and more. play ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ and since then by several other playwrights. It has featured in dances, divine art dda 21371 (3CDs) songs and ballads in peacetime and in war. Ralph Vaughan Williams used the melody in a short entr’acte “Flute playing does not get any better than this. For me, this is in his opera ‘Sir John in Love’ (1929) which was based on Shakespeare’s play already mentioned and this the recording of the year.” – Robert Bigio (Flute Magazine) episode was subsequently adapted by Ralph Greaves in 1934 as a ‘Fantasia on Greensleeves’ for 2 flutes, harp and strings with the composer’s approval. It is this fantasia that Kenneth Smith and Paul Rhodes have transcribed for flute and piano. The central section is based on another folk tune ‘Oh Lovely Joan’ collected by Vaughan Williams and this ends with a flute cadenza that leads to a return of the opening ‘Greensleeves’. 4 17 dda21222 Booklet.indd 7-8 13/7/13 23:36:04 More acclaimed ecordings from Kenneth Smith and Paul Rhodes: 2) Edward Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 By the River in Spring Harty: In Ireland Edward Elgar produced numerous musical miniatures often with musician friends in mind and two German: Intermezzo; Suite for Flute and Piano of them, originally for violin, are presented here. Written in 1899 for a pupil and family doctor Dr. F. Head: By the River in Spring Ehrke, Chanson de Matin was the second of two pieces (the first being Chanson de Nuit, 1897) which Alwyn: Flute Sonata subsequently became better known in their scoring for small orchestra.