Philip Spratley: Orchestral Music, Volume Two

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Spratley’s powerful contribution was long overdue to be heard, and I hope that more is to follow. — MusicWeb International, April 2015

Release Date: 25th Nov 2013
Catalogue No: TOCC0194
Label: Toccata Classics
Length: 75 minutes

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Spratley: Suite for Orchestra after John Masefield, "Cargoes"

Work length19:30

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Siberian Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Vasiliev
Recorded: 28-29 May 2013
Recording Venue: Omsk Philharmonic Hall, Omsk, Siberia, Russia

I. Quinquereme: Allegretto - Allegro - Allegretto

Track length8:12

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II. Stately Spanish Galleon: Andante – Alla sarabande – Andante

Track length6:27

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III. Dirty British Coaster: Allegro

Track length4:51

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Spratley: A Helpston Fantasia

Work length13:58

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Alexander Muralev (violin), Valentina Runova (viola), Vladimir Senatyrev (cello)
Siberian Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Vasiliev
Recorded: 28-29 May 2013
Recording Venue: Omsk Philharmonic Hall, Omsk, Siberia, Russia

Spratley: Symphony No. 3, Sinfonia Pascale

Work length42:13

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Alexander Muralev (violin), Yuri Shabalkin (flute)
Siberian Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Vasiliev
Recorded: 28-29 May 2013
Recording Venue: Omsk Philharmonic Hall, Omsk, Siberia, Russia

I. Allegro tempestoso

Track length14:56

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II. Nocturne: Adagio – Allegretto – Adagio

Track length13:41

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III. Chaconny: Maestoso – Poco allegro

Track length13:36

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This is the second Toccata Classics recording of music by Philip Spratley, born in Nottinghamshire in 1942.

Steve Schwartz, reviewing the first disc for Classical Net, wrote that ‘Spratley is a wonder. Each piece is beautifully worked and a delight to ear and spirit, […] light in texture, modest in scope, but emotionally penetrating and mentally stimulating. […] This CD made me light up.’ And on Classical Source Colin Anderson reported that ‘there is most certainly beauty, vitality and wit in abundance’.

The new disc opens with the atmospheric orchestral suite Cargoes, inspired by John Masefield’s famous poem, and continues with a sparkling folksong medley based on fiddle tunes by another poet, John Clare. The main work here, Spratley’s 40-minute Third Symphony, which had its initial impulses in visits to North Wales and Jerusalem, traces a path from tension to triumph.

Cargoes, of which this recording was also the first performance, is dedicated to Dmitry Vasiliev and his orchestra in gratitude.

This is the second release to emerge from the association of Toccata Classics and Dmitry Vasiliev and the Siberian Symphony Orchestra in Omsk; the first was a well-received account of Vissarion Shebalin’s first two orchestral suites (No. 3 is already in the can) and a first recording of Miecsysław Weinberg last completed symphony, No. 21, will follow shortly.

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April 2015

Spratley’s powerful contribution was long overdue to be heard, and I hope that more is to follow.

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