Eric Coates conducts Eric Coates: The London Suites, Three Elizabeths Four, Centuries

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HTGCD222 – 5013993889991

Eric Coates, the doyen of British Light Music, conducts a selection of his most popular works including By the sleepy lagoon, immortalised as the theme tune to Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. Also included are his celebrated London Suites and his royal portrait, The Three Elizabeths.

London Suite

    1. Covent garden – Tarantelle
    2. Westminster – Meditation
    3. Knightsbridge - March

London Again Suite

    1. Oxford Street - March
    2. Langham Place – Elegy
    3. Mayfair – Valse

The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra, Eric Coates
Recording first published 1953

The Three Elizabeths - Suite

    1. Elizabeth Tudor
    2. Elizabeth Glamis – The Queen Mother
    3. Queen Elizabeth

New Symphony Orchestra of London, Eric Coates
Recorded in 1953

Four Centuries - Suite

    1. Prelude and Hornpipe (17th Century)
    2. Pavane and Tambourin (18th Century)
    3. Valse (19th Century)
    4. Rhythm (20th Century)

New Symphony Orchestra of London, Eric Coates
Recorded in 1953

    1. Three Bears – A Phantasy

New Symphony Orchestra of London, Eric Coates
Recorded in 1949

    1. By the sleepy lagoon – Valse Serenade

Symphony Orchestra, Eric Coates
Recorded in 1940

Reviews

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    ‘Coates was one of the supreme masters of ‘light’ music… this reissue is especially valuable… the transfers dubbed from LP have been superbly done.’
    International Record Review, November 2012

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