The Complete Omar Khayyám

~ Release by Granville Bantock; Norman Del Mar, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sarah Walker, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Brian Rayner Cook (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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▼CD 1
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1Omar Khayyam, Part One: Prelude
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock6:19
2Omar Khayyam, Part One: Quatrains 1-3
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock6:13
3Omar Khayyam, Part One: Quatrains 4-8
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock7:34
4Omar Khayyam, Part One: Quatrains 9-12
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock8:27
5Omar Khayyam, Part One: Quatrains 13-18
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock9:14
6Omar Khayyam, Part One: Quatrains 19-24
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock7:16
7Omar Khayyam, Part One: Quatrains 25-33
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock10:16
8Omar Khayyam, Part One: Quatrains 34-39
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock7:37
9Omar Khayyam, Part One: Quatrains 40-47
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock10:08
▼CD 2
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1Omar Khayyam, Part One: Interlude & Quatrain 48
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock9:57
2Omar Khayyam, Part One: Quatrains 49-54
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock10:49
3Omar Khayyam, Part Two: Interlude
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part II
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1907)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Cardiff Music Festival 1907: [concert] (1907)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:46
4Omar Khayyam, Part Two: Quatrains 55-60
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part II
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1907)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Cardiff Music Festival 1907: [concert] (1907)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock7:32
5Omar Khayyam, Part Two: Quatrains 61-65
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part II
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1907)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Cardiff Music Festival 1907: [concert] (1907)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock6:57
6Omar Khayyam, Part Two: Quatrains 66-70
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part II
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1907)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Cardiff Music Festival 1907: [concert] (1907)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock9:22
7Omar Khayyam, Part Two: Quatrains 71-77
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part II
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1907)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Cardiff Music Festival 1907: [concert] (1907)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock6:55
8Omar Khayyam, Part Two: Quatrains 78-81
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part II
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1907)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Cardiff Music Festival 1907: [concert] (1907)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock7:22
▼CD 3
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1Omar Khayyam, Part Three: Introduction
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part III
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1909)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1909: [concert] (1909)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock6:34
2Omar Khayyam, Part Three: Quatrains 82-90
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part III
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1909)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1909: [concert] (1909)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock10:17
3Omar Khayyam, Part Three: Quatrains 91-95
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part III
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1909)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1909: [concert] (1909)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock6:02
4Omar Khayyam, Part Three: Quatrains 96-99
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part III
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1909)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1909: [concert] (1909)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock8:12
5Omar Khayyam, Part Three: Quatrains 100-101
baritone vocals:
Brian Rayner Cook (British baritone)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC)
contralto vocals:
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part III
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1909)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1909: [concert] (1909)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock6:42
6Fifine at the Fair
orchestra:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Fifine At The Fair
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (from 1901 until 1911-11)
Sir Granville Bantock30:15
▼CD 4
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1Sappho: Prelude
contralto vocals:
Johanna Peters (Scottish mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Sappho: Prelude
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer)
part of:
Sappho
Sir Granville Bantock10:15
2Sappho: I. "Hymn to Aphrodite, Daughter of Zeus"
contralto vocals:
Johanna Peters (Scottish mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Sappho: I. Hymn to Aphrodite
additional lyricist:
Helena Bantock
lyricist:
Σαπφώ (ancient greek poet (7th-6th century BC))
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer)
translator:
Henry Thornton Wharton
part of:
Sappho
Sir Granville Bantock8:04
3Sappho: II. "I Loved Thee Once, Atthis, Long Ago"
contralto vocals:
Johanna Peters (Scottish mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Sappho: II. 'I Loved Thee Once, Atthis, Long Ago'
additional lyricist:
Helena Bantock
lyricist:
Σαπφώ (ancient greek poet (7th-6th century BC))
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer)
translator:
Henry Thornton Wharton
part of:
Sappho
Sir Granville Bantock6:52
4Sappho: III. "Evening Song"
contralto vocals:
Johanna Peters (Scottish mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Sappho: III. Evening Song
additional lyricist:
Helena Bantock
lyricist:
Σαπφώ (ancient greek poet (7th-6th century BC))
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer)
translator:
Henry Thornton Wharton
part of:
Sappho
Sir Granville Bantock2:05
5Sappho: V. "The Moon Has Set"
contralto vocals:
Johanna Peters (Scottish mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Sappho: V. 'The Moon Has Set'
additional lyricist:
Helena Bantock
lyricist:
Σαπφώ (ancient greek poet (7th-6th century BC))
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer)
translator:
Henry Thornton Wharton
part of:
Sappho
Sir Granville Bantock6:06
6Sappho: VI. "Peer of Gods He Seems"
contralto vocals:
Johanna Peters (Scottish mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Sappho: VI. 'Peer of Gods He Seems'
additional lyricist:
Helena Bantock
lyricist:
Σαπφώ (ancient greek poet (7th-6th century BC))
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer)
translator:
Henry Thornton Wharton
part of:
Sappho
Sir Granville Bantock4:03
7Sappho: IX. "Muse of the Golden Throne"
contralto vocals:
Johanna Peters (Scottish mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
Sappho: IX. 'Muse of the Golden Throne'
additional lyricist:
Helena Bantock
lyricist:
Σαπφώ (ancient greek poet (7th-6th century BC))
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer)
translator:
Henry Thornton Wharton
part of:
Sappho
Sir Granville Bantock5:33
8Pierrot of the Minute
orchestra:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
recording of:
The Pierrot of the Minute
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (composer) (in 1909)
Sir Granville Bantock11:27