Listen & tracks
1 of 13 tracks have a preview · 7 works · 70:57
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German Teddy: Symphony for Mandolin OrchestraGeorge Dreyfus 3 movements19:24
- 1 i. Allegro vivo 6:35
- 2 ii. Lento 6:20
- 3 iii. Allegro con brio 6:29
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4 Tender Mercies George Dreyfus 3:40
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5 Larino, Safe Haven George Dreyfus 11:58
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AuscapesGeorge Dreyfus 5 movements14:42
- 6 Gold Coast, 1900 1:33
- 7 Gold Coast, 1990 3:43
- 8 Ernest Giles Crosses the Western Desert, 1875 3:48
- 9 Hikers Climb Mount Ellery, East Gippsland, 1990 3:07
- 10 Saturday Night, 1990 2:31
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11 There is Something of Don Quixote in All of Us George Dreyfus 8:16
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12 Larino, Safe Haven George Dreyfus 2:14
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13 The Adventures of Sebastian the Fox George Dreyfus [Bassoon quartet version] 10:43
The programme opens with German Teddy – Symphony for Mandolin Orchestra, a three-movement work based on the Eureka Stockade folk song, played by the Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra under Fred Witt.
Film and television threads run through Tender Mercies for horn and piano and two versions of Larino, Safe Haven, one for two oboes and cor anglais, the other for trumpet and piano. The Methodist Ladies’ College Chorale, conducted by Jane Elton-Brown, sings the five choral Auscapes.
Jochen Schubert gives the solo guitar portrait There is Something of Don Quixote in All of Us. The disc closes with a live bassoon-quartet suite from the children’s series The Adventures of Sebastian the Fox, narrated by Adrian Rawlins at Montsalvat.
Reviews
All the performances are full of character, well rehearsed and well presented ... a great new recording.
Artists
George Dreyfus
composer
One of Australia's best-known composers, especially for the theme from the television series Rush, George Dreyfus was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany at Victorian Parliament House for services to music.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Jeffrey Crellin · oboe · track 5
- Jochen Schubert · guitar · track 11
- Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra · ensemble · tracks 1–3
- Alec Grieve · horn · track 4
- Len Vorster · piano · tracks 4 and 12
- Martin Lee · oboe · track 5
- Meredith Rowe · cor anglais · track 5
- Gaetano Salvatore · trumpet · track 12
- Adrian Rawlins · narrator · track 13
- Fred Witt · conductor · tracks 1–3
- Methodist Ladies' College Chorale · chorus · tracks 6–10
- Jane Elton-Brown · conductor · tracks 6–10
- Melbourne Bassoon Quartet · ensemble · track 13
Technical credits
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Recording Engineer
John D. Smyth
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Editing Engineer
Martin Wright
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Venue
Montsalvat (track 13)
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 70 minutes 57 seconds
- Release date
- 1992
- Categories
- Australian, Classical, Orchestral
- Musical work copyright
- © 1992 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 1992 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3129
- EAN
- 9314574312928
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