Portsmouth Sinfonia - Plays The Popular Classics mp3 download

Portsmouth Sinfonia Novelty Baroque Classical Romantic 1974 UK

Singer: Portsmouth Sinfonia
Title: Plays The Popular Classics
Released: 1974
Country: UK
Style: Novelty, Baroque, Classical, Romantic
Genre: Classical music
Rating: 4.4
Votes: 917
Formats: AHX MP1 MP4 MIDI DTS ADX AAC
MP3 size: 1305 mb

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	From Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: "Morning" Composed By – Edvard Grieg	3:23
A2	From Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" Composed By – Edvard Grieg	3:00
A3	From The Nutcracker Suite: "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy" Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaïkovski*	2:18
A4	From The Nutcracker Suite: "Waltz Of The Flowers" Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaïkovski*	4:05
A5	Fifth Symphony In C Minor, Op. 67 Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven	6:18
A6	William Tell Overture Composed By – Gioacchino Rossini	2:00
B1	Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 31 Composed By – Richard Strauss	2:06
B2	Blue Danube Waltz Op. 314 Composed By – Johann Strauss*	4:36
B3	"Air" From Suite No. 3 In D Major Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach	4:37
B4	"Farandole" From L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 Composed By – Georges Bizet	4:05
B5	"Jupiter" From The Planets, Op. 32 (Excerpt) Composed By – Gustav Holst	4:28

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Transatlantic Records Ltd.

Credits

Arranged By – Portsmouth Sinfonia
Cello – Clive Richardson, Gary Rickard, Gavin Bryars, Sue Evans
Clarinet – Brian Eno, Gwen Fereday, Suzette Worden, Tony Talbot
Conductor – John Farley
Double Bass – Angus Fraser, Brian Young, Ian Southward, Peter Clutterbuck
Flute – Ann Shrosbree, Brian Watterson, Deborah Smith, John Lawrence, Utako Ikeda
Horns [Tenor] – David Saunders
Mastered By – Arun Chakraverty
Percussion – Jenni Adams, John Ryder, Maggi Wooton
Producer – Brian Eno
Recorded By – Bob Woolford
Saxophone, Clarinet, Glockenspiel – James Lampart*
Trombone – Jeffrey Steele, Maurice Joyce
Trumpet – Chris Turner, Steve Beresford
Viola – Linda Adams, Neil Watson, Simon Dale
Violin – Cherril Smith, Gary Gunby, Imogen Morley, Jill Adams, Martin Kenny, Mick Steele, Nigel Coombes, Peter Beresford, Robert Carter , Robin Mortimer*, Russell Coates, Stefan Klima, Stephen Luscombe

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label A, Matrix ): AL 33049
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, Stamped ): P AL 33049-1B
Matrix / Runout (Label B, Matrix ): BL 33049
Matrix / Runout (Runout B, Stamped ): P BL 33049-1D

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
TRA 275	Portsmouth Sinfonia	Plays The Popular Classics ‎(LP, Album)	Transatlantic Records	TRA 275	UK	1973
KC 33049	Portsmouth Sinfonia	Plays The Popular Classics ‎(LP, Album, Promo, Rad)	Columbia	KC 33049	US	1974
TRA 89.517	Portsmouth Sinfonia	Plays The Popular Classics ‎(LP, Album)	Transatlantic Records	TRA 89.517	France	1973
TRA 275	Portsmouth Sinfonia	Plays The Popular Classics ‎(LP, Album)	Transatlantic Records	TRA 275	Australasia	1973
none, MLX-189	Portsmouth Sinfonia	The Best Of The Portsmouth Sinfonia ‎(LP)	Transatlantic Records, M7	none, MLX-189	Australia	1977

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Akta

When I first put this on I had no clue what I was in for. Now that I'm done I don't really know what I just listened to, but it got my dogs super riled up for some reason. If you're trying to antagonize your house pets this is an excellent album for sure.

net rider

I pity the poor vinyl seeker who picks up this album in the hopes that it's a typical collection of classical music pieces by some obscure Symphony. On the other hand, it is a wonderful re-discovery of the classical pop hits, done by an orchestra that is not entirely sufficient in their instrumentation. Nevertheless part of the enjoyment of the journey I think is the motif of the Portsmouth Sinfonia. It's not entirely off-kilter because one can recognize the works here. British composer Gavin Bryars started the orchestra, and not sure if it was done so for the purpose of going back to his roots, but I suspect to explore the music in a different light. There is a Fluxus flavor to the concept of having an orchestra who can't play their instruments (properly) and performing classics by composers like Beethoven, Bach, Bizet, Holst, and others. At first hearing, I took it as a joke, but I don't think that's the purpose here. The selection of pieces they do on the album is very popular. The average listener who may not know classical music, I would have imagined heard the compositions in their home or on the TV or some other medium. The arrangements are close to the music sheet (as far as I know), but it's the skills of each musician that makes this album unique. In ways, an orchestra is a study of civilization at work where everyone has a role to play for the betterment of the composed work as well as the overall orchestrational sound. The Portsmouth Sinfonia is chaos working as a group. It's a society that is struggling to make sounds that are actual music. This is not an eccentric's work, but more of a statement on politics and culture and how one sees their role in the "orchestra." Brian Eno produced this album and is one of the musicians in the orchestra. He plays Clarinet, and Byars play the cello. His original instrument I think is stand-up bass. - Tosh Berman