{"product_id":"royal-liverpool-philharmonic-orchestra-holst-butterworth-a-shropshire-lad-two-idylls-banks-of-green-will-compact-discs","title":"Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: Holst \u0026 Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad, Two Idylls, Banks of Green Will - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHolst \u0026amp; Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad, Two Idylls, Banks of Green Will\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eOnyx Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e880040425823\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical Vocal Crossover\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2025-10-10\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         George Butterworth, one of the pre 1914 generation lost in the Great War, left a small but enduring body of work. He was introduced to folk music by Vaughan Williams, but he was also a dancer and collector of folk songs and dances - especially those from Sussex. It is however his A.E Houseman inspired orchestral rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad, that has become his most famous composition and seems to conjure up a powerful sense of the countryside of that county, and melancholy at the waste and futility of war. Holst, like Butterworth was a friend of Vaughan Williams, and together the two of them collected folk songs from around England. Holst also taught at the school for girls in Hammersmith, London and the St Paul Suite is a personal thank you to the school. Folk songs imbue the two Songs without Words. Holst became friendly with Thomas Hardy, and it was on a night walk (at the urging of Hardy) that the inspiration for Egdon Heath came to Holst. The 15-minute-long work capture the 'singularly colossal and mysterious in it's swarthy monotony' as Hardy described the area of moorland in his novel The Return of the Native. The high trumpet at the close of the work is surely sounding from post war sad shires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Shropshire Lad Rhapsody for Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Banks of Green Willow Idyll \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Two English Idylls Founded on folk-tunes~No. 1 Allegro scherzando \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Two English Idylls Founded on folk-tunes~No. 2 Adagio non troppo \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Egdon Heath Op. 47, A Homage to Thomas Hardy \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Two Songs without Words Op. 22~No. 1 Country Song \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Two Songs without Words Op. 22~No. 2 Marching Song \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Fugal Concerto Op. 40 No. 2~I. Moderato \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Fugal Concerto Op. 40 No. 2~II. Adagio \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Fugal Concerto Op. 40 No. 2~III. Allegro \u003cbr\u003e1.11 St Paul's Suite Op. 29 No. 2~I. Jig: Vivace \u003cbr\u003e1.12 St Paul's Suite Op. 29 No. 2~II. Ostinato \u003cbr\u003e1.13 St Paul's Suite Op. 29 No. 2~III. Intermezzo: Andante con moto \u003cbr\u003e1.14 St Paul's Suite Op. 29 No. 2~IV. Finale (The Dargason): Allegro\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42027587108935,"sku":"45404269","price":21.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4447323-3423058.jpg?v=1758278457","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/royal-liverpool-philharmonic-orchestra-holst-butterworth-a-shropshire-lad-two-idylls-banks-of-green-will-compact-discs","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}