WALLACE: Symphonic Poems - Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Sir William Wallace 'Symphonic Poem No 5'[20'45]
1
Lento[4'12]
2
Misurato[4'52]
3
Andante con moto[5'21]
4
Vivace[6'20]
Villon 'Symphonic Poem No 6'[17'40]
5
Allegro con anima[1'13]
6
Con brio 'Au moins sera de moy memoire'[1'02]
7
Più lento 'Où s'en va tout?'[3'17]
8
Ballade des Dames du Temps jadis[2'56]
9
Ballade pour prier Nôtre Dame[2'32]
10
Allegro[0'56]
11
Allegretto 'Il n'est bon bec que de Paris'[0'58]
12
Largo 'Je plaings le temps de ma jeunesse'[4'46]
13
The Passing of Beatrice 'Symphonic Poem No 1'[15'46]
Sister Helen 'Symphonic Poem No 3'[18'40]
14
Largo sostenuto[4'46]
15
Vivace[3'00]
16
Andante[3'04]
17
Con fuoco[2'04]
18
Meno allegro[5'46]

William Wallace was a classical scholar, a doctor and eye surgeon, a poet and dramatist, a writer on music and musicians, and the man described by Shaw as 'a young Scotch composer with a very tender and sympathetic talent'. His orchestral compositions rank amongst them the earliest attempts at the genre of the symphonic poem to be made in the British Isles, his choice of subjects for these being at least as wide-ranging as his own interests and achievements.