★ 企鵝三星帶花，巴畢羅里指揮最擅長的英國作曲家管弦樂傑作，愛樂者一致讚賞。

★ Abbey Road 錄音室進行重製，並且在 EMI 當年的工廠壓製，堪稱最原汁原味的復刻！

★ 透過優異的錄製音效，讓人清楚聽到選擇兩個不同錄音場地的不同聲音效果。

巴畢羅里對英國作品的詮釋向來為人稱道，而這兒選的曲目全都是他的拿手菜。包括艾爾加「序奏與快板」與「弦樂小夜曲」，還有佛漢威廉士的「泰利斯主題幻想曲」與「綠袖子幻想曲」。這張專輯大部分都在音效卓越的倫敦 Kingsway Hall 進行，僅有「泰利斯主題幻想曲」是在教堂錄製。這是出於巴畢羅里的好友，著名好萊塢作曲家伯納赫曼的建議，也許是認為這首以宗教音樂為主題的音樂，在教堂錄製會有更好的效果吧！透過優異的錄製，我們竟然可以清楚聽到此曲殘響特別綿長的聲音效果。流暢熱情的音樂配上黑膠的忠實重刻，讓我們聽到這個企鵝三星帶花經典演出的真貌。

     This famous LP was recorded at the Kingsway Hall, London on 10-11 May 1962,except for the Tallis Fantasia which was recorded in the sonorous acoustic of the medieval Temple Church in the City of London a week later. The latter venue was suggested by the American composer and conductor Bernard Herrmann, a friend and admirer of Barbirolli  since Sir John’s years in New York. Hermann’s website tells how -
“Herrmann insisted that ‘it must be done in a stone building not a studio’. So Herrmann suggested the Temple Church. The recording session was started at midnight to avoid traffic noise. According to Ursula Vaughan Williams (the composer’s widow): "Coats and bags and thermos flasks were piled round the effigies of Crusader Knights. Bernard was there, listening to the balance, listening to the music, and the resulting record is by far the best ever made of the work."

◎ Produced by the legendary Victor Olof and engineered by Harold Davidson and Neville Boyling (Tallis)

◎ Newly Cut at Abbey Road Studios from EMI’s original stereo master tapes

◎ Pressed on 180g vinyl to audiophile standards

◎ Featuring the original album artwork

◎ “In the introduction and Allegro, Sir John shows his love of the score clearly enough and his is an experienced, masterly performance. The Serenade is warm and affectionate also but the work’s calm serenity is nevertheless skilfully preserved.”  GRAMOPHONE

曲目:

Side One
1. Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for strings Op.47
2. Elgar: Serenade in E minor Op.20

Sinfonia of London
Sir John Barbirolli

Side Two
1. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
2. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’

Sinfonia of London
Sir John Barbirolli