Pieces in a Modern Style

~ Release by William Orbit (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Adagio for Strings
programming and producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
performer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1999)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings (catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1936)
arrangement of:
Adagio for Strings
9:34
2In a Landscape
programming and producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
performer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
recording of:
In a Landscape
composer:
John Cage (American composer) (in 1948)
dedicated to:
Louise Lippold
2:57
3Ogive Number 1
programming and producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
performer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
recording of:
Quatre Ogives : I. Première Ogive (à J.P. Contamine de Latour) (Ogive No. 1)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (in 1886)
part of:
Quatre Ogives
6:45
4Cavalleria Rusticana
programming:
Damian LeGassick and William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Damian LeGassick
performer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
partial recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
librettist:
Guido Menasci (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.) and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
3:20
5Pavane pour une Infante Défunte
programming:
Damian LeGassick and William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Damian LeGassick
performer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
recording of:
Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte (William Orbit version)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
version of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (original version for solo piano)
6:11
6L'Inverno
programming and producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
performer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
recording of:
L'Inverno
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
3:58
7Triple Concerto
programming and producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
performer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
recording of:
Triple Concerto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
is based on:
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, op. 56 “Triple Concerto”
5:33
8Xerxes
programming:
Damian LeGassick and William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Damian LeGassick
performer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
partial recording of:
Serse, HWV 40
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1737-12-26 until 1738-02-14)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
premiered at:
His Majesty’s Theatre (Haymarket, London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1738-04-15)
part of:
Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: HWV 40)
instrumental recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (“largo”; catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arrangement of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
4:43
9Piece in the Old Style 1
programming and producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
performer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
recording of:
Trzy utwory w dawnym stylu, nr 1 (Three Pieces in the Olden Style, no. 1)
composer:
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki, Polish composer) (in 1963)
part of:
Trzy utwory w dawnym stylu (Three Pieces in the Olden Style)
5:06
10Piece in the Old Style 3
programming:
Damian LeGassick and William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
additional keyboard [keyboards]:
Damian LeGassick
performer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
recording of:
Trzy utwory w dawnym stylu, nr 3 (Three Pieces in the Olden Style, no. 3)
composer:
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki, Polish composer) (in 1963)
part of:
Trzy utwory w dawnym stylu (Three Pieces in the Olden Style)
5:50
11Opus 132
programming and producer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
performer:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
recording of:
Opus 132
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
arranger:
William Orbit (English musician, composer and record producer)
is based on:
String Quartet no. 15 in A minor, op. 132: III. A Convalescent’s Holy Song of Thanksgiving to the Deity, in the Lydian Mode. Molto adagio – Andante – Molto adagio – Andante – Molto adagio. Mit innigster Empfindung
6:15
2CD

Credits

Release

engineer and programming:Sean Spuehler
executive producer:Rob Dickins
mastering:Geoff Pesche (mastering engineer)
engineered at:Townhouse in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/154019 [info]
ASIN:US: B000046S1W [info]