Sensible Sound, January 1st, 2004
Walters, Walton, Williams, and Warlock. Roy Goodman, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. CBC Records SMCD 5227.
This album of English string music is well titled, as it is the Sea Sketches by Grace Williams that are among the most memorable tunes on the disc.Ms. Williams (1906-1977), best known as the first female Welsh composer of distinction, created in the Sea Sketches a series of five descriptive movements that may remind some listeners of Debussy's La Mer, if not in actual substance at least in mood. The Sea Sketches are made up of individual tone poems labeled "High Wind," "Sailing Song," "Ch...
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