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A Celebration of Paul Reade
Paul Reade

A Celebration of Paul Reade

English Chamber Orchestra

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212075821
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Catalog number: SIGCD 758
Releasedate: 18-08-23

- 4 world premiere recordings- the Flute Concerto, a new version of The Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite arranged for flute, the Serenata for wind sextet, and his last written piece, the Bassoon Concerto, Catalonia.

- released in his 80th birthday year 2023

- recorded 25 years after his death

- Highlights the link with the English Chamber Orchestra who performed the Flute Concerto with Philippa Davies and the Bassoon concerto with Laurence Perkins the year after Paul's death at St John's Smith Square.

Paul Reade died 25 years ago.  He is remembered for his delightful Victorian Kitchen Garden music (Ivor Novello Award) and television themes such as Antiques Roadshow.  However, he also wrote a huge range of equally wonderful but less well-known pieces, full of melodic invention, wit and fabulous energy.

For some time, his widow, flautist Philippa Davies, has had the vision of recording a selection of these magical pieces.  They are previously unpublished and unrecorded works that deserve to be heard.

We want to celebrate his music with this premier recording which will be issued in time for what would have been Paul's 80th birthday, early 2023.