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Title: The Definitive Eric Coates: Eric Coates conducts his own compositions - all of his commercially released recordings 1923 – 1957
Artist: Eric Coates
Label: Lyrita
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5020926214522
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-06-06
Number of Discs: 7

I had been contemplating a 'Definitive' Eric Coates collection for some time but it was the discovery of Michael Payne's Ph.D. Thesis for Durham University "The Man Who Writes The Tunes" that encouraged me to start serious work on it. Michael has since turned this thesis into the definitive book on Coates, "The Life And Music Of Eric Coates" published by Ashgate in 2012, and I was delighted when he agreed to write the booklet notes. The track order: My original concept was to present the recordings in strict chronological order but it became apparent that, although this would be ideal for those wishing to analyse and study Coates' work, some pieces would appear twice on the same CD which would be frustrating for the normal listener. The approach therefore has been to make each disc a varied and enjoyable selection of his work. © Alan Bunting

Tracks:
1.1 Merrymakers - Overture
1.2 From Meadow to Mayfair - Suite~In The Country - Rustic Dance
1.3 From Meadow to Mayfair - Suite~A Song By The Way - Romance
1.4 From Meadow to Mayfair - Suite~Evening In Town - Valse
1.5 Summer Afternoon - Idyll
1.6 Cinderella - Phantasy
1.7 By The Sleepy Lagoon - Valse Serenade (Extended Version)
1.8 Jester At The Wedding~No. 1: The Princess Arrives - March
1.9 By The Tamarisk - Intermezzo
1.10 Saxo-Rhapsody
1.11 Summer Days - Suite~In A Country Lane
1.12 Summer Days - Suite~On The Edge Of The Lake (Isle Of The Waters)
1.13 Summer Days - Suite~At The Dance
1.14 Springtime - Suite~Fresh Morning - Pastorale
1.15 Springtime - Suite~Noonday Song - Romance
1.16 Springtime - Suite~Dance In The Twilight - Valse
1.17 For Your Delight - Serenade
2.1 Footlights - Concert Valse
2.2 Last Love - Romance
2.3 Seven Seas - March (Later re-titled "South Wales ; West")
2.4 I Sing To You (A Souvenir)
2.5 Calling All Workers - March
2.6 Fanfare Number 1
2.7 Salute the Soldier - March
2.8 Fanfare Number 2
2.9 Eighth Army March
2.10 Four Centuries - Suite~Prelude ; Hornpipe - 17th Century
2.11 Four Centuries - Suite~Pavane ; Tambourin - 18th Century
2.12 Four Centuries - Suite~Valse - 19th Century
2.13 Four Centuries - Suite~Rhythm - 20th Century
2.14 Three Elizabeths - Suite~Halcyon Days - Elizabeth Tudor
2.15 Three Elizabeths - Suite~Springtime In Angus - Elizabeth Of Glamis, The Queen Mother
2.16 Three Elizabeths - Suite~Youth Of Britain (March) - The Princess Elizabeth
2.17 Dancing Nights - Concert Valse
2.18 London Calling - March
2.19 London Bridge - March
2.20 London Suite~Knightsbridge March (Abridged Version)
3.1 Song Of Loyalty (Orchestral version)
3.2 By The Sleepy Lagoon - Valse Serenade
3.3 Bird Songs At Eventide
3.4 Television March
3.5 Wood Nymphs - Valsette
3.6 London - Suite~Covent Garden - Tarantelle
3.7 London - Suite~Westminster - Meditation
3.8 London - Suite~Knightsbridge - March
3.9 London Again - Suite~Oxford Street - March
3.10 London Again - Suite~Langham Place - Elegy
3.11 London Again - Suite~Mayfair - Valse
3.12 Three Men - Suite~The Man From The Country
3.13 Three Men - Suite~The Man About Town
3.14 Three Men - Suite~The Man From The Sea
3.15 Jester At The Wedding~No. 4: Dance Of The Orange Blossoms
3.16 Three Bears - A Phantasy
3.17 Music Everywhere - Rediffusion March
3.18 Dam Busters - March
3.19 Sound And Vision - The A.T.V. Television March
4.1 High Flight - March
4.2 Impression Of A Princess - Intermezzo
4.3 Wood Nymphs - Valsette
4.4 South Wales and West - Television March
4.5 London - Suite~Covent Garden - Tarantelle
4.6 London - Suite~Westminster - Meditation
4.7 London - Suite~Knightsbridge - March
4.8 London Again - Suite~Oxford Street - March
4.9 London Again - Suite~Langham Place - Elegy
4.10 London Again - Suite~Mayfair - Valse
4.11 Three Elizabeths - Suite~Halcyon Days - Elizabeth Tudor
4.12 Three Elizabeths - Suite~Springtime In Angus - Elizabeth Of Glamis, The Queen Mother
4.13 Three Elizabeths - Suite~Youth Of Britain (March) - The Princess Elizabeth
4.14 Four Centuries - Suite~Prelude ; Hornpipe - 17th Century
4.15 Four Centuries - Suite~Pavane ; Tambourin - 18th Century
4.16 Four Centuries - Suite~Valse - 19th Century
4.17 Four Centuries - Suite~Rhythm - 20th Century
5.1 Summer Days - Suite~In A Country Lane
5.2 Summer Days - Suite~On The Edge Of The Lake (Isle Of The Waters)
5.3 Summer Days - Suite~At The Dance
5.4 Wood Nymphs - Valsette
5.5 With A Song In My Heart. Symphonic Rhapsody after Richard Rodgers
5.6 Bird Songs at Eventide
5.7 I Pitch My Lonely Caravan At Night - Symphonic Rhyapsody
5.8 I Heard You Singing And Bird Songs At Eventide - Symphonic Rhapsody
5.9 London - Suite~Covent Garden - Tarantelle
5.10 London - Suite~Westminster - Meditation
5.11 London - Suite~Knightsbridge - March
5.12 London Bridge - March
5.13 Jester At The Wedding~No. 1: The Princess Arrives (March)
5.14 Jester at the Wedding~No. 4: Dance Of The Orange Blossoms - Valse
5.15 Three Men - Suite~The Man From The Country
5.16 Three Men - Suite~The Man About Town
5.17 Three Men - Suite~The Man From The Sea
5.18 Wood Nymphs - Valsette
5.19 Song of Loyalty (The Prayer Within Our Hearts)
6.1 Meadow To Mayfair Suite~No. 2: A Song By The Way
6.2 London Again - Suite~Oxford Street - March
6.3 London Again - Suite~Langham Place - Elegy
6.4 London Again - Suite~Mayfair - Valse
6.5 By The Sleepy Lagoon - Valse Serenade (Abridged Version)
6.6 Three Bears - A Phantasy
6.7 London Suite - Knightsbridge March
6.8 Television March
6.9 Three Bears - A Phantasy~Valse
6.10 Merrymakers - Overture
6.11 Moresque Dance - Interlude
6.12 Joyous Youth - Suite~Introduction
6.13 Joyous Youth - Suite~Serenade
6.14 Joyous Youth - Suite~Valse
6.15 Summer Days Suite~At The Dance
6.16 Selfish Giant - A Phantasy
7.1 From The Countryside - Suite~Early Morning - In The Meadows
7.2 From The Countryside - Suite~Afternoon - Among The Poppies
7.3 From The Countryside - Suite~Evening - At The Fair
7.4 Miniature Suite~Children's Dance
7.5 Miniature Suite~Intermezzo
7.6 Miniature Suite~Scene du Bal
7.7 Joyous Youth - Suite~Introduction
7.8 Joyous Youth - Suite~Serenade
7.9 Joyous Youth - Suite~Waltz
7.10 Moresque - Dance Interlude
7.11 Two Light Syncopated Pieces~Moon Magic
7.12 Two Light Syncopated Pieces~Rose Of Samarkand
7.13 Selfish Giant - A Phantasy
7.14 Four Ways Suite~Northwards - March
7.15 Four Ways Suite~Southwards - Valse
7.16 Four Ways Suite~Eastwards - Eastern Dance
7.17 Four Ways Suite~Westwards - Rhythm
7.18 Mirage - Romance
7.19 Under the Stars
7.20 Lazy Night - Waltz Romantique
7.21 Over to You - March
7.22 Holborn - March
7.23 Sweet Seventeen - Concert Valse
7.24 Dam Busters - March