The Cambridge Buskers Collection

 

Label : DG

Format : Flac track

Cover : Front

Tracklist :

CD 1

SOAP OPERA

On this record we tried to reproduce the spontaneity and fun of live pavement work. It was not recorded on a street corner or subway station as we found that the digital computer and balance console blocked the sidewalk and people kept throwing coins to the producer. Instead, it was made in Hornsey Town Hall in North London over two days in late April 1982. There was no audience but both of the Hall cleaning ladies liked what they heard and asked for a free copy.

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville: Largo al factotum

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Rigoletto: La donna è mobile

GEORGES BIZET: Carmen: Gypsy Song

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: Semiramide: Overture

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro: Dove sono i bei momenti

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Die Zauberflöte: Monostatos’s Aria

KURT WEILL: The Threepenny Opera: Happy Life Song

ARTHUR SULLIVAN: HMS Pinafore: Little Buttercup

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa

RICHARD WAGNER: Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Rigoletto: Quartet (Act III)

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: L’italiana in Algeri: Overture

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Don Giovanni: Deh vieni alla finestra (Serenade)

GIUSEPPE VERDI: La traviata: Sempre libera

PIETRO MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

FRANZ VON SUPPÉ:Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant): Overture

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai

JACQUES OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld: Can Can

Michael Copley, flute, sopranino recorder, crumhorn

Dag Ingram, accordion

THE CAMBRIDGE BUSKERS HANDEL BACH

with their Academy of Original Instruments-in-the-Streets

Baroque. The Americans pronounce the word to rhyme with ‘joke’, the British, like the German Barock with ‘shock’. This recording exposes the listener to magnificent examples both of the baroke joke and the barock shock.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Brandenburg Suite

Concerto No. 2

Concerto No. 3

Grand Finale – Medley (Concertos Nos 1–6)

Dr. A. Everett Paul-Arbenz,page-turner [20] (musicologically necessitated by the separation of the two chords in the Bach Sonderausgabe)

Evelyn Nallen, recorder II [21]

ANTONIO VIVALDI: The Four Seasons: Spring

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Harp Concerto in B flat major

TOMASO ALBINONI/REMO GIAZOTTO: Adagio

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Water Music Suite

Overture

Air

Menuet

Finale

‘Original’ rowing sounds courtesy Phonogram GmbH

DOMENICO SCARLATTI:Sonata in D major, Kk491

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Concerto in F major ‘a due cori’

CD 2

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Messiah: Hallelujah!

HENRY PURCELL: Abdelazar, or the Moor’s Revenge

LOUIS-CLAUDE DAQUIN: Le Coucou (The Cuckoo)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Harpsichord Concerto in F minor/Polonaise (Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor)

JEAN-JOSEPH MOURET: Fanfares: Rondeau

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

JOHANN PACHELBEL: Can(n)on/Kanon(e)

Cannon (‘authentic’ period weapon) from the recording of ‘Tosca’ on DG

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Toccata (without Fugue) in D minor

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: French Suite No. 5 in G major: Gavotte

ARCANGELO CORELLI: Christmas Concerto: Pastorale (Largo)

MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER: Te Deum

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Flute Sonata No. 2 in E flat major: Siciliano

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks

Overture

Menuet

Fireworks taped during the Alster Cherry Blossom Festival (Kirschblütenfest) of the Japan-Haus Verein, Hamburg

Michael Copley, flute, sopranino recorder soprano recorder, alto recorder , soprano crumhorn, bass crumhorn

Dag Ingram, accordion

THE EXPLOSIVE SOUND OF THE CAMBRIDGE BUSKERS

The Cambridge Buskers, on this record, have also now reached their own particular apotheosis. To illustrate this with a story from that well-known musical anecdotist Ben Trovato: ‘After the Amadeus String Quartet had played at some civic function in Liverpool, the Lord Mayor, a burly ex-docker, made a speech of thanks. “We wish them more and more success,” he said, “so that in time, maybe, Mr. Brainin will be able to enlarge his little band.” He would have said nothing of the sort about the Cambridge Buskers. They number only 50% of the Amadeus’ strength but their repertoire already surpasses that of most big symphony orchestras.

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture

Cannons courtesy of Phonogram International B.V., used by kind permission of Daniel Barenboim from his Chicago Symphony recording

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture

FRANZ SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 ‘Unfinished’

GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 4

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY : The Nutcracker Suite

March

Chinese Dance

FRANZ VON SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry: Overture

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto

Attrib. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Tuning Up

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: The Nine Symphonies

EDWARD ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 ‘Land of Hope & Glory

Steven Paul, cymbals

FRANZ SCHUBERT: The Trout

EDVARD GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite

Morning

Anitra’s Dance

In the Hall of the Mountain King

Birds from the Polydor International Sound Effects Archive, Werk II, Hanover, Germany

ROMAN HOFFSTETTER: ‘Haydn’ Serenade

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto in B flat minor

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture

Michael Copley, flutes & recorders

Dag Ingram, accordion

CD 3

ANOTHER SERIOUS ALBUM

You will notice that most of the composers are long since dead. We think they would have liked Michael and Dag’s lighthearted treatment of their music but we aren’t taking any chances.

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA: The Stars and Stripes Forever

KURT WEILL: The Threepenny Opera: Tango Ballade

JOHANN PACHELBEL: Canon

TRADITIONAL: Belfast Reel

ANTONIO VIVALDI: Recorder Concerto Finale

TRADITIONAL: Cod Piece (Pavan and Frog Galliard)

ALEXANDER BORODIN: Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

JOHN LENNON/PAUL McCARTNEY: Here, There & Everywhere

GEORGES BIZET: Carmen Entr’acte

TRADITIONAL: Good Beer Jig

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

ERIK SATIE: Gymnopédie No. 1

NOEL GAY: The Lambeth Walk

TRADITIONAL: Two Rumanian Folk Tunes

MAURICE RAVEL: Boléro

Michael Copley, recorders (Garklein Flötlein, sopranino, descant, treble, tenor and bass), piccolo, fluge, alto flute, crumhorn

Dan Ingram, accordion, grand piano, electric piano

Sheila Bromberg, harp

Barry Guy, double bass

Lennie Clark, drums

Robert Howes, percussion

NOT LIVE FROM NEW YORK

Since it is not live, your glassware will remain intact… What may get fractured is your funny-bone, tickled by these affectionate caricatures of classical characters. If you find classical music too serious, beware! This recording may be hazardous to your opinions, although the Surgeon General has not determined that humour is harmful to your health.

FRANZ SCHUBERT: Marche Militaire

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Die Zauberflöte: The Birdcatcher’s Song

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake: The Dying Swan/Dance of the Young Swans

ANTONIO VIVALDI: The Four Seasons (Winter): Largo

ARAM KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh: Sabre Dance

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Water Music: Gigue (Country Dance)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Don Giovanni: Champagne Aria

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: La scala di seta: Overture

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: Largo

WILLIAM BOYCE: Symphony No. 7 in B flat major: Gigue

CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD VON GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits:

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS: Terpsichore: Courante

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Réjouissance

VITTORIO MONTI: Czárdás

GEORGES BIZET: L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

Michael Copley, sopranino and soprano recorders, flute

Dag Ingram, accordion and swan

CD 4

EINE KLEINE STRAßEN-MUSIK (A LITTLE STREET MUSIC)

When you think about it, it really is nice to know that they’ve made the streets safe for good music again.

JOHANN STRAUSS I: Radetzky March

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Reed Pipes

LÉO DELIBES: Sylvia: Pizzicati

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: erenade in G major, KV525 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’: Rondo (Allegro)

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: La Cenerentola: Overture

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9: Finale (Ode to Joy)

TRADITIONAL: Moscow Nights

AMILCARE PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348: Hornpipe

JOHN W. BRATTON: Teddy Bears’ Picnic

GABRIEL FAURÉ: Pelléas et Mélisande: Sicilienne

TRADITIONAL: Loch Lomond

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH: Quintet in D major: Andantino

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major,

KV 495: Rondo (Allegro vivace)

RAY DAVIES: Boss Cat

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture

Michael Copley, Garklein Flötlein, sopranino recorder, soprano recorder, tenor recorder, flute, alto flute, piccolo, ocarina

Dag Ingram, accordion

ZWISCHEN PINTE UND PODIUM (BETWEEN PUB AND PODIUM)

The Buskers met at Cambridge University and subsequently built a career playing in underground stations and performing in concert halls – surely proof of the importance of going to college!

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Piano Sonata in A major, KV331: Turkish March (Rondo alla Turca)

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: La gazza ladra: Overture

TRADITIONAL: Hornpipe: What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 5

SCOTT JOPLIN: The Entertainer

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Two-Part Invention No. 8

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: William Tell: Overture

TRADITIONAL: In dulci jubilo

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS: Bourrée

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV550: Molto allegro

TRADITIONAL: Dark Eyes

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 ‘Minute Waltz’

JEREMIAH CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary

MARVIN HATLEY: Dance of the Cuckoos (Laurel and Hardy Theme)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete

LUIGI BOCCHERINI: String Quintet Op. 13 No. 5: Minuet

GRIGORAŞ DINICU: Hora Staccato

Michael Copley, flute, piccolo, Garklein Flötlein, sopranino recorder, soprano recorder, tonette, ocarina

Dag Ingram, accordion

KING’S PARADE

TRADITIONAL

King’s Parade

Piper’s Dance

Michael Copley, flutes

Dag Ingram, accordion