ALEXANDER MACKENZIE (1847-1935): Overture to The Cricket on the Hearth, Op. 62, Twelfth Night, Op. 40, Benedictus, Op. 37/3, Burns - Second Scotch Rhapsody, Op. 24, Coriolanus - Incidental Music, Op. 61.

Description: 51 minutes of music for the stage - the overture, Twelfth Night and Coriolanus (the latter including a funeral march worthy of the best in the genre) - a transcription of a violin-piano piece and a rousing Scotch Rhaposdy, make up the program of this second Helios reissue of a Hyperion original, making the case for the composer Elgar called “the revered head of our art in this country”. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins. Original 1995 Hyperion release.