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Portrait: Sir Ernest MacMillan

Analekta Archives CD


Note: These excerpts are 8-bit, 22Hz, mono digitizations for the purposes of this WWW exhibit and are not accurate reflections of the sound quality of this CD.


BACH, J.S.


Prelude in E-flat major (Clavierubung III, BWV 552/1)

Sir Ernest MacMillan, organ
Recorded: 1950/09/24

A Selection of Sir Ernest MacMillanSample -1.04 Mb


GRIEG Edvard


Sonata, no. 2 in G major, op. 13, for violin and pianoforte
II. Allegretto tranquillo

Kathleen Parlow, violin
Sir Ernest MacMillan, piano
Recorded: 1941/10/13
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

A Selection of Sir Ernest MacMillanSample - 972K


MACMILLAN, Sir Ernest


England
Overture

Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Under the direction of Sir Ernest MacMillan / Conductor
Recorded: 1941/01/21

A Selection of Sir Ernest MacMillanSample - 896K


MACMILLAN, Sir Ernest, arr.


Six Bergerettes du Bas-Canada

Renée Maheu, soprano
Jean-Paul Jeannotte, tenor
Recorded: 1961/07/08

A Selection of Sir Ernest MacMillanSample - 1.3 Mb


HOLST, Gustav


The Planets
Mars (Part 1)
Mars (Conclusion)
Venus (Part 1)
Venus (Conclusion)
Mercury
Jupiter (Part 1)
Jupiter (Conclusion)

Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Under the direction of Sir Ernest MacMillan / Conductor
Recorded: 1942

A Selection of Sir Ernest MacMillanSample - Jupiter (Part 1) - 1.46 Mb


The National Library of Canada, in cooperation with Analekta Recording, presents the music of Sir Ernest MacMillan. This newly compiled compact disk entitled PORTRAIT: SIR ERNEST MACMILLAN, contains a selection of recordings from the MacMillan collection of the Music Division of the National Library.

Sir Ernest MacMillan made outstanding contributions to Canada's cultural heritage. His career embodied the role of musician, composer, conductor, administrator and educator. PORTRAIT offers its listeners the chance to own a part of Canada's musical history. Included on the disk are recordings of Prelude in E-flat Major by Bach, the overture to England composed by MacMillan and The Planets by Gustav Holst.

The work of Sir Ernest MacMillan should be known by all aspiring Canadian musicians and students of Canadian culture as a model of personal achievement and service to profession and country.

($19.95 Canadian, including GST)

To order your copy, contact:

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National Library of Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON   K1A 0N4
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