Portrait: Sir Ernest MacMillan

Analekta Archives CD

BACH, J.S.

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

Sample -1.04 Mb

GRIEG Edvard

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

Sample - 972K

MACMILLAN, Sir Ernest

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

Sample - 896K

MACMILLAN, Sir Ernest, arr.

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

Sample - 1.3 Mb

HOLST, Gustav

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

Sample - 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)

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