Conductor – Neil ArdleyNarrator [Told By] – Ivor CutlerWords By – Edward Lear
11:42
Three Poems
(11:13)
B2
After Long Silence
Words By – W. B. Yeats*
4:08
B3
She Weeps Over Rahoon
Words By – James Joyce
3:21
B4
Will You Walk A Little Faster?
Words By – Lewis Carroll
3:44
Companies, etc.
Record Company
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EMI
Record Company
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E.M.I. Records
Record Company
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The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Pressed By
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The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Printed By
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Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Made By
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Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Credits
Bass
–
Chris Laurence,
Jeff Clyne
Cello
–
Charles Tunnell,
Francis Gabarro*
Conductor
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Jack Rothstein (tracks: A1 to A4)
Design
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Jill Oxley
Drums
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Jon Hiseman
Electric Piano
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Karl Jenkins
Engineer
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John Mackswith
Glockenspiel
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Dave Gelly
Harp
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David Snell ,
Sidonie Goossens
Harpsichord
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Alan Branscombe
Liner Notes
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Richard Williams
Music By
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Neil Ardley (tracks: B1 to B4)
Piano [Prepared Piano]
–
Neil Ardley
Piano, Celesta [Celeste]
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Stan Tracey
Producer, Supervised By [Supervision]
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Denis Preston
Soloist, Saxophone
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Barbara Thompson (tracks: A1),
Dave Gelly (tracks: B2),
Dick Heckstall-Smith (tracks: A3),
Dick Heckstall-Smith (tracks: B4),
Don Rendell (tracks: A3)
Soloist, Trombone
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Derek Wadsworth (tracks: B4)
Soloist, Trumpet
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Harry Beckett (tracks: A1),
Henry Lowther (tracks: A2)
Soloist, Vibraphone
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Frank Ricotti (tracks: B2)
Trombone
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Derek Wadsworth,
Ray Premru
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
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Derek Watkins,
Harry Beckett,
Henry Lowther,
Nigel Carter
Tuba
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Dick Hart
Vibraphone
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Frank Ricotti
Viola
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Ken Essex*
Violin
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Erich Gruenberg,
Jack Rothstein,
Kelly Isaacs
Vocals [Sung By]
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Norma Winstone (tracks: B2 to B4)
Woodwind, Bassoon
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Bunny Gould
Woodwind, Oboe
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John Clementson
Woodwind, Saxophone
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Barbara Thompson,
Dave Gelly,
Dick Heckstall-Smith,
Don Rendell
Written-By
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Neil Ardley (tracks: A1 to A4)
Notes
Amaranth: an everlasting flower, symbol of immortality.
℗ 1972.
E.M.I Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) Hayes٠Middlesex٠England.
Made and printed in Great Britain.
Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
A Denis Preston production.
P.S.M.
A1 to A4, "A Symphony Of Amaranths", for Duke Ellington and Gil Evans.
This recording is made with the financial assistance from the Arts Council Of Great Britain.
"After long Silence" (The words of this poem are by W. B. Teats and are used by permission of the copyright owner M. B. Yeats).
"She Weeps Over Rahoon" (By courtesy of The Society Of Authors on behalf of the trustees of the James Joyce Estate).
Jon Hiseman and Dick Heckstall-Smith appear by courtesy of Bronze and Island Records.
Liner Notes: Richard Williams — Radio Times 25.9.71.
Note on durations:
A1 to A4, "A Symphony Of Amaranths" suite, the individual durations are approximate as they run into one another.
B2 to B4, "Three Poems" suite, the individual durations of B2 & B3 are approximate as they run into one another.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Runout stamp side A): YCARX 89-1U
Matrix / Runout (Runout stamp side B): YCARX 90-1U
Matrix / Runout (Label: A-Side): YCARX 89
Matrix / Runout (Label: B-Side): YCARX 90
Other (Printer code on sleeve: back bottom): 7206 TPS
Other versions
Category
Artist
Title (Format)
Label
Category
Country
Year
WBSLP016
Neil Ardley
A Symphony Of Amaranths (LP, Album, RE, RP)
Wah Wah Records
WBSLP016
Spain
2018
PCD-24558
Neil Ardley
A Symphony Of Amaranths (CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)
