Kenneth Edge, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra - Coates: Springtime Suite, Four Ways Suite, Saxo-Rhapsody & Other Works (2022)

Eric Coates was a master of refined and beautiful melodies, making him a household name during the golden years of British light music in the first half of the 20th century. The Four Ways Suite takes us to all four points of the compass, including exotic China and the jazz rhythms of America, while Springtime evokes both sweeping optimism and soulful memories of a lost age. The virtuoso Saxo-Rhapsody is one of the era’s major saxophone works, and By the Sleepy Lagoon remains famous as the signature tune to BBC Radio’s "Desert Island Discs". High Flight March was to be Coates’ last composition.
Tracklist
01. By the Sleepy Lagoon
02. Springtime Suite: I. Fresh Morning
03. Springtime Suite: II. Noonday Song
04. Springtime Suite: III. Dance in the Twilight
05. Saxo-Rhapsody
06. Footlights Waltz
07. Four Ways Suite: I. North
08. Four Ways Suite: II. South
09. Four Ways Suite: III. East
10. Four Ways Suite: IV. West
11. The Eighth Army March (Version for Orchestra)
12. Lazy Night
13. Last Love
14. High Flight March