Coles. Music From Behind The Lines. Bbc Scottish/b

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

Coles, C.: Music from Behind the Lines

This Helios series mid-priced reissue features works by Scottish composer Cecil Coles performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra led by Martyn Brabbins. Following the outbreak of the First World War, Coles was sent to the trenches in France. He continued to compose, including the particularly poignant work Behind the Lines. Coles was killed in April of 1918 during a heroic attempt to rescue some wounded comrades. Thanks to the persistence and research of his daughter, his manuscripts, some still embedded with shrapnel, have been painstakingly pieced together to create this first recording of his compositions.

Price: $13.98