The Station Orchestra, conducted by Warwick Braithwaite

The Woodland Sketches are among the happiest tokens of MacDowell's affection for the countryside. In these pieces we hear how his imagination responded to the legends and folklore of Europe (he spent some years in study and teaching in Germany) and to the beauties of the woodlands of his native America.
The titles of the complete set of pieces are:
(1) To a Wild Rose; (2) Will o' the Wisp; (3) At an Old Trysting Place; (4) In Autumn; (5) from an Indian Lodge; (6) To a Water Lily; (7) From Uncle Remus; (8) A Deserted Farm; (9) By a Meadow Brook; (10) Told at Sunset.

Spanish Dance rhythms have attracted most Russian Composers at some time. This Caprice consists of a string of short Movements in various Spanish styles, which follow one another without pause.
The first is an Alborada, or morning greeting - a vigorous 'waking-up' piece.
Next we have a tiny set of Variations on a theme. Then the Alborada is repeated, with varied orchestration.
A Scene and Gipsy Song follows, the Song rising in intensity, and then, without a pause, the music breaks into the last dance - a Fandango. This was originally an Andalusian dance to the accompaniment of Guitar and Castanets. The Coda is a reminiscence of the opening Alborada.