Elgar - Piano Quintet, Sea Pictures (orchestrated by Donald Fraser)
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Label: Avie
Cat No: AV2362
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 27th May 2016
Contents
Works
Piano Quintet in A minor, op.84 (orch. Donald Fraser)Sea Pictures (arr. for choir by Donald Fraser)
Artists
English Symphony OrchestraEnglish Chamber Orchestra
Rodolfus Choir
Conductor
Kenneth WoodsWorks
Piano Quintet in A minor, op.84 (orch. Donald Fraser)Sea Pictures (arr. for choir by Donald Fraser)
Artists
English Symphony OrchestraEnglish Chamber Orchestra
Rodolfus Choir
Conductor
Kenneth WoodsAbout
One "of the most exciting events I have experienced during a reviewing career approaching half a century," was the verdict of the Birmingham Post's critic after hearing the premiere performance of Elgar's Piano Quintet in a new orchestration by Donald Fraser, with Kenneth Woods conducting the English Symphony Orchestra.
This version, which was also named a "Premiere of the Year" by Classical Music Magazine, appears in a studio recording alongside Fraser's choral arrangement of Elgar's Sea Pictures with Woods conducting the English Chamber Orchestra and the Rodolfus Choir. Fraser has frequently orchestrated works by Elgar at the behest of individuals and organizations including Yehudi Menuhin and the Elgar Society. These two new arrangements will appeal to orchestras and choirs worldwide, and the recording will spread Elgar's music to yet a wider audience.
“A triumph in its recreation of Elgar's rich orchestral sound-world … The ESO certainly played with an enthusiastic awareness that they were making history, and the devoted, unassuming Kenneth Woods conducted with an easy flexibility that recalled the work's chamber-music origins.” - Birmingham Post
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