Coleridge-Taylor - Symphony in A minor, Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast | Alto ALC1462

Coleridge-Taylor - Symphony in A minor, Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast

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Label: Alto

Cat No: ALC1462

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 11th February 2022

Contents

Artists

Richard Lewis (tenor)
Royal Choral Society
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Douglas Bostock
Malcolm Sargent

Works

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel

Symphony in A minor, op.8
The Song of Hiawatha, op.30
» Hiawatha's Wedding Feast

Artists

Richard Lewis (tenor)
Royal Choral Society
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Douglas Bostock
Malcolm Sargent

About

“[Coleridge-Taylor’s] Symphony is a very likeable discovery. Both middle movements display a disarming melodic felicity and assurance, and admiring glances towards Dvořák, although Stanford (his teacher) was never happy with the finale. It was first played by RCM students in 1896 (including Holst and Vaughan Williams!). Although it went down well, it gathered dust for over a century. Bostock’s alert and affectionate lead enjoy making its acquaintance … crisp and clear sound for this world premiere recording. In every respect, a solid thumbs-up” – Gramophone

“The much-loved Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast recalls the extraordinary excitement of its first performance. Coleridge-Taylor was then 23 and the work an immediate and wild success. Parry suggested that because of the composer’s West African father, ‘he loved plenty of sound, plenty of colour, simple and definite rhythms and, above all, plenty of tune’. All these qualities kept it popular, and are admirably captured here: the Philharmonia provide the orchestral colour, and Sir Malcolm keeps the admirable Royal Choral Society on their rhythmic toes. Richard Lewis gives a suitably romantic ‘Onaway! Awake, beloved’. Hiawatha's Wedding Feast has been done proud in every way” – Gramophone

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