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- Original Release Date: 4 Jan 2011
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. Violin Concerto: I. Allegro moderato | Albert Sammons | 12:02 | Album Only | ||
| Play | 2. Violin Concerto: II. Rondo: Vivace | Albert Sammons | 9:40 | Album Only | ||
| Play | 3. Violin Concerto: III. Lento | Albert Sammons | 10:44 | Album Only | ||
| Play | 4. Announcement | Anonymous | 0:31 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 5. Fantasy Quartet | Leon Goossens | 12:25 | Album Only | ||
| Play | 6. Announcement | Anonymous | 0:35 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 7. Announcement | Anonymous | 1:05 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 8. Serenade in G major: I. Prologue | London Symphony Orchestra | 4:01 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 9. Serenade in G major: II. Intermezzo | London Symphony Orchestra | 3:19 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 10. Serenade in G major: III. Air | London Symphony Orchestra | 3:08 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 11. Serenade in G major: IV. Gallop | London Symphony Orchestra | 2:24 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 12. Serenade in G major: V. Minuet | London Symphony Orchestra | 3:34 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 13. Serenade in G major: VI. Forlano | London Symphony Orchestra | 3:53 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 14. Serenade in G major: VII. Rigadoon | London Symphony Orchestra | 2:02 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 15. Serenade In G Major: VIII. Epilogue | London Symphony Orchestra | 2:31 | £0.59 | ||
| Play | 16. Announcement | Anonymous | 0:42 | £0.59 |
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This Symposium recording of Moeran's Violin Concerto, one of his most beautiful and accomplished creations, was made in 1946 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, with Albert Sammons as the soloist. Sammons had a well-deserved reputation for rhapsodic and poetic interpretations, and was most at home in the romantic repertoire - especially with the Elgar and Delius concertos. Moeran insisted on Sammons as his preferred soloist, telling him, "You are the only one to play it". Certainly he draws out the rhapsodic quality of the piece - essentially an evocation of the landscape around County Kerry - and we are fortunate indeed to have this historic performance preserved on disc, especially as this was the last time Sammons played it.
The Fantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings was first performed by its dedicatee, Leon Goossens, in 1947, and this was its first braodcast performance. It was written in Norfolk, and has a folksy, English landscape feel. There are some languidly beautiful passages, but Goossens' formidable technique is also put through its paces. The chamber music medium is one in which Moeran felt very much at home, and here the oboe weaves effortlessly in and out of the string texture.
The Serenade in G was Moeran's last completed orchestral work (whatever happened to the Second Symphony!) and was first performed in 1948. It is a comparatively light piece of several short movements (Prologue, Intermezzo, Air, Gallop, Minuet, Forlano, Rigadoon-Epilogue) with a touch of pastiche about it, but the usual Moeran characteristics are there, too. The Air is particularly beautiful, and drew a ripple of applause from the audience at its first performance. After a tour through familiar Moeran landscapes, the Epilogue returns us to the bright, optomistic theme with which the work began.
The sound quality of works recorded in the 1940s cannot, of course, compete with modern standards, and there are much more recent recordings of all three works on this disc; but the compensation of hearing great performers such as Sammons and Goossens at the height of their powers is a considerable one.
The Fantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings was first performed by its dedicatee, Leon Goossens, in 1947, and this was its first braodcast performance. It was written in Norfolk, and has a folksy, English landscape feel. There are some languidly beautiful passages, but Goossens' formidable technique is also put through its paces. The chamber music medium is one in which Moeran felt very much at home, and here the oboe weaves effortlessly in and out of the string texture.
The Serenade in G was Moeran's last completed orchestral work (whatever happened to the Second Symphony!) and was first performed in 1948. It is a comparatively light piece of several short movements (Prologue, Intermezzo, Air, Gallop, Minuet, Forlano, Rigadoon-Epilogue) with a touch of pastiche about it, but the usual Moeran characteristics are there, too. The Air is particularly beautiful, and drew a ripple of applause from the audience at its first performance. After a tour through familiar Moeran landscapes, the Epilogue returns us to the bright, optomistic theme with which the work began.
The sound quality of works recorded in the 1940s cannot, of course, compete with modern standards, and there are much more recent recordings of all three works on this disc; but the compensation of hearing great performers such as Sammons and Goossens at the height of their powers is a considerable one.
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