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British conductor and cellist (1899-1970)
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2023-09-08 04:00:00
Arnold, Chausson, Elgar, Gurney, Hurd, Joncières & Simpson: Vocal & Orchestral Works (Roderick Williams, Felicity & Ben Palmer, Richard Hickox et al)
[…] - 10 The Music Makers op.69 * [38'51]11 - 15 Sea Pictures, op.37 [23'18]Felicity Palmer- contralto, London Symphony Chorus *, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard HickoxEMI CDM565126-2 [recorded May 1986; first issued 1987][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venue: Watford Town Hall (Colloseum), UKRecording engineer and Producer: Brian CulverhouseIn his Elgar's Sea Pictures feature in last month's Gramophone magazine, Andrew Farach-Cohen, not unnaturally, plumped for Janet Baker's recording with John Barbirolli as his top choice. But he also included this recording by Felicity Palmer with Richard Hickox in his top four as The Luxurious Choice and also had good words for the Canadian Marie-Nicole Lemieux with Paul Daniel and this rare recording by a male voice by Roderick Williams with Martin Yates. The latter is one of my favourites along with the Baker and Alice Coote with Mark Elder.Download from Mega.
2023-07-12 10:14:00
When Elgar met Pink Floyd
During my recent listening session with the celebrated recording producer Christopher Bishop a fascinating anecdote emerged about the legendary EMI Barbirolli/Janet Baker Dream of Gerontius. For the sessions in 1964 the producer was Ronald Kinoch Anderson with Peter Bown as balance engineer. Peter Bown was highly-skilled at the mixing desk and more of that anon, but his experience and expertise was mainly in rock music. Which meant he would struggle with reading Elgar's score for the oratorio. So Christopher Bishop, who had just joined EMI to start his career as a producer, was delegated to sit with Peter Bown in the depths of Manchester's Free Trade Hall to interpret the score. Christopher was full of praise for Peter Bown's work at the sessions; which is confirmed by the 1964 recording remaining today as the definitive version of Elgar's masterpiece.That is Peter Bown (1926-1997) in the photo above. He was one of the […]
2023-06-21 11:37:00
Elgar remastered and renewed
In my recent post about the remastering by Warner Classics of iconic recordings from the EMI catalogue I reflected on how the concept of 'perfect' sound other than that heard at the instant of performance is a misleading fallacy. This is because it seems impossible to know what went on in the recording studio more than fifty years ago. But actually it is not quite impossible. A number of the remastered EMI recordings from the mid-1960s with Sir John Barbirolli conducting were produced by the celebrated recording producer Christopher Bishop; notably Elgar's Falstaff and Pomp and Circumstance Marches, and Sibelius' Third, Fourth and Sixth symphonies. In the photo above taken a few days ago, the 91 year-old Christopher Bishop is hearing the remastered recordings for the first time in my home listening room*. (Also seen joining in the listening session is our nineteen year old three legged cat.) The verdict of Barbirolli's […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2023-05-15 09:47:30
The Houston Symphony remembered its formative conductor this... The post Houston celebrates Sir John Barbirolli: first review appeared first on Slippedisc.
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