Walter Widdop News
British tenor
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- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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2024-04-03 06:35:00
A wondrous snapshot of British singing: Ralph Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music and the sixteen singers chosen for the first performance
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music - exploring the sixteen singers chosen for the first performance; Isobel Baillie, Elise Suddaby, Eva Turner, Stiles-Allen, Muriel Brunskill, Astra Desmond, Margaret Balfour, Mary Jarrod, Walter Widdop, Parry Jones, Frank Titterson, Heddle Nash, Roy Henderson, Robert Easton, Harold Williams, Norman Allin, Keith Falkner; Albion RecordsReviewed 2 April 2024A remastering of the iconic 1938 recording along with a solo track from each of the sixteen soloists (plus one extra) providing a wondrous snapshot of British singing in the 1930sRalph Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music has become rightly become iconic and on this disc from Albion Records the original 1938 recording is explored from a different angle. We hear that original recording with Isobel Baillie, Elise Suddaby, Eva Turner, Stiles-Allen, Muriel Brunskill, Astra Desmond, Margaret Balfour, Mary Jarrod, Walter Widdop, Parry Jones, Frank Titterson, Heddle Nash, Roy Henderson, Robert Easton, Harold Williams, and Norman Allin conducted by Sir […]
2021-09-14 00:00:00
Vaughan Williams: Anniversary Collector Edition & five more Serenades to Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Anniversary Collector Edition - Legendary Recordings [Rare Classic Recordings]01. - 06. On Wenlock Edge [22'06] Recorded 1955George Maran- tenor, Ivor Newton- piano and London String Quartet07. Old King Cole. Ballet for Orchestra [19.09]. Recorded 1954London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult08. Song of Thanksgiving [15'22] Recorded 1951Betty Dolemore- soprano, Robert Speaight- narrator, Harry Gabb- organ, Luton Choral Society and Girls Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult09. Serenade to Music [13'58] Recorded 15 October 1938Sopranos: Isobel Baillie, Lilian Stiles Allen, Elsie Suddaby, Eva TurnerMezzos/Contraltos: Muriel Brunskill, Astra Desmond, Mary Jarred, Margaret BalfourTenors: Heddle Nash, Frank Titterton, Walter Widdop, Parry JonesBaritones/Basses: Harold Williams, Roy Henderson, Robert Easton, Norman AllinBBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Henry WoodAlto ALC1025 [CD issued 2008][CD-rip; mono flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans] In reality, only one of these recordings can be considered "Legendary" - Serenade to Music - and only one is truly rare […]
2018-12-18 08:39:52
Towards the Global Digital Jukebox
[…] of obscure and hard to get recordings. Nowadays Amazon provides a similar service, want something obscure then if someone has one it is there, at a cost!Our digital jukebox still seems miles away. It is worse, the further back you go. Some 78s still have not been transferred, or are only available via some long forgotten, hard to getIn the 1980s I had a (vinyl) disc of arias recorded by the great Yorkshire tenor Walter Widdop including some live recordings. Most have made their way onto CD but one remains elusive. Perhaps I shall have to go looking for a second-hand copy of the long lost vinyl.One of the problems is the economic model. The way music is consumed digitally, the royalty payments are zero or minimal at best. Living artists have a perpetual struggle to get paid for recordings consumed via some digital media. In the free-for-all which arose […]
2017-04-19 13:24:42
The last time i saw Aluis
On this day in 1774 Christoph Wilibald von Gluck‘s Iphigénie en Aulide premiered in Paris. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6XlTToGP-g Born on this day in 1892 composer Germaine Tailleferre. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTU3d9ugQK4 Born on this day in 1892 tenor Walter Widdop. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Ka60FRTOs Born on this day in 1908 conductor Joseph Keilberth. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WBssalEqH4 Happy 93rd birthday mezzo-soprano Hertha Topper. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd8Df Q 81st birthday conductor Bernhard Klee. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pdJWdcPaE Happy 79th birthday tenor Kenneth Riegel. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnSX6EApAk0 On this day in 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel opened on Broadway. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-prii18M0I Happy 52nd birthday soprano Natalie Dessay. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnb3m90nl-E Happy 51st birthday soprano Veronique Gens. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4XeX3rgU9U Happy 50th birthday soprano Barbara Frittoli. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3NBr86Oads
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