Frank Titterton Video
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Walter Widdop Gounod Malcolm Sargent Steane Verdi Leoncavallo Handel Bach Friedrich Schorr Albert Coates Florence Austral Frida Leider Ljungberg Gluck Stravinsky Sir Thomas Beecham Elisabeth Schumann Schumann Margaret Balfour Elgar Sir Adrian Boult Ralph Vaughan Williams Henry Wood Heddle Nash Frank Titterton Parry Parry Jones British National Opera Company Royal Philharmonic Covent Garden Three Choirs Festival Royal Albert Hall Proms 1892 1917 1923 1928 1929 1930 1932 1933 1935 1936 1937 1938 1949
The fine British tenor, Walter Widdop, sings 'Lend Me Your Aid,' recorded on 27 September 1929 with orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent. John Steane described Widdop as having a 'sturdy, virile voice,' and noted that he was capable of singing 'with marvellous resonance and definition.' From Wikipedia: Walter Widdop (19 April 1892 – 6 September 1949) was a British operatic tenor who is best remembered for his Wagnerian performances. His repertoire also encompassed works by Verdi, Leoncavallo, Handel and Bach. Widdop was born at Norland, near Halifax, Yorkshire, England. As a teenager, he worked in a woollen mill and sang in a church choir. He also won a number of singing prizes in his native county, earning praise for his 'God-given' voice, which was honed by a local teacher, Arthur Hinchcliffe. He served with the British Army during World War One and married in 1917. In 1923, Widdop made the first of many broadcasts for the BBC. In the same year, he made his professional operatic debut as Radames in Verdi's Aida with the British National Opera Company, in Leeds. He made his London debut the following year, in the title role in Wagner's Siegfried at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. His identification with the Wagnerian repertoire was strengthened by his recordings, notably his Siegmund in the first HMV 78-rpm album of highlights from Die Walküre, with the bass-baritone Friedrich Schorr also in the cast, under the baton of Albert Coates. His Covent Garden Siegmund was heard in 1932, and his Tristan in 1933, 1937, and 1938. His stage and studio partners included the dramatic soprani Florence Austral, Frida Leider and Gota Ljungberg. Most of his recordings are available on CD reissues. Widdop remained in demand at Covent Garden and elsewhere for his performances of taxing Heldentenor roles and the heavier Italian operatic parts. His operatic roles were not confined to the heavyweight parts. In 1928 he sang with Frida Leider in Gluck's Armide and with Stiles Allen in Handel's Rodelinda. He toured Australia and in 1936 he sang the title role in the British premiere of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex. Widdop also appeared in oratorio and other choral music. In 1928 he sang in Handel's Solomon at a Royal Philharmonic Society performance conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. In the same year he sang in the Verdi Requiem at the Three Choirs Festival. In 1929, with Friedrich Schorr, Elisabeth Schumann and Margaret Balfour, he took part in the first full recording of the Bach Mass in B Minor conducted by Albert Coates. In 1932 he sang in Elgar's The Kingdom, under Adrian Boult. Among his recordings of extracts from oratorio are examples of the declamatory 'set-pieces' such as 'Sound an Alarm' (from Judas Maccabaeus) and 'Love sounds the alarm' and 'Love in her eyes sits playing' (Acis and Galatea). He also recorded gentler numbers such as 'Waft her, angels' (Jephtha). Many of his recordings have been transferred to compact disc. John Steane in Grove writes, 'He brought an able technique as well as an ample voice to such music as 'Sound an alarm.' ... Records made around 1930 show a firm resonant voice and a virile style, confirming his place among the best heroic tenors of the century.' In 1938, Widdop was one of the four tenor soloists chosen to perform Ralph Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music, which had been written to celebrate Sir Henry Wood's silver jubilee as a conductor. In the solo lines written for them, Heddle Nash and Frank Titterton, with their lighter tenor voices, preceded Widdop (his solo line was 'Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins'), with the plaintive tones of Parry Jones concluding the section. Widdop sang in Spain, the Netherlands and Germany. He toured Australia in 1935, but never appeared in the United States. During World War Two, he toured South Africa, Canada and the Middle East for ENSA. He resumed his stage and concert career after the war and in 1949 performed the title role in Wagner's Parsifal, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He sang less in his later years, but he appeared at The Proms at the Albert Hall on 5 September 1949, performing 'Lohengrin's Farewell.' The next day, he died suddenly in Hampstead. I have transferred this disc from a late HMV 78 rpm English pressing. The original has high surface noise, which I have attempted to tame as much as is reasonably possible.
Frédéric Chopin Franz Schubert Robert Schumann Franz Liszt Feodor Chaliapin Rimsky Korsakov Liadov Glazunov Nikolai Tcherepnin Arthur Rubinstein Julius Isserlis Isserlis Edwin Fischer Fischer Leopold Auer Ernest Newman Hallé Frank Titterton Wigmore Hall Royal Albert Hall Hallé Orchestra 1891 1910 1919 1920 1921 1922 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1930 1938 1959
Here are two Chopin etudes, stylishly played by Russian pianist Leff Pouishnoff. The recording was made for Columbia in October 1922. It was not Columbia's best period, with the piano sounding very distant, but the quality of the playing is still evident. From Wikipedia: Lev Nikolaevich Pyshnov (11 October 1891 – 28 May 1959) was a Ukrainian-born pianist and composer, who made his home in the United Kingdom and whose career was largely in the West, from the 1920s onwards. He was especially associated with performances of the works of Frédéric Chopin, though he also played works by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, and Franz Liszt. His was among the earliest recordings of Schubert's Sonata in G major, D 894, made for English Columbia around 1928. Pyshnov, born into an aristocratic Russian family in either Kiev or Odessa, was drawn to the piano as a young child, and, having acquired some aptitude before the age of ten, gave two public concerts. His parents, not wishing him to be exploited, discouraged this, but after his father's death (when Leff was 9), financial constraints led to his accepting concert engagements, and he rapidly gained a reputation. Special arrangements were made for his schooling, where he had a particular interest in chemistry. At the age of 14 he joined the State Opera Company orchestra, but a chance meeting with Feodor Chaliapin persuaded him to pursue his piano studies. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under Anna Yesipova (piano), with instruction from Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov and Glazunov (composition) and Nikolai Tcherepnin (conducting). He was one of the most brilliant students of his time, and emerged in 1910 with a first class diploma, a Gold Medal, and a cash prize equivalent to £120 for a voyage to Europe. In that year he competed for the St Petersburg Rubinstein Prize against Arthur Rubinstein, Alexander Borovsky, Julius Isserlis, Edwin Fischer and Alfred Hoehn (the winner). However, instead of embarking at once on a high-profile recital career, he chose instead to make a musical tour through various European countries, studying their music and meeting their musicians, which greatly broadened his experience. Returning to Russia, he made a recital tour with the distinguished Hungarian violinist Leopold Auer, and followed this with a solo tour giving piano recitals, which resulted in many offers of engagements in the major European centres. His international reputation was growing when World War I interrupted his progress. Owing to short-sightedness, he was exempt from military service but, being confined to Russia, he played in military camps and gave a series of concerts for wounded and convalescent men in hospitals. He remained in Russia through the Russian Revolution, suffering considerable want, and in 1919 had the opportunity to make a concert tour in Persia (Iran), the first eminent European pianist to do so. After his successful completion of it he returned and soon afterwards escaped across the Russian frontier and made his way to Paris. In 1920 he moved on to London, where he was unknown, but gave his first and highly acclaimed recital at the Wigmore Hall on 2 February 1921, where he was greatly admired by Ernest Newman. From this point he made his home in Britain. His career now burst upon the European scene. He made numerous orchestral appearances in Britain, in London at the Queen's Hall and Royal Albert Hall, with the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester and with the Scottish Orchestra. His many compositions for orchestra, violin and piano were still in MS in 1924, but his piano pieces were by then being published. He began to make regular visits to the principal cities of France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, and was in the United States in the seasons of 1924-5 and 1925-6, when he toured major cities. His career eventually became worldwide. In summer 1926 he devoted a whole week of recitals to playing over seventy of the principal works of Chopin, and repeated this in 1927 to much acclaim. In recordings he is heard around 1930 as an extremely articulate and intelligent accompanist to Frank Titterton in Schubert song repertoire. He was among the earliest pianists to broadcast from Savoy Hill in 1925, and in 1938 he became the first to be broadcast on television, from Alexandra Palace. During World War II he gave concerts to factory workers, miners and dockers, and made extensive tours among the forces in the Middle East. Pyshnov made a substantial number of recordings, especially of Chopin and Liszt. He had a very extensive technique, and a delicacy and sensitivity of nuance without effeminacy which won extremely high praise from some critics. He ended his own life, in London. His widow Dorothy (née Hildreth), a former pupil, died only three weeks after he did.
Frank Titterton Handel Gladys Ripley Horace Stevens Stevens Joan Cross Muriel Brunskill Norman Lumsden Heddle Nash Walter Widdop Parry Vaughan Williams 1893 1933 1936 1938 1943 1956
Frank Titterton (31 December 1893, Handsworth / 24 November 1956, London) was a well-known British lyric tenor of the mid-twentieth century. He was noted for his musicianship. Titterton's career was mainly in the concert hall. Like many British singers of his era he spent much time touring the United Kingdom, appearing in popular oratorios, rather than performing in operas or giving lieder recitals. A Birmingham City Choir website lists some typical dates and casts for performances of Handel's Messiah, for example: 12 December 1936: with Lilian Stiles-Allen, Gladys Ripley, Frank Titterton, Horace Stevens; and 26 December 1943: with Joan Cross, Muriel Brunskill, Frank Titterton, Norman Lumsden. Along with fellow-tenors Heddle Nash, Walter Widdop and Parry Jones, Titterton was chosen as one of the sixteen soloists for the first performance, and subsequent recording, of Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music in 1938.
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