Anthony Collins: Complete Decca Recordings
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4841467
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 14
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 13th August 2021
Contents
Works
Carmen Suite no.1 (excerpts)Vanity Fair
With Emma to Town
A Song of Summer
A Village Romeo and Juliet
In a Summer Garden
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Paris: The Song of a Great City
Summer Night on the River
Falstaff: Symphonic Study in C minor, op.68
Introduction and Allegro for strings, op.47
Serenade for Strings in E minor, op.20
El amor brujo: Suite
Shepherd Fennel's dance
Shepherd's Hey
Hansel und Gretel
Piano Concerto no.2 in D minor, op.40
Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K191
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622
Divertimento no.17 in D major, K334
Piano Concerto no.25 in C major, K503
Piano Concerto no.26 in D major, K537 'Coronation'
Symphony no.33 in B flat major, K319
Violin Concerto no.1 in D major, op.6
Violin Concerto no.2 in B minor, op.7
Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor, op.30
Karelia: Overture, op.10
Night Ride and Sunrise, op.55
Pelleas and Melisande Suite, op.46 (excerpts)
Pohjola's Daughter, op.49
Symphonies 1-7 (complete)
Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra
Der Rosenkavalier, op.59
Capriccio italien, op.45
Francesca da Rimini, op.32
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Facade
Artists
Friedrich Gulda (piano)Henri Helaerts (bassoon)
Peter Katin (piano)
Moura Lympany (piano)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Ruggiero Ricci (violin)
Peter Pears (reciter)
Edith Sitwell (reciter)
English Opera Group Ensemble
London Mozart Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Promenade Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
New Symphony Orchestra
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Conductor
Anthony CollinsWorks
Carmen Suite no.1 (excerpts)Vanity Fair
With Emma to Town
A Song of Summer
A Village Romeo and Juliet
In a Summer Garden
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Paris: The Song of a Great City
Summer Night on the River
Falstaff: Symphonic Study in C minor, op.68
Introduction and Allegro for strings, op.47
Serenade for Strings in E minor, op.20
El amor brujo: Suite
Shepherd Fennel's dance
Shepherd's Hey
Hansel und Gretel
Piano Concerto no.2 in D minor, op.40
Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K191
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622
Divertimento no.17 in D major, K334
Piano Concerto no.25 in C major, K503
Piano Concerto no.26 in D major, K537 'Coronation'
Symphony no.33 in B flat major, K319
Violin Concerto no.1 in D major, op.6
Violin Concerto no.2 in B minor, op.7
Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor, op.30
Karelia: Overture, op.10
Night Ride and Sunrise, op.55
Pelleas and Melisande Suite, op.46 (excerpts)
Pohjola's Daughter, op.49
Symphonies 1-7 (complete)
Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra
Der Rosenkavalier, op.59
Capriccio italien, op.45
Francesca da Rimini, op.32
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Facade
Artists
Friedrich Gulda (piano)Henri Helaerts (bassoon)
Peter Katin (piano)
Moura Lympany (piano)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Ruggiero Ricci (violin)
Peter Pears (reciter)
Edith Sitwell (reciter)
English Opera Group Ensemble
London Mozart Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Promenade Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
New Symphony Orchestra
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Conductor
Anthony CollinsAbout
He began to record for Decca directly after the War, first of all with the London Mozart Orchestra which he had founded shortly before leaving for the US. Renowned by then as a Mozartian of natural gifts, securing shapely and stylish performances independently of either the grand Viennese tradition or the period-instrument movement in its infancy, he accompanied the pianist Friedrich Gulda – a kindred spirit of similarly mercurial imagination – in concertos and concertante works by Mozart and Strauss, and then Peter Katin in Mendelssohn, and Moura Lympany in Rachmaninov. He re-established a close rapport with the LSO, conducting them in several albums of Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Delius that have rarely been equalled for their directness of expression and intensity.
These virtues still distinguish the cycle of Sibelius symphonies and tone-poems, made in the mid-50s with the LSO, from later interpretations. A generation of English and American listeners learnt their Sibelius from these recordings, and Collins’s deep fellow-feeling for his music stands the test of time. The Decca recordings included a Tchaikovsky album of Capriccio italien and Francesca da Rimini as well as a pair of his own compositions, and other masterpieces of English light music by Walton – a complete Façade – Sullivan and Grainger. Items never previously issued on CD include dance suites from Hänsel und Gretel and Der Rosenkavalier, as well as the Mozart Symphony no.33 which began his relationship with the label. The booklet offers full discographical details as well as an essay on Collins’s life and career by Peter Quantrill.
Including several recordings new to CD, the complete published Decca legacy of noted Sibelius conductor Anthony Collins is collected for the first time on disc and is presented with original jackets limited edition.
Highlights include:
– the Sibelius symphonies and selected orchestral works with the London Symphony Orchestra
– British music: Elgar, Walton, Vaughan Williams, the two Delius LPs and music by Anthony Collins himself
– Concertos with Moura Lympany, Ruggiero Ricci, Friedrich Gulda, Gervase de Peyer and others
– Orchestral showpieces by Tchaikovsky, Falla, Humperdinck and Bizet
“The performances are in the best sense traditional, and in the Introduction and Allegro Anthony Collins has been at pains to make the quartet of soloists clearly distinguishable from the main body of players” – The Record Guide, 1955 (Elgar)
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