Malcolm Sargent: The Great Recordings
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Label: Warner - Icon
Cat No: 2564634121
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 18
Release Date: 7th April 2014
Contents
Works
AlfredSymphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'
Le Carnaval romain (Roman Carnival): overture, op.9 H95
Piano Concerto in B flat major
Simple Symphony, op.4
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
A Song Before Sunrise
Songs of Farewell (5)
Suite for Orchestra, op.19
Enigma Variations, op.36
Serenade for Strings in E minor, op.20
The Dream of Gerontius, op.38
Henry VIII: 3 dances
Nell Gwyn: 3 Dances
Lyric Suite, op.54
Messiah, HWV56
Overture in D minor (trans. Edward Elgar)
Beni Mora (Oriental Suite), op.29 no.1
St Paul's Suite, op.29 no.2
The Perfect Fool: Ballet Music, op.39
The Planets, op.32
Suite Elisabethiane (from the incidental music to 'A Midsummer Night's Dream')
Elijah, op.70
The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', op.26
Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings
JerusalemGuillaume Tell
La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
Symphony no.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
En saga, op.9
Finlandia, op.26
Karelia Suite, op.11
Lemminkainen Suite, op.22
Symphony no.1 in E minor, op.39
Symphony no.5 in E flat major, op.82
Ma vlast (My Country)
The Bartered Bride (Prodana nevesta)
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' (arr. Greaves)
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Romance in D major for harmonica with strings and piano
Serenade to Music
The Wasps: Overture
Toward the Unknown Region
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Facade Suite no.1
Facade Suite no.2
Capriol Suite
Artists
Arda Mandikian (soprano)Norman Walker (bass)
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
Gladys Ripley (contralto)
James Johnston (tenor)
Harold Williams (baritone)
James Milligan (bass-baritone)
Marjorie Thomas
John Cameron
Arnold Greir (organ)
Elsie Morison (soprano)
Marjorie Thomas (contralto)
Duncan Robertson (tenor)
Trevor Anthony (bass)
Larry Adler (harmonica)
Eric Gritton (piano)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Harriet Cohen (piano)
Trevor Barnard (piano)
Denis Matthews (piano)
Gunter Lorenz (cor anglais)
BBC Women’s Chorus
Royal Choral Society
Huddersfield Choral Society
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Pro Arte Orchestra
New Philharmonia Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Malcolm SargentWorks
AlfredSymphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'
Le Carnaval romain (Roman Carnival): overture, op.9 H95
Piano Concerto in B flat major
Simple Symphony, op.4
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
A Song Before Sunrise
Songs of Farewell (5)
Suite for Orchestra, op.19
Enigma Variations, op.36
Serenade for Strings in E minor, op.20
The Dream of Gerontius, op.38
Henry VIII: 3 dances
Nell Gwyn: 3 Dances
Lyric Suite, op.54
Messiah, HWV56
Overture in D minor (trans. Edward Elgar)
Beni Mora (Oriental Suite), op.29 no.1
St Paul's Suite, op.29 no.2
The Perfect Fool: Ballet Music, op.39
The Planets, op.32
Suite Elisabethiane (from the incidental music to 'A Midsummer Night's Dream')
Elijah, op.70
The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', op.26
Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings
JerusalemGuillaume Tell
La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
Symphony no.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
En saga, op.9
Finlandia, op.26
Karelia Suite, op.11
Lemminkainen Suite, op.22
Symphony no.1 in E minor, op.39
Symphony no.5 in E flat major, op.82
Ma vlast (My Country)
The Bartered Bride (Prodana nevesta)
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' (arr. Greaves)
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Romance in D major for harmonica with strings and piano
Serenade to Music
The Wasps: Overture
Toward the Unknown Region
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Facade Suite no.1
Facade Suite no.2
Capriol Suite
Artists
Arda Mandikian (soprano)Norman Walker (bass)
Isobel Baillie (soprano)
Gladys Ripley (contralto)
James Johnston (tenor)
Harold Williams (baritone)
James Milligan (bass-baritone)
Marjorie Thomas
John Cameron
Arnold Greir (organ)
Elsie Morison (soprano)
Marjorie Thomas (contralto)
Duncan Robertson (tenor)
Trevor Anthony (bass)
Larry Adler (harmonica)
Eric Gritton (piano)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Harriet Cohen (piano)
Trevor Barnard (piano)
Denis Matthews (piano)
Gunter Lorenz (cor anglais)
BBC Women’s Chorus
Royal Choral Society
Huddersfield Choral Society
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Pro Arte Orchestra
New Philharmonia Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Malcolm SargentAbout
Malcolm Sargent’s reputation as one of the great popularisers of classical music in Britain arose not only through his long association with the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts (1947–67), but was in evidence much earlier through chief conductorships of the Hallé (1939–42), Liverpool Philharmonic (1942–8) and BBC Symphony Orchestras (1950–57).
By the time he became a fixture at the Proms in 1947 (now as Sir Malcolm: he was knighted in 1947), his was one of the best-known names in England. In personality, showmanship and energy he was ideal for the nightly concerts.
Sargent amassed a commercial discography of imposing breadth and variety. His first HMV recordings date from as far back as 1924, with excerpts from Vaughan Williams’ opera Hugh the Drover captured by the pre-electric acoustic process, and his career with the company ended in 1966 with Walton’s First Symphony.
Sargent’s wide-ranging repertoire extended from the Handel oratorios on the one hand to the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas on the other: ‘Messiah and The Mikado have been the twin pillars of my career’, he once joked. It was hardly true, though his inspirational handling of choral bodies ensured that Handel’s oratorios and others such as Mendelssohn’s Elijah would be indelibly associated with him all his life.
Contents:
CD 1 [76.50]
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Symphony No.3 in E flat Op.55 ‘Eroica’
Franz Schubert
- Symphony No.8 in B minor D759 ‘Unfinished’
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1961/1960
CD 2 [75.31] Overtures
Gioachino Rossini
- Il barbiere di Siviglia
- Guillaume Tell
- Il viaggio a Reims
- Semiramide
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1960, Musikverein, Vienna
- La scala di seta
Hector Berlioz
- Le Carnaval romain
Felix Mendelssohn
- The Hebrides (‘Fingal’s Cave’) Op.26
Richard Wagner
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1960, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
CD 3 [75.44]
Gioachino Rossini 1792–1868
- La Boutique fantasque: Concert Suite (orch. Respighi, arr. Sargent)
Ernst von Dohnányi
- Suite in F sharp minor Op.19
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1961, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Jacques Ibert
- Suite élisabéthiane (from the incidental music to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Arda Mandikian (soprano)
Female chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra
Recorded: 1955, Kingsway Hall, London
CD 4 [68.22] / CD 5 [78.50]
George Frideric Handel: Messiah HWV56 (Complete concert version arr. Sargent)
Isobel Baillie (soprano), Gladys Ripley (contralto), James Johnston (tenor), Norman Walker (bass)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1946, Huddersfield Town Hall / 1944, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Mono
CD 6 [64.19] / CD 7 [59.44]
Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah Op.70
Cast:
- Widow/Angel: Isobel Baillie (soprano)
- Angel I/Queen: Gladys Ripley (contralto)
- Obadiah/Ahab: James Johnston (tenor)
- Elijah: Harold Williams (baritone)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1947, Huddersfield Town Hall
Mono
CD 8 [76.24]
Edward Elgar
- Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’ Op.36
- Serenade in E minor Op.20
Philharmonia Orchestra
Recorded: 1959, St Augustine’s, Kilburn, London
George Frideric Handel
- Overture in D minor (transcr. Elgar)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
Frederick Delius
- A Song before Sunrise
Recorded: 1965, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Songs of Farewell (Whitman)
Royal Choral Society
Recorded: 1964, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
CD 9 [71.15] / CD 10 [67.22]
William Walton
- Belshazzar’s Feast
James Milligan (bass-baritone)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1958, Huddersfield Town Hall
Edward Elgar
- The Dream of Gerontius Op.38
Cast:
- Gerontius/The Soul of Gerontius: Richard Lewis
- The Angel: Marjorie Thomas
- The Priest/The Angel of the Agony: John Cameron
Huddersfield Choral Society, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1954, Huddersfield Town Hall
Mono
Charles Hubert H Parry
- Jerusalem
Thomas Arne
- Rule Britannia (arr. Sargent)
- The National Anthem (arr. Elgar)
Arnold Greir (organ)
Royal Choral Society, Philharmonia Orchestra
Recorded: 1952, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Mono
CD 11 [74.33]
Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Aristophanic Suite ‘The Wasps’: Overture
- Fantasia on Greensleeves (arr. Ralph Greaves)
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 1957, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Philharmonia Orchestra
Recorded: 1959, St Augustine’s, Kilburn, London
- Serenade to Music
Elsie Morison (soprano), Marjorie Thomas (contralto), Duncan Robertson (tenor), Trevor Anthony (bass)
- Toward the Unknown Region
London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 1957, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Romance in D for harmonica with strings and piano
Larry Adler (harmonica), Eric Gritton (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 1952, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Mono
Gustav Holst
- St Paul’s Suite Op.29 No.2/H118
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1965, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
CD 12 [74.45]
Gustav Holst
- The Perfect Fool: Ballet Music Op.39/H150
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1961, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Beni Mora: Oriental Suite Op.29 No.1/H114
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 1956, Kingsway Hall, London
- The Planets: Suite Op.32/H125
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Women’s Chorus
Recorded: 1957, Kingsway Hall, London
CD 13 [75.52]
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
- Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast Op.30 No.1
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Royal Choral Society, Philharmonia Orchestra
Recorded: 1961, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Edward German
- Henry VIII: 3 dances (1892)
- Nell Gwynn: 3 dances (1900)
Pro Arte Orchestra
Recorded: 1960, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Peter Warlock
- Capriol Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1965, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Benjamin Britten
- Simple Symphony Op.4
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1961, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
CD 14 [80.44]
Benjamin Britten
- Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op.34: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 1956, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
William Walton
Façade: excerpts from Suites Nos 1 & 2
- Polka (1st Suite No.1)
- Valse (1st Suite No.2)
- Swiss Jodelling Song (1st Suite No.3)
- Tango-Pasodoble (1st Suite No.4)
- Tarantella – Sevillana (1st Suite No.5)
- Scotch Rhapsody (2nd Suite No.2)
- Popular Song (2nd Suite No.5)
- Old Sir Faulk (2nd Suite No.6)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1961, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Symphony No.1 in B flat minor
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Recorded: 1966, Kingsway Hall, London
Recorded in the presence of the composer
CD 15 [73.54]
Arnold Bax
- Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
Harriet Cohen (piano)
Unnamed orchestra
Recorded: 1947, No.2 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Mono
Arthur Bliss
- Piano Concerto
Trevor Barnard (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Recorded: 1962, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Edmund Rubbra
- Piano Concerto Op.85
Denis Matthews (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 1956, Kingsway Hall, London
CD 16 [79.37]
Jean Sibelius
- Symphony No.1 in E minor Op.39
Recorded: 1956, Kingsway Hall, London
- Pohjola’s Daughter: Symphonic Fantasy Op.49
- Symphony No.5 in E flat Op.82
Recorded: 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
BBC Symphony Orchestra
CD 17 [73.12]
Jean Sibelius
- Finlandia: Symphonic Poem Op.26
- En saga: Tone Poem Op.9
Lemminkäinen Legends Op.22
- The Swan of Tuonela
Günter Lorenz (cor anglais)
- Karelia Suite Op.1
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: 1961, Musikverein, Vienna
Edvard Grieg
- Lyric Suite Op.54
Philharmonia Orchestra
Recorded: 1959, Kingsway Hall, London
Bedrich Smetana
- The Bartered Bride: Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1960, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
CD 18 [73.50]
Bedrich Smetana
- Má vlast
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1964, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
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