English Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra & Kenneth Wood
Release Date: 27 May 2016
Label: Avie
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 822252236224
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
Kenneth Woods conducts two triumphant premiere recordings of works by Elgar, orchestrated by Donald Fraser: the Piano Quintet with the English Symphony Orchestra, and Sea Pictures for choir and orchestra, with the English Chamber Orchestra and the Rodolfus Choir.
One "of the most exciting events I have experienced during a reviewing career approaching half a century," was the verdict of the Birmingham Post's critic after hearing the premiere performance of Elgar's Piano Quintet in a new orchestration by Donald Fraser, with Kenneth Woods conducting the English Symphony Orchestra.
This version, which was also named a "Premiere of the Year" by Classical Music Magazine, appears in a studio recording alongside Fraser's choral arrangement of Elgar's Sea Pictures with Woods conducting the English Chamber Orchestra and the Rodolfus Choir. Fraser has frequently orchestrated works by Elgar at the behest of individuals and organizations including Yehudi Menuhin and the Elgar Society. These two new arrangements will appeal to orchestras and choirs worldwide, and the recording will spread Elgar's music to yet a wider audience.
Personnel: English Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Kenneth Woods (conductor), Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood (director)
Critical acclaim:
"A triumph in its recreation of Elgar's rich orchestral sound-world...The ESO certainly played with an enthusiastic awareness that they were making history, and the devoted, unassuming Kenneth Woods conducted with an easy flexibility that recalled the work's chamber-music origins." - Birmingham Post
Tracklisting
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Christopher Tyler Nickel, Sarah Jackson
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Bruce Wolosoff
Charles Owen
Proteus Ensemble; Stephen Shellard
Benjamin Hochman
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Yoichi Sugiyama
David Rabinovich
Badische Staatskapelle, Georg Fritzsch
Badische Staatskapelle, Georg Fritzsch
Badische Staatskapelle, Georg Fritzsch
Roberto Prosseda, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nir Kabaretti
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Peter Szilvay, Aage Richard Meyer, Cam Kjoll, Ruth Potter
Joshua Bell
