0095115233221

Edward MaCDowell: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Piano Concerto No. 2; Romanze; Suite; Hamlet; Ophelia)

Xiayin Wang; Peter Dixon; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; John Wilson

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Format: CD

Cat No: CHAN20332

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Release Date:  16 January 2026

Label:  Chandos

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  0095115233221

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Edward MacDowell

  • Description

    In July 1884, MacDowell and his wife, Marian, spent their honeymoon in England, and were both captivated by performances of Shakespeare plays at London's Lyceum Theatre. The young composer started immediately on sketches based on six characters, but completed only two, Hamlet and Ophelia, which were published the following year. MacDowell recycled some of the music from his sketch for Benedick, from Much Ado about Nothing, as the second movement of his Second Piano Concerto. Having lived in Germany from 1885 to 1888, the couple returned to America and Edward reactivated his career as a concert pianist. The Second Concerto was the perfect vehicle to display his virtuosity, and he gave the first performance in New York in 1889. Composed during the same period as the Second Concerto, the Romanze for Cello and Orchestra was written at Wiesbaden in 1887, and MacDowell dedicated it to the virtuoso Bohemian cellist and composer David Popper. The Suite in A minor was the first work MacDowell composed after the couple's move to Boston, and reflects his lifelong love of nature. Set in five movements, it received its first performance in 1895 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Emil Paur.

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