British Piano Concertos, Vol. 2 / Callaghan, Bell, Vass, BBC Music NOW
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Details
- Composer
- John Addison, Gordon Jacob, Edmund Rubbra
- Artist
- Simon Callaghan
- Format
- CD
- Discs
- 1
- Label
- Lyrita
- Released
- Sep 01, 2023
- Catalog #
- SRCD416
- UPC
- 5020926041623
About
Gordon Jacob’s Piano Concerto no.2 in E flat was completed in 1957 and premiered on 11 July of that year at the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth by the soloist Edith Vogel. A Proms performance took place at the Royal Albert Hall on 9 August 1957 with the same soloist. A review in The Times of the 1957 Proms performance of Gordon Jacob’s Piano Concerto No.2 declared that ‘the composer’s masterly understanding of the orchestra enables him to express each idea economically and in the most clean and attractive colours’, while The Sunday Times’ critic wrote that, ‘having taught the craft of orchestration to a whole generation of composers, Dr. Jacob is himself a past master at clear and effective scoring’.
Addison’s Variations for Piano and Orchestra was written in 1948 and revised the following year. According to Alan Poulton’s Dictionary-Catalog of Modern British Composers, It was first performed in a BBC broadcast in 1960 by Margaret Kitchin. The work is written for a small orchestra, comprising double woodwind, four horns, a pair each of trumpets and trombones, bass trombone, timpani, modest percussion and strings. Though the piano had played a prominent role in an earlier student piece by Rubbra, his Piano Concerto, Op.30 (1932) is the composer’s first fully-fledged, large-scale work for soloist and orchestra. The score features an elaborate solo part and requires substantial orchestral forces.
Tracklist 9 tracks
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1 I. Allegro vivace 10:29
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Allegro vivace
- Duration
- 10:29
- Composer
- Gordon Jacob
- Performer
- Simon Callaghan
- Ensemble
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Stephen Bell
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2 II. Variations 13:05
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Variations
- Duration
- 13:05
- Composer
- Gordon Jacob
- Performer
- Simon Callaghan
- Ensemble
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Stephen Bell
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3 III. Allegro con brio 06:53
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Allegro con brio
- Duration
- 06:53
- Composer
- Gordon Jacob
- Performer
- Simon Callaghan
- Ensemble
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Stephen Bell
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4 Lento espressivo - Vivo 04:38
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Lento espressivo - Vivo
- Duration
- 04:38
- Composer
- John Addison
- Performer
- Simon Callaghan
- Ensemble
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Stephen Bell
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5 Tempo I - Tempo commodo - Allegro giusto 06:05
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Tempo I - Tempo commodo - Allegro giusto
- Duration
- 06:05
- Composer
- John Addison
- Performer
- Simon Callaghan
- Ensemble
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Stephen Bell
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6 L'Istesso Tempo - Lento sostenuto 04:29
- Track
- 6
- Title
- L'Istesso Tempo - Lento sostenuto
- Duration
- 04:29
- Composer
- John Addison
- Performer
- Simon Callaghan
- Ensemble
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Stephen Bell
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7 I. Andante moderato - Allegro con brio 10:06
- Track
- 7
- Title
- I. Andante moderato - Allegro con brio
- Duration
- 10:06
- Composer
- Edmund Rubbra
- Performer
- Simon Callaghan
- Ensemble
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- George Vass
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8 II. Larghetto e tranquillo 11:17
- Track
- 8
- Title
- II. Larghetto e tranquillo
- Duration
- 11:17
- Composer
- Edmund Rubbra
- Performer
- Simon Callaghan
- Ensemble
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- George Vass
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9 III. Molto vivace 05:30
- Track
- 9
- Title
- III. Molto vivace
- Duration
- 05:30
- Composer
- Edmund Rubbra
- Performer
- Simon Callaghan
- Ensemble
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- George Vass