British Music For Strings, Vol. 1 / Bostock, South West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

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Label
CPO
Release Date
January 8, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ELGAR JACOB PARRY
    • PERFORMER
      Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Bostock
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 08, 2021
    • UPC
      761203538225
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555382-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prelude

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    2. II. In Minuet Style

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    3. III. Saraband

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    4. IV. Caprice

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    5. V. Pastoral

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    6. VI. Air

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    7. VII. Frolic

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    8. I. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    9. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    10. III. Andante espressivo

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    11. IV. Presto

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    12. I. Andante maestoso

      Composer: Gordon Jacob

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    13. II. Andante espressivo

      Composer: Gordon Jacob

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock

    14. III. Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Gordon Jacob

      Ensemble: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

      Conductor: Douglas Bostock


Our first release featuring music for string orchestra by British composers presents works by Hubert Parry, Edward Elgar, and Gordon Jacob. The last-mentioned composer wrote a Symphony for Strings with clear contrapuntal textures and a slow introduction beginning with broadly striding octaves and dissonant sixteenth contrasts. Parry demonstrates his sovereign command of a whole range of different techniques and textures in his First Suite for String Orchestra and succeeds in producing a full, one-of-a-kind sound: Very British, indeed! Edward Elgar’s Organ Sonata represents a special case on this album, where it is heard in the version for string orchestra by Hans Kunstovny. Some authors even earlier spoke of the sonata as a “thwarted symphony” because of its structure and design. The premiere of Kunstovny’s Elgar arrangement was held in Pforzheim in October 2006 under Sebastian Tewinkel before Douglas Bostock included it in his program in January 2020. The present recording was produced following this concert. Kunstovny, who assigned the subtitle “Swinnerton’s Dream” to his arrangement, was also present; it refers to the organist and choral conductor Charles Swinnerton Heap, the sonata’s dedicatee, who lent his support to Elgar’s works during the last decade of the nineteenth century.