Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 / Wilson, BBC Philharmonic
Details
- Composer
- COATES, ERIC
- Artist
- Wilson
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Oct 02, 2020
- Catalog #
- CHAN 20148
- UPC
- 095115214824
About
For the second volume of the music of Eric Coates, John Wilson has built his programme around three contrasting ‘major’ works. The Suite Summer Days was premiered in October 1919, shortly after Henry Wood had fired Coates from his position as lead viola in the Queen’s Hall Orchestra. An immediate hit, the suite received rave reviews and many more performances. It was recorded in 1926, Sir Edward Elgar telling Coates that he had played it so often that he had worn out the album! The Selfish Giant, from 1925, based on Oscar Wilde’s story, was the first in a series of highly successful musical retellings of fairy tales. The Enchanted Garden originated in a commission from the Swedish Broadcasting Company. Although he described The Enchanted Garden as a ballet, Coates conceived it principally as a concert work. Composed in June and July 1938, it was premiered in a BBC radio broadcast in November that year, immediately before Coates took it on tour to Stockholm. Of the other, shorter pieces on the album, Calling All Workers is arguably Coates’s best-known work, composed in the summer of 1940 and dedicated ‘to all who work’. The march was adopted by the BBC as the signature tune for their new daily radio show ‘Music While You Work’, and was heard twice daily for twenty-seven years – clocking up more than 16,000 broadcast performances.
REVIEWS:
The second volume in John Wilson’s Eric Coates edition for Chandos reprises the excellence to be found in the first. Wilson has recorded much Coates for other labels but to find him return to the repertoire in a more formalized way is especially good news.
– MusicWeb International
Wilson has been a Coates champion for decades and has the natural lightness of touch to make these works, including a substantial ballet, The Enchanted Garden, and an Oscar Wilde-based phantasy, The Selfish Giant, sparkle.
– Sunday Times (UK)
Tracklist 16 tracks
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1 London Bridge 04:07
- Track
- 1
- Title
- London Bridge
- Duration
- 04:07
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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2 The Selfish Giant (edited by J. Wilson) 09:38
- Track
- 2
- Title
- The Selfish Giant (edited by J. Wilson)
- Duration
- 09:38
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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3 Woodnymphs 03:21
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Woodnymphs
- Duration
- 03:21
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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4 Maestoso - Andante moderato - Poco meno mosso - 02:38
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Maestoso - Andante moderato - Poco meno mosso -
- Duration
- 02:38
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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5 Allegro - Più mosso - Poco meno mosso - Moderato - 02:51
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Allegro - Più mosso - Poco meno mosso - Moderato -
- Duration
- 02:51
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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6 Tempo I - Andante moderato - Tempo di Valse - 02:48
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Tempo I - Andante moderato - Tempo di Valse -
- Duration
- 02:48
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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7 Allegretto - Allegro molto - Meno mosso - Allegretto - P oco più mosso - 02:37
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Allegretto - Allegro molto - Meno mosso - Allegretto - P oco più mosso -
- Duration
- 02:37
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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8 Allegro molto - Molto meno mosso - Grandioso - 02:05
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Allegro molto - Molto meno mosso - Grandioso -
- Duration
- 02:05
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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9 Tempo I - Allegro - Allegro molto - Presto - Tempo I - 03:19
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Tempo I - Allegro - Allegro molto - Presto - Tempo I -
- Duration
- 03:19
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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10 Andante moderato - Meno mosso - Calando 02:29
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Andante moderato - Meno mosso - Calando
- Duration
- 02:29
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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11 For Your Delight 03:41
- Track
- 11
- Title
- For Your Delight
- Duration
- 03:41
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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12 I. In a Country Lane 02:46
- Track
- 12
- Title
- I. In a Country Lane
- Duration
- 02:46
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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13 II. On the Edge of the Lake 04:02
- Track
- 13
- Title
- II. On the Edge of the Lake
- Duration
- 04:02
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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14 III. At the Dance 04:03
- Track
- 14
- Title
- III. At the Dance
- Duration
- 04:03
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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15 Lazy Night (edited J. Wilson) 02:46
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Lazy Night (edited J. Wilson)
- Duration
- 02:46
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson
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16 Calling All Workers (edited by J. Wilson) 03:05
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Calling All Workers (edited by J. Wilson)
- Duration
- 03:05
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Wilson