Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) is profiled at AfriClassical.com
which features a comprehensive Works List and a Bibliography by Dr. Dominique-Rene de Lerma,
www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.
Chandos CHAN 10879 (2015)
Music by Brits that nevertheless displays an American accent
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The Chandos engineers have produced a typically wide and opulent
soundstage for concertante works by three English composers who crossed
the Atlantic – in spirit or in person. In Tasmin Little’s hands the G
minor Concerto of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor radiates glamour and
confidence at full beam. She goes all out for expressive affection with
bags of vibrato, supported by a close rapport with Andrew Davis, who
coaxes sighing portamento from the BBC Philharmonic.
Their conviction might place Coleridge-Taylor’s Concerto in the
company of Romantics such as Korngold and Barber, and they also play
Haydn Wood’s A minor Concerto with dedication and passion.
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