The Strad: Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor. [Concerto of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor radiates glamour and confidence at full beam.]

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)

The Strad

Music by Brits that nevertheless displays an American accent

February 10, 2016

Musicians

Tasmin Little (violin) BBC Philharmonic/Andrew Davis

Composer

Coleridge-Taylor; Delius; H. Wood

Catalogue number

CHANDOS CHAN 10879

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.