YouTube: 'Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Symphony in A Minor Op. 8 (1896) I. Allegro Appassionato (1/4)'

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Symphony in A Minor Op. 8; Aarhus Symphony Orchestra; Douglas Bostock, conductor; ClassicO CD 684 (2006)]

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was an Afro-British composer and conductor featured at AfriClassical.com. The anniversary of his birth was Aug. 15; the Centennial of his death will be in 2012. Major observances are being planned in the U.K. throughout the coming year by organizations including the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation, http://www.sctf.org.uk/. A world premiere recording of Coleridge-Taylor's Symphony in A Minor, Op. 8 (36:44), was made in 2006 by the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in Denmark, under the direction of Douglas Bostock, conductor. The first movement, Allegro appassionato (11:28) was uploaded to YouTube in its entirety (11:28) on June 9, 2011 by GoldieG89:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7ffcJuIzIY&feature=player_embedded#at=46

The CD is ClassicO CD 684 (2006). The liner notes by Lewis Foreman tell us:

“The Symphony in A minor was written in a month. Smither Jackson's catalogue gives it the opus number 8, though there is no opus designation on the manuscript. It was not known in Coleridge-Taylor's lifetime, other than to his contemporaries who were at the only two performances.”

The other movements are:

II Lament Larghetto affettuoso 7:30

III Scherzo Allegro ma non troppo

IV Allegro maestoso ed energico

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Symphony in A Minor

This is the cover of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Symphony in A Minor (36:44), recorded in Denmark by the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Douglas Bostock, Classico 684 (2006). The tribute for the composer's birthday, August 15, discussed the symphony briefly and linked to the review of the disc by Jonathon Woolf at MusicWeb-International.com The CD is Vol. 15 in The British Symphonic Collection.