The Art-Music, Literature and Linguistics Forum
March 28, 2024, 06:47:09 pm
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length
News: Here you may discover hundreds of little-known composers, hear thousands of long-forgotten compositions, contribute your own rare recordings, and discuss the Arts, Literature and Linguistics in an erudite and decorous atmosphere full of freedom and delight.
 
  Home Help Search Gallery Staff List Login Register  

John Foulds (1880-1939)

Pages: [1]   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: John Foulds (1880-1939)  (Read 116 times)
0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.
Albion
Level 7
*******

Times thanked: 2750
Offline Offline

Posts: 1683


Frederic Cowen (1852-1935)


View Profile
« on: October 01, 2021, 05:45:56 pm »

An essential playlist:

Orchestral music volume 1 (Dutton CDLX 7252)
Orchestral music volume 2 (Dutton CDLX 7260)
Orchestral music volume 3 (Dutton CDLX 7307)
Orchestral music volume 4 (Dutton CDLX 7311)

Cello Concerto (Dutton CDLX 7284)

Orchestral music volume 1 (Warner 2564 61525-2)
Orchestral music volume 2 (Warner 2564 62999-2)

A World Requiem (Chandos CHSA 5058-2)


What a truly wonderful composer he was! Way ahead of his time in exploring modes and quarter-tones, a great and truly original creator of both "serious" and "light" music (whatever these terms mean to the individual listener). The discs above cover a wide range of his output and are all strongly recommended. Ronald Corp and Martin Yates (Dutton), Sakari Oramo (Warner) and Leon Botstein (Chandos) have the full measure of this stuff. Corp covers virtually all of the "lighter" music, Oramo the major "serious scores" (at least those that are extant) and Botstein does wonders with Foulds' major choral work (in spite of a somewhat wayward soprano soloist). Just one thing, though...



or



 :-\

I can still provide a link to the Radio 3 documentary John Foulds: Life, Death and Resurrection for any members who are interested.

 :)
Report Spam   Logged

"A piece is worth your attention, and is itself for you praiseworthy, if it makes you feel you have not wasted your time over it." (Sydney Grew, 1922)

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter


Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by EzPortal
Bookmark this site! | Upgrade This Forum
SMF For Free - Create your own Forum


Powered by SMF | SMF © 2016, Simple Machines
Privacy Policy