Episode 4
Donald Macleod explores some of Coleridge-Taylor's lesser-known music, with specially recorded contributions from the BBC Singers.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is best remembered for his choral masterpiece Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. However, despite the fact that his best-known work meant that he kept returning to large-scale choral composition throughout his life, he was also a prolific composer of incidental music for the stage, and the chamber music that had marked him out as a remarkable student at the Royal College of Music. Donald Macleod explores some of his lesser-known music, with specially recorded contributions from the BBC Singers.
Othello - dance
New Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
Pearl GEMM CD 9965 1
Sea Drift
BBC Singers, Paul Brough (conductor)
Violin Sonata
David Juritz (Violin), Michael Dussek (Piano)
Dutton CDLX 7127 Tr 1
Spirituals - Deep River & Run Mary Run
Virginia Eskin (piano)
Koch 3-7056-2 H1 Tr 8, 9
Piano Quintet in G minor
Nash Ensemble
Hyperion CDA67590 Tr 1 & 2
Dead in the Sierras
BBC Singers, Paul Brough (conductor).
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Othello - suite Op.79
Conductor: Malcolm SARGENT Performer: New Symphony Of London
- PEARL.
- GEMM CD-9965.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Sea drift - choral rhapsody Op.69 for 8 voices
Conductor: Paul BROUGH Performer: BBC Singers
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Sonata for violin and piano
Performer: David JURITZ - Violin Performer: Michael DUSSEK - Piano
- DUTTON LABORATOR.
- CDLX-7127.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
24 Negro melodies Op.59`1, transc. for piano
Performer: David JURITZ - Violin Performer: Michael DUSSEK - Piano
- DUTTON LABORATOR.
- CDLX-7127.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
24 Negro melodies Op.59`1, transc. for piano
Performer: David JURITZ - Violin Performer: Michael DUSSEK - Piano
- DUTTON LABORATOR.
- CDLX-7127.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
24 Negro melodies Op.59`1, transc. for piano
Performer: Virginia ESKIN - Piano
- KOCH.
- 3-7056-2.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano Quintet in G minor
Performer: Nash Ensemble
- Hyperion.
- CDA67590.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Partsongs Op.67 for chorus (SATB)
conductor: Paul BROUGH performer: BBC SINGERS
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
'Othello' Suite Op 79, 1. Dance
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Sea Drift
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Sonata
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Spirituals: Deep River
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Spirituals: The Bamboula
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Spirituals: Run, Mary, Run
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano Quintet in G minor
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Dead in the Sierras
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