Coates made a commercial recording for Decca at Kingsway Hall on 10 November 1944 with the National Symphony Orchestra. Coates's published timings for three of the four movements were over the 12" 78rpm limit, so cuts were made. This later BBC recording has no cuts, achieved by not having to fit each movement to a side. I had no idea that it existed. What a wonderful addition to the Coates discography. Glorious sound for a wartime recording. made even more glorious by your restoration. 'Rhythm' has been one of my favourite pieces of music since I first heard it in his Decca recording years ago.
Magnificent!! This performance has it all - easy charm combined with really taut, skilled ensemble playing. It's a delight in every note. Thank you, VS for a superb transfer! 😀
This is magically great. Coates certainly knew the styles, but this is not mere pastiche. It transcends that limitation. Basically it is music of its time that fully manages the trick of evoking the eras of the previous times and its own time ... Those who were sniffy [snobbish] about Coates' music were those who never wrote anything still worth remembering! Critics included!! I listened to the first three quarters this morning before work, and now return from the start. The playing and recording are exemplary, and of course Coates knew what he was doing on the podium. A more perfect performance would be hard to imagine. Recorded in the last few days of WW II, this sounds like it is based on EMI's rather than Decca's system, but is remarkably free and giving a proper sense of space. Indeed probably about as close to the state of the art of actual recording at the time, and dear VS, your transfer is simply lets us hear the whole wonderful thing! Probably appeals to me more than non Anglophone listeners, but that is okay Thank you sincerely for one of the most out of the way recordings I have listened to in a while, and best wishes from George
@georgejohnson1498 Thanks George. I agree wholeheartedly! This is different from the Coates we hear in his late 1920s recordings, but equally appealing. And yes, the quality is excellent, being helped by relatively clean vinyl pressings. I really need to mine the collection of these BBC transcriptions that I acquired fairly recently!
As you'd already said so much of how this recording makes me feel, I've stuck to a comparison with the 1944 Decca recording in my comment. But thank you for expressing my feelings better than I could.
Coates made a commercial recording for Decca at Kingsway Hall on 10 November 1944 with the National Symphony Orchestra. Coates's published timings for three of the four movements were over the 12" 78rpm limit, so cuts were made.
This later BBC recording has no cuts, achieved by not having to fit each movement to a side. I had no idea that it existed. What a wonderful addition to the Coates discography. Glorious sound for a wartime recording. made even more glorious by your restoration. 'Rhythm' has been one of my favourite pieces of music since I first heard it in his Decca recording years ago.
@@webrarian Thanks! This set was indeed a fortunate find. There's some wonderful material on BBC discs - on the rare occasions they turn up.
Delightful.
Thanks!
Magnificent!! This performance has it all - easy charm combined with really taut, skilled ensemble playing. It's a delight in every note. Thank you, VS for a superb transfer! 😀
Thanks!
다양한 분위기의 음악들이 모여있네요. 밝고, 서정적이고~ 저는 특히, 18th 와 19th 가 좋아요.
Thanks! This is certainly very tuneful and well-played!
This is magically great. Coates certainly knew the styles, but this is not mere pastiche. It transcends that limitation. Basically it is music of its time that fully manages the trick of evoking the eras of the previous times and its own time ...
Those who were sniffy [snobbish] about Coates' music were those who never wrote anything still worth remembering! Critics included!!
I listened to the first three quarters this morning before work, and now return from the start.
The playing and recording are exemplary, and of course Coates knew what he was doing on the podium. A more perfect performance would be hard to imagine. Recorded in the last few days of WW II, this sounds like it is based on EMI's rather than Decca's system, but is remarkably free and giving a proper sense of space. Indeed probably about as close to the state of the art of actual recording at the time, and dear VS, your transfer is simply lets us hear the whole wonderful thing!
Probably appeals to me more than non Anglophone listeners, but that is okay
Thank you sincerely for one of the most out of the way recordings I have listened to in a while, and best wishes from George
@georgejohnson1498 Thanks George. I agree wholeheartedly! This is different from the Coates we hear in his late 1920s recordings, but equally appealing. And yes, the quality is excellent, being helped by relatively clean vinyl pressings. I really need to mine the collection of these BBC transcriptions that I acquired fairly recently!
As you'd already said so much of how this recording makes me feel, I've stuck to a comparison with the 1944 Decca recording in my comment. But thank you for expressing my feelings better than I could.
Have just had another listen to this. It's lovely!
Coates is always good value.
Best wishes from George
@@georgejohnson1498 Agreed!