{"product_id":"godfrey-conducts-vaughan-williams-debussy-dvorak-192526-pasc761","title":"GODFREY conducts Vaughan Williams, Debussy \u0026 Dvořák (1925\/26) - PASC761","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eVAUGHAN WILLIAMS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e A London Symphony\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDEBUSSY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePetite Suite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDVOŘÁK \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSlavonic Dances Nos. 1-4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recordings, 1925\/26 (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u0026amp; *1923\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 72:31 (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e*downloads: 87:52\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eSir Dan Godfrey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC761.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\nWhile Sir Dan Godfrey (1868 –1939) is primarily\nassociated with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra which he created, the\npresent release (counting the tracks included in the download version)\nfeatures all of his issued recordings credited to the London Symphony\nOrchestra, although his 1927 “Symphony Orchestra” recordings made in London,\nsuch as the Mozart “Jupiter” Symphony reissued on Pristine’s earlier Godfrey\ncollection (PASC 534), were probably also made with the ensemble after it\nhad signed an exclusive contract with HMV.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nGodfrey was the son of a highly-esteemed bandmaster of the Grenadier Guards.\nWhen the elder Godfrey showed little interest in an offer to organize a\nseries of summer concerts at the seaside resort town of Bournemouth in 1893,\nhis son applied in his place and won the post. By that time, the\n25-year-old Godfrey had already completed studies at the Royal College of\nMusic, conducted the London Military Band for two years, and served as\nmusical director of an opera company in South Africa. Over the following 41\nyears, he built the orchestra into one of Britain’s finest ensembles. His\nefforts to champion British music in particular led to his knighthood in\n1922, following a campaign organized by composer Ethel Smyth.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nSome of the reasons behind the high regard in which Godfrey was held in this\nrepertoire are evident in his passionate, committed interpretation of\nVaughan Williams’ \u003cem\u003eA London Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e. It was first recorded by\nColumbia on four sides in July, 1923. The labels referred to Parts 1\nthrough 4, with nothing to indicate that the first disc featured the first\nmovement (abridged by about a third) while the second featured the complete\nthird movement. This première recording of the work is featured in the\ndownload version of this release.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIn September, 1924, a further four sides were recorded, perhaps comprising\nabridged versions of the other two movements. However, these matrices were\nabandoned when a complete version of the symphony was undertaken in April\nand May of 1925. The score utilized was the 1920 version, which contained\nmusic that was later to be cut from Vaughan Williams’ final version of 1936\n(including the “damp drizzle of rain” over the “Bloomsbury of a November\ntwilight” that composer\/conductor Bernard Hermann lamented was missing from\nthe final version of the slow movement just after letter “K” in the score).\nHowever, Godfrey did cut 23 bars in the Epilogue in order to fit the\nrecording onto twelve sides, an elision which the composer himself later\nadopted in his 1936 revision.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe timing of the sessions was unfortunate, however, as the recording was\nmade at the very end of the acoustic era. (Columbia’s American affiliate\nhad already been recording electrically for two months by this point). It\nwas issued in April, 1926, a month after Weingartner’s pioneering electrical\nversion of Berlioz’ \u003cem\u003eSymphonie Fantastique\u003c\/em\u003e, and only stayed in the\ncatalog until July, 1929. Yet, the sound itself was the apotheosis of the\nacoustic recording method, featuring an impact, presence and detail that\neclipsed even Godfrey’s effort of two years earlier.*\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe sonic difference due to the arrival of electrical recording can be heard\nin the following two groups of sides made in a single session in March,\n1926. Greater high-frequency information reveals a more detailed,\nrealistic sound, although the mid-range in the small studio is a bit edgy.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nAfter his Mozart symphony album of the following year, Godfrey would no\nlonger record any extended works. He also began to make records only with\nhis Bournemouth ensemble; and the repertoire Columbia allotted to him was\nmainly of the light Classical or “pops” variety (overtures, dances,\nxylophone-solo encores and the like). It would be interesting to speculate\non what his position in the pantheon of British conductors would be today\nhad he been given the chance to display his skills on disc in more\nrepertoire like the Vaughan Williams presented here.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMark Obert-Thorn\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Godfrey and the LSO also recorded an acoustic version of Vaughan Williams’\nOverture to \u003cem\u003eThe Wasps\u003c\/em\u003e in November, 1923. It was allotted the catalog number L 1534, but never\nreleased.\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGODFREY \u003c\/b\u003econducts Vaughan Williams, Debussy \u0026amp; Dvořák\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eVAUGHAN WILLIAMS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e A London Symphony\n(Symphony No. 2, 1920 version) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n1. 1st mvt. - Lento - Allegro risoluto (13:36) \u003cbr\u003e\n2. 2nd mvt. - Lento (12:00)\u003cbr\u003e3. 3rd mvt. - Scherzo (Nocturne) (7:10) \u003cbr\u003e\n4. 4th mvt. - Finale. 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