{"product_id":"weldon-elgar-in-the-south-sea-pictures-chanson-de-matin-overture-195354-pasc196","title":"WELDON Elgar: In The South, Sea Pictures, Chanson de Matin, Overture (1953\/54) - PASC196","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eELGAR \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eIn the South, 'Alassio', Overture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eELGAR \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSea Pictures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eELGAR \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eChanson de Matin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eHANDEL (arr. ELGAR) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eOverture in D\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1953 and 1954 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 55:16 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eGladys Ripley, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econtralto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eGeorge Weldon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fEnthusiastically recommended. Let’s hope there’s more Weldon to come578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThis CD is a boon to the Elgar aficionado. George\nWeldon (1908–63) was one of the most accomplished English conductors of\nhis generation. After a successful seven-year tenure as conductor of the\nCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in 1952 he became assistant\nconductor to Sir John Barbirolli with the Hallé Orchestra, where he\nremained until his death. He was a well-loved figure in Manchester,\ntaking charge of the orchestra’s summer promenade concerts and\nindustrial concerts in the North of England. The eminent record producer\nBrian B. Culverhouse wrote that Weldon was the only conductor he ever\nsaw an orchestra applaud following a recording session. The orchestra\nwas the Philharmonia. He was the type of conductor Sir Thomas Beecham\nhad in mind when he made his celebrated comment about the English hiring\nthird-rate foreign conductors when they had so many second-rate ones of\ntheir own. Not that there was anything second-rate about Weldon at his\nbest. He recorded a marvelous stereo LP of Elgar’s shorter works with\nthe Royal Philharmonic that used to be available on RCA Victrola. He was\nin demand as an accompanist on recordings, doing Tchaikovsky with\nMoiseiwitsch and Grieg with Gina Bachauer, the latter formerly on a\nSeraphim LP. The recordings on this CD are monaural sessions from\n1953–54. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThis is the slowest recording of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eIn the South\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nI’ve ever heard. Compared with Solti’s quicksilver version, it might\neven be mistaken for a different piece. The work opens with a tremendous\nforward thrust and a great feeling of spaciousness. The first quiet\nepisode is particularly meditative, setting the scene for the rest of\nthe performance. The tone quality of the LSO throughout is richly\nautumnal. The original tune that Elgar tried to pass off as an Italian\nfolk song is evanescent and sublime, with beautiful solo work from the\norchestra. The climax of the piece is superbly paced and deeply\nemotional. This is a memorable interpretation. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThe only modern recording of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eSea Pictures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nI had on hand for a comparison was Linda Finnie’s with Bryden Thomson.\nThat certainly is a good rendition, but it lacks the idiomatic quality\nand sense of identification of Ripley and Weldon. Gladys Ripley’s\ncontralto is the sort of English voice we don’t hear anymore. Its tone\nquality is familiar to Americans from old D’Oyly Carte Opera recordings,\nbut with a richer sound that is more artistically deployed. Ripley and\nWeldon previously had recorded \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eSea Pictures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nin 1946 with the Philharmonia, but Brian Culverhouse prefers this 1954\naccount. Weldon’s accompaniment here is alternately full-blooded and\nsensitive. A typical conductorial touch is in the rocking string figures\nin “Where Coral Lies.” In the opening “Sea-Slumber Song,” Ripley evokes\ncalm and rest. The high point of the performance is the central\n“Sabbath Morning at Sea,” text by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Ripley’s\nsinging becomes positively rapturous at the lines, “He shall assist me\nto look higher\/Where keep the saints, with harp and song\/An endless\nSabbath morning.” \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eChanson de matin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e is\ndelicately played. It is the only track on the CD that displays any\nsurface noise, quite remarkable, since remastering engineer Andrew Rose\nwas working from vinyl sources. The Overture in D, a transcription by\nElgar from Handel’s Chandos Anthem No. 2, shows how indebted Elgar was\nto Handel in the study of writing for strings. It is a thoroughly\nsuccessful treatment of Handel for the Romantic orchestra (with even a\nsnare drum). Weldon’s performance is thrilling. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eAll the recordings on this CD were made at EMI’s\nAbbey Road Studio 1. Andrew Rose has provided sound that shows off this\nstudio at its best, with rich and well-blended textures. Except for the\nshort playing time, this disc is enthusiastically recommended. Let’s\nhope there’s more Weldon to come. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eDave Saemann \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"dateBlockDiv\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 33:4 (Mar\/Apr 2010) of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFanfare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC196.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eA beautiful collection of some of the finest Elgar recordings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eGeorge Weldon: an excellent, under-rated conductor well worth hearing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThese recordings, all sourced from excellent near-mint copies expertly transferred by Edward Johnson from his private collection, where a delight to restore. Very little complex restoraiton was required, and XR remastering worked a treat. These recordings have been one of those delightful collectionc which I've spent more time listening to than restoring - which is something of a rarity here at Pristine! Wholeheartedly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\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\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"body\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eELGAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the South, 'Alassio', Overture\u003c\/strong\u003e, Op.50 \u003c\/span\u003e(23:06)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003eRecorded at Abbey Road Studio 1 on 19th February 1954\u003cbr\u003e First issued as UK Columbia LP 33SX1028 in July 1954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eELGAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSea Pictures\u003c\/strong\u003e, Op. 37\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e1. \u003cem\u003eSea Slumber-Song\u003c\/em\u003e (R. Noel) (5:06)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e2. \u003cem\u003eIn haven (Capri)\u003c\/em\u003e (C. A. Elgar) (1:43)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e3. \u003cem\u003eSabbath Morning at Sea\u003c\/em\u003e (E. B. Browning) (6:48)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e4. \u003cem\u003eWhere Corals Lie\u003c\/em\u003e (R. Garnett) (3:20)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e 5. \u003cem\u003eThe Swimmer\u003c\/em\u003e (A. L. Gordon) (6:04)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGladys Ripley, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003econtralto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003eRecorded at Abbey Road Studio 1 on 26th February 1954\u003cbr\u003e First issued as UK Columbia LP 33SX1028 in July 1954\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eELGAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChanson de Matin\u003c\/strong\u003e, Op.15, No.2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e (3:33)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003eRecorded at Abbey Road Studio 1 on 11th December 1953\u003cbr\u003e First issued as UK Columbia 78 DX1908 and 45 SCD2035 in April 1954\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHANDEL (arr. ELGAR) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverture in D\u003c\/strong\u003e (from Chandos Anthem No. 2) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e (5:36)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003eRecorded at Abbey Road Studio 1 on 19th February 1954\u003cbr\u003e First issued as UK Columbia 45 SED5516 in September 1954\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e conducted by George Weldon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003eTransfers from the collection of Edward Johnson\u003cbr\u003e XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, June 2009\u003cbr\u003e Cover artwork based on a photograph of George Weldon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nTotal duration: 55:16 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fCover Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/thumbs\/PASC196.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/PASC196.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fHistoric Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e    \"Gladys Ripley made a recording of Elgar's Sea Pictures in 1946, with George Weldon conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra (H.M.V. C3498-3500) which I reviewed in the July number of THE GRAMOPHONE in that year, and I find now that I could repeat that review word for word except that there is now no astringency in the tone of the violins in the first song, or in Sabbath Morning at Sea. Miss Ripley's lovely voice is ideal for these songs and, as I said before, she sings them with complete understanding and is free from all the usual contralto vices of hooting and scooping. Elgar is not always very sensitive in his setting of the words, as such, and indeed makes nonsense of some lines of the first song (Sea Slumber Song), but his music gives distinction to some indifferent poetry, the orchestral part is full of imaginative touches, and his vocal line has a fine sweep and singable-ness that seem to have departed from most vocal writing today. George Weldon and the L.S.O. provide a sensitive accompaniment, the balance is excellent, and altogether I found these five songs as enjoyable as ever...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Gramophone, July 1954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f","brand":"Pristine Classical","offers":[{"title":"Mono 24-bit FLAC","offer_id":55010066628974,"sku":"duq1789305899606","price":14.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ambient Stereo 16-bit FLAC","offer_id":55010066661742,"sku":"own1789305899607","price":9.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Mono 16-bit FLAC","offer_id":55010066694510,"sku":"rqf1789305899608","price":8.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"320kbps Mono MP3","offer_id":55010066727278,"sku":"jtf1789305899609","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/3986\/5966\/files\/weldon-elgar-in-the-south-sea-pictures-chanson-de-matin-overture-195354---pasc19_1.jpg?v=1789305907","url":"https:\/\/www.harborviewgoods.shop\/products\/weldon-elgar-in-the-south-sea-pictures-chanson-de-matin-overture-195354-pasc196","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}