{"product_id":"harty-conducts-music-of-the-british-isles-1926-35-pasc592","title":"HARTY conducts Music of the British Isles (1926-35) - PASC592","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;\"\u003eEnigma Variations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBAX \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eOverture to a Picaresque Comedy*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eHARTY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eWith the Wild Geese\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eHARTY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eScherzo from An Irish Symphony\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDAVIES \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSolemn Melody for Organ and Orchestra\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;\"\u003eDream Children\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;\"\u003eThe Apostles - By The Wayside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recordings, 1926-1935\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 74:52\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eHallé Orchestra \u0026amp; Chorus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e*London Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eSir Hamilton Harty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC592.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his acknowledged expertise in the works of Berlioz and Schubert (as documented on Pristine PASC 551 and PASC 282 respectively), Hamilton Harty was also an enthusiastic proponent of contemporary British composers. He commissioned Moeran’s First Symphony, premièred and recorded Walton’s First, and played the solo piano part in the première and first recording of Constant Lambert’s The Rio Grande with the composer conducting (PACO 028). The spirited Bax overture which opens our program comes from Harty’s final recording session for Columbia, in which he conducts Beecham’s London Philharmonic.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe remaining items feature the Hallé Orchestra of Manchester, of which\nHarty was the principal conductor from 1920 through 1933. Harty had begun\nhis career in his native Northern Ireland as an organist and later piano\naccompanist before turning to composition. It was his own orchestral poem \u003cem\u003eWith the Wild Geese\u003c\/em\u003e that served as his London conductorial debut\nwhen he led the LSO in the work in 1911. Harty explained the title in the\npreface to his score:\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\nThe “Wild Geese” was the name given by the Irish to the exiles who gave\ntheir swords to France before and after the Battle of Aughrim and the\nsurrender of Limerick in 1691. At the Battle of Fontenoy, in 1745, the\nIrish regiments distinguished themselves greatly, though a third of\ntheir number perished. After the battle, the Irish say that the dead\narose from the field and sailed home all through the night to their\nbeloved country.\n\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe recording presented here, from one of the Hallé’s earliest electrical\nsessions in 1926, was plagued by extensive pitch fluctuation problems that\nmodern restoration technology has only recently been able to solve.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThree years later, Harty recorded his arrangement for solo violin, harp and\nstring orchestra of the \u003cem\u003eLondonderry Air\u003c\/em\u003e as well as the Scherzo\nmovement from his \u003cem\u003eIrish Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e. These were the only recordings\nhe would make of his own compositions, save for an earlier acoustic set of\nhis \u003cem\u003eFantasy Scenes from an Eastern Romance\u003c\/em\u003e, which will be featured\non a future volume. The short work by British composer Sir Henry Walford\nDavies must have had particular appeal to the ex-organist in Harty.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nHarty’s recording of Elgar’s Cello Concerto with W. H. Squire has\npreviously been reissued on PASC 393. Three other works by the composer\nconclude our program. The first, an excerpt from his oratorio \u003cem\u003eThe Apostles\u003c\/em\u003e, is a setting of the Beatitudes, with running\ncommentary drawn from various Old Testament sources. The brief \u003cem\u003eDream Children\u003c\/em\u003e, featured as the “filler” side to Harty’s set of\nElgar’s \u003cem\u003eEngima Variations\u003c\/em\u003e, was a work the composer himself never\ngot round to recording.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nHarty’s recording of the \u003cem\u003eEnigma Variations \u003c\/em\u003ehas received strangely\nlittle attention over the years. \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e did not\nreview the original release, and EMI never brought out an “official” LP or\nCD reissue. It is, however, a performance that should be more well-known,\nmarked as it is by Harty’s typical tremendous energy and filled with\ncharacterful detail. 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Harty) Londonderry Air\u003c\/strong\u003e (4:21)\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded 24 June 1929 in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester ∙ Matrices: WAX\n5054-3 ∙ First issued on Columbia 9891\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n4. \u003cstrong\u003eHARTY Scherzo from An Irish Symphony\u003c\/strong\u003e (3:00)\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded 24 June 1929 in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester ∙ Matrices: WAX\n5060-1 ∙ First issued on Columbia 9891\n\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n5. \u003cstrong\u003eDAVIES Solemn Melody for Organ and Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e (3:39)\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarold Dawber (organ); Clyde Twelvetrees (cello)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded 2 May 1927 in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester ∙ Matrices: WRAX\n2661-1 ∙ First issued on Columbia L 1986\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n6. \u003cstrong\u003eELGAR The Apostles, Op. 49 – By the Wayside\u003c\/strong\u003e (7:02)\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDora Labbette (soprano); Hubert Eisdell (tenor); Dennis Noble\n(baritone); Robert Easton (bass); Harold Williams (bass); Hallé Chorus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded 21 January 1927∙ Matrices: WAX 2384-1 \u0026amp; 2385-2 ∙ First issued\non Columbia L 1968\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eELGAR Dream Children, Op. 43\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. 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Intermezzo: Dorabella (Dora Penny) (2:15)\u003cbr\u003e20. XI. G.R.S. (George Robertson Sinclair) (0:46)\u003cbr\u003e21. XII. B.G.N. (Basil G. Nevinson) (2:10)\u003cbr\u003e22. XIII. Romanza: *** (Lady Mary Lygon) (2:37)\u003cbr\u003e23. XIV. Finale: E.D.U. 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