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Parry / Connolly / London Mozart Players- Scenes From Shelley's Prometheus Unbound (Hybr) (CD)

SKU: 095115531723
¥165.00
the album cover for Parry / Connolly / London Mozart Players - Scenes From Shelley's Prometheus Unbound (Hybr)
the album cover for Parry / Connolly / London Mozart Players - Scenes From Shelley's Prometheus Unbound (Hybr)

Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918), regarded by many (including Edward Elgar) as the finest English composer since Purcell, and as the father of the modern English tradition, is best known for his hymn Jerusalem (immortalised by the Women's Institute and English cricket supporters alike!). His anthem I was glad, written for the coronation of Edward VII, in 1902, has been used also at the coronations of George V, Elizabeth II, and Charles III (who is a proclaimed fan of Parry's music). He taught composition at London's Royal College of Music from 1883 to 1895, when he succeeded Sir George Grove as director of the College, a post he held until his death. His distinguished list of pupils included Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Frank Bridge, and John Ireland. Inspired initially by the German romantics Mendelssohn and Schumann, Parry quickly became a devotee of Brahms and Wagner, whose influences can be heard in much of his output. But, from his earliest works, his own individual voice can be heard very clearly. Commissioned for the Three Choirs Festival, in Gloucester in 1880, his Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound is just such an early work. The première received a mixed reception, but despite numerous repeat performances, in Cambridge, Oxford, and London, all with rave reviews, the piece sank into obscurity. Vernon Handley gave a performance for BBC Radio 3 in 1980, to mark the centenary of the première, but this world première recording is the first chance for modern audiences to hear this outstanding work.

Tracklist:

  1. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  2. Introduction.
  3. Maestoso, assia lento
  4. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  5. Introduction.
  6. Monarch of Gods and Daemons
  7. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  8. Introduction.
  9. Alas! Ah me!
  10. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  11. Introduction.
  12. Thrice three hundred thousand years
  13. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  14. Introduction.
  15. Awful sufferer!
  16. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  17. Introduction.
  18. Promethues! Imortal Titan!
  19. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  20. Introduction.
  21. I felt thy torture, son
  22. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  23. Introduction.
  24. From unremember'd ages we
  25. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  26. Introduction.
  27. How fair these airborn shapes!
  28. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  29. Introduction.
  30. Life of Life!
  31. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  32. Introduction.
  33. Fair are others
  34. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  35. Scene
  37. Allegor moderato
  38. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  39. Scene
  41. Awful shpae, what art thou?
  42. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  43. Scene
  45. Oh, that thou wouldst make mine enemy my judge
  46. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  47. Scene
  49. Andante
  50. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  51. Scene
  53. The pale stars are gone!
  54. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  55. Scene
  57. We come from the mind
  58. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbond~Part
  59. Scene
  60. 5.Then weave the web of the mystic measure
  61. Blest Pair of Sirens in E flat major for Chorus and Orchestra
Format: New CD/Classical

Parry / Connolly / London Mozart Players- Scenes From Shelley's Prometheus Unbound (Hybr) (CD)

SKU: 095115531723
¥165.00

Release Date: 09.08.2023

 
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Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918), regarded by many (including Edward Elgar) as the finest English composer since Purcell, and as the father of the modern English tradition, is best known for his hymn Jerusalem (immortalised by the Women's Institute and English cricket supporters alike!). His anthem I was glad, written for the coronation of Edward VII, in 1902, has been used also at the coronations of George V, Elizabeth II, and Charles III (who is a proclaimed fan of Parry's music). He taught composition at London's Royal College of Music from 1883 to 1895, when he succeeded Sir George Grove as director of the College, a post he held until his death. His distinguished list of pupils included Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Frank Bridge, and John Ireland. Inspired initially by the German romantics Mendelssohn and Schumann, Parry quickly became a devotee of Brahms and Wagner, whose influences can be heard in much of his output. But, from his earliest works, his own individual voice can be heard very clearly. Commissioned for the Three Choirs Festival, in Gloucester in 1880, his Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound is just such an early work. The première received a mixed reception, but despite numerous repeat performances, in Cambridge, Oxford, and London, all with rave reviews, the piece sank into obscurity. Vernon Handley gave a performance for BBC Radio 3 in 1980, to mark the centenary of the première, but this world première recording is the first chance for modern audiences to hear this outstanding work.

Tracklist:

  1. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  2. Introduction.
  3. Maestoso, assia lento
  4. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  5. Introduction.
  6. Monarch of Gods and Daemons
  7. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  8. Introduction.
  9. Alas! Ah me!
  10. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  11. Introduction.
  12. Thrice three hundred thousand years
  13. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  14. Introduction.
  15. Awful sufferer!
  16. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  17. Introduction.
  18. Promethues! Imortal Titan!
  19. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  20. Introduction.
  21. I felt thy torture, son
  22. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  23. Introduction.
  24. From unremember'd ages we
  25. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  26. Introduction.
  27. How fair these airborn shapes!
  28. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  29. Introduction.
  30. Life of Life!
  31. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  32. Introduction.
  33. Fair are others
  34. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  35. Scene
  37. Allegor moderato
  38. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  39. Scene
  41. Awful shpae, what art thou?
  42. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  43. Scene
  45. Oh, that thou wouldst make mine enemy my judge
  46. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  47. Scene
  49. Andante
  50. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  51. Scene
  53. The pale stars are gone!
  54. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound~Part
  55. Scene
  57. We come from the mind
  58. Scenes from Shelley's Prometheus Unbond~Part
  59. Scene
  60. 5.Then weave the web of the mystic measure
  61. Blest Pair of Sirens in E flat major for Chorus and Orchestra