Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music (2004)

In the brief 37 years given to him, English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor produced an impressive wealth of entries in the category of chamber music, although you'd never know it from the extent to which it has been recorded. Centaur Records steps into the breach with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music, which is performed by a loose coalition of musicians mostly associated with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Top billing is accorded to clarinetist Kelly Burke and violinist John Fadial, but all of the ... Read More

In the brief 37 years given to him, English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor produced an impressive wealth of entries in the category of chamber music, although you'd never know it from the extent to which it has been recorded. Centaur Records steps into the breach with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music, which is performed by a loose coalition of musicians mostly associated with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Top billing is accorded to clarinetist Kelly Burke and violinist John Fadial, but all of the players here are splendid; some of the best classical chamber instrumentalists to be found in the American South. Of the three works found here, the Four African Dances, Op. 58, and the Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, had been recorded one time apiece, and the Quintet in F sharp minor, Op. 10, appears here for the first time anywhere. Coleridge-Taylor was a student and devotee of Charles Stanford and his music is often compared to that of Elgar. While the typical concern for structural... Read Less

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