April 23rd is Shakespeare day, and also the birthday of the great Albert Coates.
Firstly, two songs by Peter Warlock, the first to a Shakespeare test, sung by Parry Jones.
Warlock – Take, o take those lips away (Shakespeare)
Warlock – There is a lady sweet and kind (Thomas Ford)
Parry Jones, tenor with piano
Warlock – Take, o take those lips away – Parry Jones
Warlock – There is a lady sweet and kind – Parry Jones
(mp3 files – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)
Columbia DB 1443
Matrices CA 14645-1, 14647-1
Recorded 4th September 1934, London
Play at 78rpm
Next, two unaccompanied choral works conducted by Coates.
Sterndale Bennett – God is a Spirit
Sullivan – O Gladsome Light (from The Golden Legend)
British National Opera Company Chorus, Albert Coates
Sterndale Bennett – God is a Spirit – BNOC Chorus, Coates
Sullivan – O Gladsome Light – BNOC Chorus, Coates
(mp3 files – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)
His Master’s Voice E 397 (side numbers 4984, 4985)
Matrices Bb 6404-II, 6405-II
Recorded 27th July 1925, Hayes
Play from 77.9 to 80.7 and 81.8rpm
Finally a selection of Wagner, for which Coates was justly famed.
Wagner – The Valkyrie – The rock is surrounded by fire. Finale of opera (Loge, hear)
Orchestra, Albert Coates
Clarence Whitehill, bass
Wagner – The Valkyrie – Loge, hear – Whitehill, Coates
(mp3 file – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)
His Master’s Voice 3-0782
Matrix Cc 1524-I
Recorded 22nd June 1922, Hayes, Room 1
Plays from 78.4 to 77.5rpm
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