Howells: Music for Strings
List Price:
Our Price: $12.22
You Save: $6.77 (36%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $11.60 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more CD details
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
CD Details
Composer: Herbert HowellsConductor: Richard Hickox
Orchestra: London Sinfonia
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-07-26
Music Label: Chandos
Soundtracks:
- Concerto For String Orchestra: I. Allegro, assai vivace
- Concerto For String Orchestra: II. Quasi lento: teneramente
- Concerto For String Orchestra: III. Allegro vivo: ritmico e giocoso
- Elegy For Solo Viola, String Quartet And String Orchestra: Quasi Lento, teneramente
- Suite For String Orchestra: I. Allegro deciso
- Suite For String Orchestra: 2. Siciliano Elegiaco - Con moto - ma tenerezza
- Suite For String Orchestra: 3. Alla Menuetto - Allegro moderato
- Suite For String Orchestra: 4. Rondo - Allegro assai - brioso
- Serenade For Strings: Allegretto scherzando
Music reviews of Howells: Music for Strings
Music Review: fine collection of lesser known English string music
Rating: 4 Stars
Herbert Howells is best known as a composer of ecclesiastical music, a large volume of which was produced for the Anglican church relatively late in his career. Earlier on, however, Howells wrote the "Concerto for String Orchestra" (1938) which opens this disc - a composition which apparently received little or no attention until Adrian Boult, to whom it was dedicated, revived it in 1974. Howells was present at the first performance of Vaughan Williams' "Tallis Fantasia" in 1910 and soon afterward heard Elgar's "Introduction and Allegro" for the first time. His own effort for strings, the "Concerto," was influenced by both of these masterpieces, but it is in no way derivative. And, almost needless to say given its relative neglect, the Concerto cannot compare to the creativity and inspiration found in Vaughan Williams or Elgar.
The "Elegy for Solo Viola, String Quartet and String Orchestra" is a much finer piece of music. Written in 1917 and dedicated to the memory of a fellow student at the Royal College of Music who was killed in the Great War, the Elegy is quite beautiful and deserves a place among the highest echelons of English string music.
The four movement "Suite for String Orchestra," completed in 1943, is patterned after Holst's famous "St. Paul's Suite." (Not coincidentally, Howells succeeded Holst as musical director of St Paul's Girl's School.) Howells' suite is at once stately, lively and inventive and wears repeated listenings well. The brief "Serenade for Strings" is a fine closer to this worthwhile collection of Howells' string music.
It's remarkable that this is the first Amazon review of this disc which was issued by Chandos sixteen years ago, especially given the revival of interest in British music over the last decades. Recommended.
Description of Howells: Music for Strings
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Classical CDs
Music Genres
Bestsellers in Classical CDs
Winterscapesby London Philharmonic
Prophetic Voice; Published: 2000-07; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $2.75
Price in other shops:
The Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebeeby Dini Petty
Children's Group; Published: 2001-03; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $13.38
Price in other shops:
Classical Kids - Beethoven Lives Upstairs CdrRelease date: 2000-04-05; Music CD
Best price: $24.98
Tchaikovsky (Life and Works (Naxos))by Malcolm Sinclair, Jeremy Siepmann
Naxos; Published: 2003-11; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $35.99
![Jose Carreras - Jubileum Concert [VHS] Image](/images/Jose-Carreras-Jubileum-Concert-VHS-1584481471-X.jpg){kind=small}
Jose Carreras - Jose Carreras - Jubileum Concert [VHS]Sling Shot; Release date: 2000-04-18; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $5.86
Price in other shops:
![Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet [VHS] Image](/images/Tchaikovsky-The-Nutcracker-Nureyev-Park-Royal-Ballet-VHS-156127092X-X.jpg){kind=small}
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet [VHS]Kultur Video; Release date: 1997-09-09; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $29.89
Price in other shops:
![Lonely Town Lonley Street / Sergeant's Early Dream [VHS] Image](/images/Lonely-Town-Lonley-Street-Sergeant-Early-Dream-VHS-1561270857-X.jpg){kind=small}
Rambert Dance Company - Lonely Town Lonley Street / Sergeant's Early Dream [VHS]Kultur Video; Release date: 1997-10-28; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops:
Winter Music: Composing the Northby John Luther Adams
Wesleyan; Published: 2004-11-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $21.91
Price in other shops:
![Puccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS] Image](/images/Puccini-La-Fanciulla-del-West-Santi-Domingo-Neblett-Royal-Opera-Covent-Garden-VHS-0769720382-X.jpg){kind=small}
Puccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]Kultur Video; Release date: 1999-05-25; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $6.38
Price in other shops:
![Verdi - Falstaff / Giulini, Bruson, Ricciarelli, Nucci, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS] Image](/images/Verdi-Falstaff-Giulini-Bruson-Ricciarelli-Nucci-Royal-Opera-Covent-Garden-VHS-0769720358-X.jpg){kind=small}
Verdi - Falstaff / Giulini, Bruson, Ricciarelli, Nucci, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]Kultur Video; Release date: 1999-05-25; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $12.95
Price in other shops:
Similar CDs
Kurt Atterberg: The Symphonies (Box Set)Release date: 2005-02-22; Music CD
Best price: $33.31
Price in other shops:
French ImpressionsRelease date: 2012-01-10; Music CD
Best price: $8.74
Price in other shops:
Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna, etc. / Salamunovich, Los Angeles Master ChoraleRelease date: 1998-05-19; Music CD
Best price: $11.42
Price in other shops:
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis; Stabat MaterRelease date: 2005-09-20; Music CD
Best price: $10.96
Price in other shops:
Howells: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / PenguinskiRelease date: 2001-01-23; Music CD
Best price: $9.92
Price in other shops:
Herbert Howells: Chamber Music - Rhapsodic Quintet; Violin Sonata No. 3; Clarinet Sonata; Harp PreludeRelease date: 2004-05-18; Music CD
Best price: $5.18
Price in other shops:
Howells: Orchestral WorksRelease date: 2005-03-22; Music CD
Best price: $12.42
Price in other shops: