Howells: Orchestral Works

Howells: Orchestral Works

Howells: Orchestral Works
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Composer: Herbert Howells
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Yvonne Kenny
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-03-22
Music Label: Chandos
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Allegro Brillante-Animato - London Symphony Orchestra
  2. Allegro E Vivace - London Symphony Orchestra
  3. Tranquillo, Quasi Andante - Moray Welsh
  4. Lento Calmato, Assai Teneramente - Moray Welsh
  5. Tranquillo, Non Troppo Lento - London Symphony Orchestra
  6. Allegro Moderato, Sempre Ritmico - London Symphony Orchestra
Music CD 2
  1. I. Overture. Bublum - London Symphony Orchestra
  2. II. Lament. Bartholomew - London Symphony Orchestra
  3. III. Scherzo. Blissy - London Symphony Orchestra
  4. IV. 'Mazurka' Alias 'Minuet'. Bunny - London Symphony Orchestra
  5. V. March. Benjee - London Symphony Orchestra
  6. I. Giocoso Molto - Lydia Mordkovitch
  7. II. Quasi Lento, Quieto - Lydia Mordkovitch
  8. III. Molto Allegro - Lydia Mordkovitch
  9. I. Under The Greenwood Tree - Yvonne Kenny
  10. II. The Goat Paths - Yvonne Kenny
  11. III. Merry Margaret - Yvonne Kenny
  12. IV. Wanderer's Night Song - Yvonne Kenny
  13. V. On The Merry First Of May - Yvonne Kenny

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Music Review: an undiscovered corner of England
Rating: 4 Stars

Here's a delightful mix of Herbert Howells' orchestral music, all of which was written before he turned his attention to the ecclesiastical works for which he is best known. Howells came from the same region that produced Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Parry, and his early compositions reflect the English countryside and folk music traditions just as theirs did. That Howells was profoundly influenced by Vaughan Williams' Tallis Fantasia, the premiere of which he attended in 1910, is very much in evidence here. Works such as "Paradise Rondel," a quasi-rhapsodic piece with a prominent part for piano, and "Pastoral Rhapsody," described by Lewis Foreman in his informative liner notes as a "glorious exercise in nature mysticism" could easily have been penned by Vaughan Williams. The same holds true for the early "Three B's" suite (1914), which includes one of the most beautiful movements in the English repertory, a masterpiece worthy of George Butterworth. From the same period came "Three Dances" for violin and orchestra, another lovely work in the pastoral tradition.

But all of that changed when the anguish over the death of Howells' son at the age of nine turned the composer in a very different musical direction. The results can be heard in the two selections for cello and orchestra, "Fantasia" and "Threnody" (1935-37) that were meant to be movements for a concerto that was never completed, and where light and joy have been replaced with Brahmsian weight and seriousness.

In that vocal music typically doesn't hold much interest for me, I'll not comment on the final work on this 2-cd set, "In Green Ways," a five movement suite for soprano and orchestra completed in 1928.

English music enthusiasts will find much to celebrate here. Four solid stars.

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