New Duttons for February

[BFerrell]

CDLX 7283        British Light Music Premieres Vol 6 (Hoddinott/ Mansel Thomas/ Addinsell etc)

7284                                  Foulds and Sainsbury Cello Concertos

7285                                  Edward German Vol 3

7286                                  Christ Wright Violin Conc; Vaughan Williams Sym 5 (world premiere rec of new edition by Peter Horton)

7287                                  Catoire and Sherwood Piano Concertos

7288                                  Frederick Austin: Richard II; Sea Venturers; Spring; Symphony

[albion]

Excellent! Thanks for this information - I'll be getting at least four of these (Foulds, Sherwood, German and Austin).



Do you have details of what will be on the Edward German disc (hopefully The Seasons)?

[Mark Thomas]

The Catoire and Sherwood PCs combo may be an odd one (on paper at least) but if ever there was a "must buy"...

[Peter1953]

Oh yes, the Catoire is definitely a must buy, whatever the coupling is 

[Mark Thomas]

OH, I'm very exited about both works.

[Dundonnell]

Hmmm

Some very interesting pieces here which will provide a lot of interesting and enjoyable listening

My only quibbles are firstly that the only two substantial works composed after 1945 are the Sainsbury and the Wright concertos which, with all respect to the two composers concerned, would not be at the top of many people's list of British concertos still unrecorded.
Secondly, the Frederick Austin works(the Symphony, 'Spring' and 'The Sea Venturers') have been recorded before by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Douglas Bostock on the Classico and RLPO labels. Surely with early 20th century British orchestral repertoire it would have been better to have recorded something new

Sorry to introduce a slightly negative note I repeat there IS a lot of good, perhaps very good, music on the Dutton list

[Jimfin]

Any info on what's on the Ed German disc? Not that it'll stop me ordering it...

[Alan Howe]

And the source of all this info is...?

[JimL]

And the source of all this info is...?

Rumors, innuendo, wild speculations and educated guesswork? 

[albion]

And the source of all this info is...?

Rumors, innuendo, wild speculations and educated guesswork? 

Surely, the good magician never reveals his tricks...



Whilst many of these latest releases will be mandatory purchases for me, as Colin has rightly pointed out there is a weighting towards the pre-war 'accessibles' in Dutton's A & R portfolio. It would be wonderful if they could strike more of a balance with unrecorded music by composers of such stature as Hoddinott, Cooke, Fricker, Gipps and Jones - then the company would really be a modern-day Lyrita!

[BFerrell]

I was very fortunate to uncover what I did. The source is very involved with the Dutton series.  If I must name a "source" I will not pass on any further information in the future.

[violinconcerto]

A pity that I have to ask this, but who is "Christ Wright"?

Best,
Tobias

[BFerrell]

http://christopherwrightcomposer.co.uk/

[JimL]

A pity that I have to ask this, but who is "Christ Wright"?

Best,
Tobias

A slip of the finger, or a composer with delusions of godhood?

[Dundonnell]

Dutton issued a cd completely devoted to Christopher Wright's music in 2009(CDLX 7240) and added his Oboe Concerto a year later(CDLX 7249).

Fortunate indeed is Mr. Wright