Eric Coates - The Definitive Eric Coates [CD]

I had been contemplating a 'Definitive' Eric Coates collection for some time but it was the discovery of Michael Payne's Ph.D. Thesis for Durham University "The Man Who Writes The Tunes" that encouraged me to start serious work on it. Michael has since turned this thesis into the definitive book on Coates, "The Life And Music Of Eric Coates" published by Ashgate in 2012, and I was delighted when he agreed to write the booklet notes. The track order: My original concept was to present the recordings in strict chronological order but it became apparent that, although this would be ideal for those wishing to analyse and study Coates' work, some pieces would appear twice on the same CD which would be frustrating for the normal listener. The approach therefore has been to make each disc a varied and enjoyable selection of his work. The acoustic recordings, which I imagine most people will not listen to very often, are grouped at the end of CD 6. Opinions differ widely on how restoration and remastering of acoustic recordings should be done. My aim is to reveal as much detail as possible, some of which would not have been heard when played on a contemporary gramophone. This probably will not satisfy the purists but is, I think, the best approach for a project such as this. Although this collection claims to include every commercial recording Coates made, two are missing. One source says that Covent Garden and Westminster, from The London Suite, recorded in 1933 and issued on Columbia DX 470 (Matrix number CAX 6748-1) were re-recorded in May 1947 with a new matrix number (CAX 6748-2) and issued the following month, paired with the original pressing of Knightsbridge using the same catalogue number. Careful listening and comparison of the wave forms shows that they are virtually identical. It is very unlikely that such similarities could occur in recordings made 14 years apart and only the first is included in this collection. My sincere thanks are due to collector friends in Australia, Britain, America and Canada without whose generous help this collection would not have been possible. - Alan Bunting

Best Of Baroque

Concerto For Trumpet And Strings

Concerto For Harp And Orchestra

Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra

Concerto No.6 In G Minor

Suite For Strings "La Lyra"

Oboe Concerto

Hector Berlioz

The Roman Carnival Overture

King Lear Overture

Waverley Overture

Les Francs-Judes Overture

The Corsair Overture

Overture To Les Troyens

March From Les Troyens

Frederic Chopin

Preludes

Sonata No. 2, Op.35 (Funeral March)

Berceuse

Barcarolle

Greig / Dukas / Saint-Saens / Delibes

Peer Gynt Suite

Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Danse Macabre

Coppelia - Prelude And Mazurka

Sylvia - Les Chasseresses

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 1 "Titan"

Mussorgsky / Franck

Pictures At An Exhibition

Symphony In D Minor

Rimsky Korsakov / Stravinsky

Scheherazade

Petrouchka

Music Of Vienna (The Music Of Johann & Joseph Strauss)

Vienna Blood Waltz

Accelerations Waltz

My Life Is Love And Pleasure

At Home

Music Of The Spheres

Village Swallows Waltz

The Emperor Waltz

Radetzky Waltz

Richard Strauss

Don Juan - Symphonic Poem

Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

Also Sprach Zarathustra

Dance Of The Seven Veils From Salome

Relax With The Classics: Music Of Eric Coates

The Merrymakers

Summer Days Suite

Miniature Suite

With A Song In My Heart Symphonic Rhapsody (Rogers Transcribed Coates)

Wood Nymphs

London Bridge

By The Tamarisk

The Three Bears

Symphonic Rhapsody On I Heard You Singing And Bird Songs At Eventide

Four Ways Suite

For Your Delight

Two Favourite Piano Concertos

Piano Concerto No. 2 In С Minor

Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor

Georges Bizet

Symphony In C

L'Arlesienne Suite No.1

L'Arlesienne Suite No.2

Claude Debussy

La Mer

Nocturnes

Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun

Le Martyre De Saint Sebastien

Joseph Haydn

Symphony No. 93 In D Major

Symphony No. 94 In G Major "Surprise"

Symphony No. 103 In E Flat Major "Drumroll"

Felix Mendelssohn

Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Scherzo

Octet - Scherzo

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

Symphony No. 4

Ottorino Respighi - The Roman Trilogy

Pines Of Rome

Fountains Of Rome

Roman Festivals

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Swan Lake Highlights

Romeo And Juliet - Fantasy Overture

Richard Wagner

The Flying Dutchman - Overture

Die Meistersinger

Parsifal - Good Friday Music

Gotterdammerung

Lohengrin - Prelude To The Act 1

Orchestral Favourites

Morning, Noon And Night In Vienna - Overture

Morning Paper' s Waltz

The Fair Maid Of Perth Suite

Overture In D

La Cambiale Di Matrimonio - Overture

The Tales Of Hoffman - Excerpts

German Dance K 605

German March K 249

Espana - Rhapsodie

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 9 "Chorale"

Georg Händel

Water Music Suite

Messiah

Concerto Grosso In D

Great Overtures

The Barber Of Seville

Tancredi

Il Signori Bruschino

The Thieving Magpie

Semiramide

Nabucco

La Traviata

The Force Of Destiny

Aida

Sicilian Vespers

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concertos Vol. 1

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 In F

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concertos Vol. 2

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 In B Flat

Violin Favourites

Zigeunerweisen

Tzigane

Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso

Concerto No. 2 For Violin And Orchestra

Hora Saccato

Perpetuum Mobile

Schon Rosmarin

Caprise Basque

Humoresque

Flight Of The Bumble Bee

Carmen-Fantasy

Franz Schubert

Symphony No. 8 In B Minor "Unfinished"

Symphony No. 1 In D Major

Symphony No. 2 In B Flat Major

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

Suite: The Nutcracker

Relax With The Classics Vol.2 Music Of Robert Farnon

Relax With The Classics Vol.2 Music Of Robert Farnon

Journey Into Melody

State Occasion

String Time

How Beautiful Is The Night

Jumping Bean

A Star Is Born

Portrait Of A Flirt

All Sports March

The Comic Mystic

High Street

In A Calm

Manhattan Playboy

Melody Fair

Rush Hour

The Huckle-Buckle

The Peanut Polka

Promenade-Overture

Hall Of Fame

Pinc-Nez And Aspidistras

Seventh Heaven

Pow Wow

Royal Occasion

Playtime

World Series

Almost A Lullabye

Poodle Parade

Joanne

Alcan Highway

Orchestral Showpieces

Introduction To The Dance

Les Sylphides - Mazurka

The Three Cornered Hat - Ballet

The Good Humoured Ladies (based On Scarlatti)

Daphnis And Chloe - Suite No.2

Carmen-Excerpts

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 5 In C Minor

Symphony No. 6 In F Major "Pastorale"

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 1 In С Minor, Op. 68

Variations On A Theme By Joseph Haydn

Sir Edward Elgar

Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

Serenade For Strings

Enigma Variations

Favourite Violin Concertos

Violin Concerto In D

Violin Concerto In D Minor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Symphony No. 36 "Linz"

Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

Symphony No. 39

Holst / Grainger

The Planets

Country Gardens

Mock Morris

Early One Morning

Shepherd's Hey

Irish Tune From Country Derry

Molly On The Shore

Handel In The Strand

Dvorak / Kodaly / Smetana

Dvorak/Kodaly/Smetana

Symphony No. 9 "From The New World"

Hary Janos Suite

The Moldau

Antonio Vivaldi

Concerto In С For Two Trumpets

Concerto No. 3 From "The Four Seasons" "Autumn"

Concerto In F Major

Concerto For Fluite And Strings "La Notte"

Concerto For Two Mandolins And Strings

Concerto For Flute And Strings

Romantic Spanish Guitar Classics

Granada

Sevilla

Fandanguillo

Preludio

Nocturno

Fandanguillo

Danza EspaClassical Guitarnola No. 10

Danza Espanola No. 5

Sonata No. 3

Cancion

Postlude

Mazurka

Petite Waltz

Folies D'Espagne

Orchestral Showpieces. Vol. 2

Zampa Overture

Donna Diana Overture

Pique Dame - Overture

Orchestral Suite No. 4 (Scenes Pittoresques)

Orchestral Suite No. 7 (Scenes Alsaciennes)

If I Were King - Overture

The Black Domino - Overture

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 5020926214522
• Release Date: June 06, 2025

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