A very short, but important post: Ten composers that I consider worthy of rediscovery. Odd recordings of their music exist in the catalogues, but typically they have been ignored by concert promoters and record companies:-
- Francis Chagrin (1905-1972)
- Peter Racine Fricker (1920-1990)
- Ian Hamilton (1922-2000)
- Daniel Jones (1912-1993)
- Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986)
- Humphrey Searle (1915-1982)
- Robert Still (1910-1971)
- John Veale (1922-2006)
- Ian Whyte (1901-1961)
- William Wordsworth (1908-1988)
All of the above are important ‘symphonists’ – except for Priaulx Rainier. I have heard many of these and all demand to be in the catalogue. Why not a cycle of Fricker or Hamilton rather than yet another version of Beethoven or Elgar? Searle’s symphonies are all available on CPO and they are superb. I am listening to an old radio broadcast of Francis Chagrin’s First Symphony as I write. It just cries out to be heard.
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