Dvorak: Carnival Overture - Albert Coates/London Symphony Orchestra

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Excellent transfer by Damian Rogan. Found at 78rpmcommunity.com/profile/damians78s. That and damians78s.co.uk are great sites with many wonderful downloads available. Recorded 1929 Dvorak's wrote the Carnival Overture in 1891 as the middle work in a set of three overtures. As a group they were titled Nature, Life and Love. Dvorak wrote his own program note describing the story behind the music: "The wanderer reaches the city at nightfall, where a carnival of pleasure reigns supreme. On every side is heard the clangor of instruments, mingled with shouts of joy and the unrestrained hilarity of people giving vent to their feelings in the songs and dance tunes." Albert Coates Born: April 23, 1882 - St. Petersburg, Russia Died: December 11, 1953 - Milnerton, near on Cape Town, South Africa The English conductor and composer, Albert Coates, was born in Russia to an English father and a mother of Russian descent. He went to England for his general education; enrolled in science classes at the University of Liverpool, and studied organ with an elder brother who was living there at the time. In 1902 he entered the Leipzig Conservatory, studying cello with Julius Klengel, and piano with Teichmüller. Eventually, he became most influenced by Nikisch's conducting classes, served his apprenticeship there, engaged as répétiteur at the Leipzig Opera, and made his debut as conductor in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Leipzig Opera in 1904. In 1905 (or 1906) Albert Coates was <b>...</b>

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Albert, Coates, London, Symphony, Orchestra, Dvorak, Carnival, Overture

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