{"product_id":"sammons-elgar-rubbra-violin-sonatas-etc-1924-46-pacm079","title":"SAMMONS Elgar \u0026 Rubbra Violin Sonatas etc. (1924-46) - PACM079","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eELGAR \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eViolin Sonata No. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e1 in G major, Op. 78\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eRUBBRA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eViolin Sonata No. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e2 in A major, Op. 100\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cul data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D7708D0\"\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eShort works by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSammons, Dvorák, Juon, Horn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D7708D0\"\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,san-serif\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded between 1924 and 1946 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 55:38\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAlbert Sammons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e, violin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eWilliam Murdoch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e, piano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eGerald Moore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e, piano \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fGramophone Historic Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fElgar - Violin Sonata578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eThere seems to be a general opinion that Elgar is\nnot at his best in his chamber music and that he writes with no real\nunderstanding of the piano. One critic says that the chamber music works\nmeasured as they must be (italics mine) with the composer's own best\nwork are a little disappointing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eBut why must such works be measured against those\nof big scale? Surely it is better to assess them on their own ground\nrealising that, as Mr. Maine well says, that \"the conditions of the\nsonata and quartet call forth a wholly different aspect of his (Elgar's)\ncreative spirit \" without any resultant cramping of his style, for he\ndid not attempt to express symphonic ideas through the chamber music\nmedium.\u003cbr\u003e The Elgarian trochaic rhythm appears before the music has\ngone very far, also the Elgarian tenderness and nobility. I must confess\nto finding the episode consisting of widely spread arpeggios for the\nviolin a little dull and quite lacking in the \"poetic serenity which may\nwell have been induced by the woodland environment of the cottage where\nthe work was written.\" The end of the movement, too, is conventional\nand manufactured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eNo qualifications need be made in regard to the slow movement, which is both original in layout and beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eThis Romance is worked out with two\nwell-contrasted ideas, one sad and deeply expressive, the other\nwhimsical and wayward. It is indeed a pity that the passionate climax to\nwhich the music is rising is broken off by the necessity of turning\nover the record. The opening theme of the final movement, with an\nattractive waviness in it, is of a peaceful nature, a feeling which is\nmaintained throughout most of the movement, though towards the end of\nthis side a deeper emotion disturbs the music and the development is\noccasionally vigorous. Albert Sammons' tone is as unfailingly beautiful\nas his technique is superb, but it is, I feel, a thought too sweet for a\nperfect interpretation of the music, which demands a more masculine\nimpulse at times. Though Elgar's writing for the piano is certainly not\nadventurous (which makes the pianist's part in this sonata very suitable\nfor the average amateur), William Murdoch remains rather too much in\nthe background and the balance is therefore uneven. Nevertheless this\nrecording is certainly one to give great pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA.R. - The Gramophone\u003c\/b\u003e, August 1935 (\u003cem\u003ereview of original Elgar 78s issue\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACM079.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBritish music specialist Sammons in Elgar and Rubbra sonatas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNewly transferred and XR remastered, these are superb!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two sonatas here were transferred from near-mint 78s from the\ncollection of Paul Steinson, to whom we are once more very grateful.\nNeither presented any major difficulties in transfer or restoration, and\nboth have come out remarkably well - in their post XR-remastering\nstates there's remarkably little difference in sound quality between the\n1935 Elgar and the 1946 Rubbra beyond slightly raised a degree of\nsurface noise in parts of the earlier recording.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Gramophone's review of the Elgar complains of a distance in the\npiano which I suspect might be due to microphone positioning relative to\nthe piano's soundboard - the balance isn't too bad but the piano has a\nmuffled tone to it which suggests the lid being partially closed or\npointed away from the microphone, whereas Sammons is close and clear.\nThe 1920s recordings display similar traits, suggesting a tendency for\nthe engineers to concentrate overwhelmingly on capturing the violin -\nnotably on none of these is the pianist credited. One should also\nremember that the engineers who recorded the final two pieces here, both\nacoustic recordings where recording violins required the use of\nmodified instruments to boost their volume, may well have been the same\nwho worked on the earlier electrical recordings - with similar\npriorities subconsciously in mind perhaps?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eELGAR\u003c\/b\u003e Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Sammons\u003c\/b\u003e, violin\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e, piano\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003eRecorded 2 February 1935\u003cbr\u003e Issued as Columbia LX 379-381\u003cbr\u003e Matrix Nos CAX 4721--26\u003cbr\u003e Takes 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRUBBRA\u003c\/b\u003e Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 31\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Sammons\u003c\/b\u003e, violin\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGerald Moore\u003c\/b\u003e, piano\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003eRecorded 16 April 1946\u003cbr\u003e Issued as HMV C.3547-48\u003cbr\u003e Matrix Nos 2EA 10975-78\u003cbr\u003e All second takes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSAMMONS\u003c\/b\u003e Bourrée\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDVORAK\u003c\/b\u003e (arr. Kreisler) - Indian Lament*\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJUON\u003c\/b\u003e - Arva (Valse Mignonne)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHORN\u003c\/b\u003e (arr. Cyril Scott) - Cherry Ripe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Sammons\u003c\/b\u003e, violin\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e*Gerald Moore\u003c\/b\u003e, piano\u003cbr\u003e (other pianists unknown)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSammons Bourrée\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recorded 9 September 1926\u003cbr\u003e Matrix No WAX 1889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDvorák Indian Lament\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recorded 2 March 1928\u003cbr\u003e Matrix No WAX 3337\u003cbr\u003e Issued together as Columbia 9484\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuon Arva \u0026amp; Horn Cherry Ripe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recorded acoustically c. late 1924\u003cbr\u003e Matrix Nos A 1249-50\u003cbr\u003e Issued together as Columbia D.1509\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fCover Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/thumbs\/PACM079.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/PACM079.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f","brand":"Pristine Classical","offers":[{"title":"Ambient Stereo 24-bit FLAC","offer_id":44064788611162,"sku":"tba1789305024460","price":14.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ambient Stereo 16-bit FLAC","offer_id":44064788643930,"sku":"rii1789305024461","price":10.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Mono 16-bit FLAC","offer_id":44064788676698,"sku":"llu1789305024462","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"320kbps Ambient Stereo MP3","offer_id":44064788709466,"sku":"orc1789305024463","price":7.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/3807\/0874\/files\/sammons-elgar-rubbra-violin-sonatas-etc-1924-46---pacm079_1.jpg?v=1789305053","url":"https:\/\/vestorawear.shop\/products\/sammons-elgar-rubbra-violin-sonatas-etc-1924-46-pacm079","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}