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George Lloyd - John Socman (highlights) | Albany TROY131

George Lloyd - John Socman (highlights)

£14.67

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Label: Albany

Cat No: TROY131

Barcode: 0034061001317

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Contents

Artists

Janice Watson
Thomas Booth
David Wilson-Johnson
Diana Montague
Michael George
Malcolm Rivers
London Voices Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

George Lloyd

Works

Lloyd, George

John Socman (highlights)

Artists

Janice Watson
Thomas Booth
David Wilson-Johnson
Diana Montague
Michael George
Malcolm Rivers
London Voices Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

George Lloyd

About

In 1949 the Arts Council of Great Britain commissioned three new operas for the Festival of Britain, 1951 - Pilgrim's Progress by Vaughan Williams to be played at Covent Garden; Billy Budd for Sadlers Wells by Benjamin Britten; and John Socman by George Lloyd for the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Lloyd had recently returned from Switzerland where he had been living with his wife's family endeavouring to recover from injuries he had received during World War II. Writing the opera had left him in an exhausted condition; he had been asked to conduct his work but felt he did not have the strength at that time. From then on there were serious production difficulties but in spite of them, the opera toured the country for two years. George Lloyd considered the production both scenically and musically a total disaster and he was so enraged by his treatment that he swore he would never enter an opera house again – a decision he kept for 18 years. His hope had always been that one day the music of John Socman would be presented in the way he thought it should go and for this Albany Records is happy to make available at least some of the opera's principal numbers.

"...Filled with the broad, striding tunes and colorful orchestrations that are the hallmark of this wonderfully inventive British composer... Lloyd's conducting is vigorous, incisive and at the same time broadly phrased and flowing... the sound quality is superb... recommended for confirmed Lloyd fans." – Fanfare

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