Curzon: Orchestral Works

Featuring

Adrian Leaper
Sylvia Čápová-Vizváry
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Frederic Curzon

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Curzon's stepfather, Donald Curzon, noted that the composer's modesty about his abilities might have been essential to his excellence.

Composer Biography

Frederic Curzon, despite his prolific output, was described as having a 'gift for pure melody' and orchestral scoring that was 'always fresh and effective' by Bassett Silver, a manager at Boosey & Hawkes.

Composition History

Curzon used pseudonyms like Graham Collett and Harold Ramsay for some of his works, which were astonishing in size and scope.

Composer Biography

Curzon was among the first to popularize the electronic organ in Britain, giving many demonstration recitals.

Composer Biography

Frederic Curzon, a British composer, showed musical talent early, mastering violin, cello, piano, and organ by age twelve.

Composition History

Curzon's Robin Hood Suite, dedicated to his wife Marian, is considered a turning point and benchmark in his career.

Performer Biography

The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, established in 1929, is the first professional symphony orchestra in Slovakia and has made numerous recordings for labels like Naxos.

Curzon: In Malaga / Robin Hood / Punchinello

Tomlinson: Silverthorn Suite / Little Serenade

Coates: Springtime Suite, Four Ways Suite, Saxo-Rhapsody & Other Works

Coates, E.: Springtime Suite / Four Ways Suite

Handel: The Queen of Sheba - Bach: Brandenburg Concerto - Mozart: Jupiter Symphony - Rossini: The Barber of Seville - Grieg: Solveig's Song - Bizet: L'Arlésienne - Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers