{"id":7488,"date":"2016-06-17T11:59:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T10:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=7488"},"modified":"2016-06-17T14:53:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T13:53:16","slug":"cd-review-bbc-music-magazine-on-elgarfraser-piano-quintet-and-sea-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2016\/06\/17\/cd-review-bbc-music-magazine-on-elgarfraser-piano-quintet-and-sea-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Review- BBC Music Magazine on Elgar\/Fraser Piano Quintet and Sea Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A review from critic Stephen Johnson in the July 2016 issue of BBC Music Magazine for the new Avie Records recording of Elgar&#8217;s Piano Quintet and Sea Pictures as orchestrated by Donald Fraser.<\/p>\n<div class=\"woocommerce \"><ul class=\"products columns-4\">\n<li class=\"product type-product post-7376 status-publish first instock product_cat-cds product_tag-avie-records product_tag-elgar product_tag-english-chamber-orchestra product_tag-english-symphony-orchestra product_tag-piano-quintet product_tag-rodolfus-choir product_tag-sea-pictures has-post-thumbnail shipping-taxable purchasable product-type-simple\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/elgar-piano-quintet-sea-pictures-orchestrated-by-donald-fraser\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\"><span class=\"et_shop_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"Elgar- Piano Quintet, Sea Pictures. Orchestrated by Donald Fraser.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-744x744.jpg 744w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AV2362-285x285.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"woocommerce-loop-product__title\">Elgar- Piano Quintet, Sea Pictures. Orchestrated by Donald Fraser.<\/h2>\n\t<span class=\"price\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&pound;<\/span>12.00<\/bdi><\/span><\/span>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;The result is pretty remarkable. Fraser hasn&#8217;t just translated Elgar&#8217;s notes into rich and powerful orchestral terms, he as added (discreetly it must be said) the kinds of touches of colour and splashes of figuration Elgar himself might well have introduced. It really sounds like Elgar&#8230; beautifully realised, performed with warmth and understanding, and sympathetically recorded. Same too with the Sea Pictures&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2016\/06\/17\/cd-review-bbc-music-magazine-on-elgarfraser-piano-quintet-and-sea-pictures\/bbc-music-july-2016-elgar-column-1\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7490\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BBC-Music-July-2016-Elgar-Column-1.jpg\" alt=\"BBC Music July 2016 Elgar Column 1\" width=\"400\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BBC-Music-July-2016-Elgar-Column-1.jpg 588w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BBC-Music-July-2016-Elgar-Column-1-420x832.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2016\/06\/17\/cd-review-bbc-music-magazine-on-elgarfraser-piano-quintet-and-sea-pictures\/bbc-music-july-2016-elgar-column-2\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7489\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7489\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BBC-Music-July-2016-Elgar-Column-2.jpg\" alt=\"BBC Music July 2016 Elgar Column 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"1006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BBC-Music-July-2016-Elgar-Column-2.jpg 597w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/BBC-Music-July-2016-Elgar-Column-2-420x1057.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2016\/06\/17\/cd-review-bbc-music-magazine-on-elgarfraser-piano-quintet-and-sea-pictures\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A review from critic Stephen Johnson in the July 2016 issue of BBC Music Magazine for the new Avie Records recording of Elgar&#8217;s Piano Quintet and Sea Pictures as orchestrated by Donald Fraser. &#8220;The result is pretty remarkable. 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