01 - 03 Violin Concerto in D minor (1908) [32'49]
04 Variations on a Dublin Air (1912) [16'26]
Ralph Holmes- violin, Ulster Orchestra conducted by Bryden Thomson
Chandos CHAN 8386 [recorded June 1979; CD issued 1985]
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Recording venue: Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Recording engineer: Ralph Couzens; Producer: Brian Couzens.
The accomplished English violinist Ralph Holmes (1937-1984) sadly died when his career was at its peak and we were left with only a few commercial recordings. You can also find his excellent recordings of music by Delius and by Hummel here on MIMIC. [There are also fine performances of the Elgar and Tchaikovsky violin concertos on Youtube.]
01 - 04 Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 in F major, op.24 'Spring' [21'00]
05 - 08 Béla Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin (1944) ^ [26'15]
09 - 10 Arnold Bax: Violin Sonata No.3 in G minor (1927) [19'07]
11 Frederick Delius: Lullaby for a Modern Baby (1922-3) [2'30]
Ralph Homes- violin and Peter Dickinson- piano (except tracks 05 - 08)
Heritage HTGCD 228 [recorded 1975^ for Argo/Decca and February 1981; CD issued 2011]
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Recording venues: St. John's, Smith Square, London^ and Walter Moberly Hall, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.
Recording engineers: Simon Eadon and Stan Goodall^ and unknown from BBC Radio Stoke.
Producers: Michael Bremner^ and unknown from BBC Radio Stoke.
01 - 04 Violin Sonata No.5 in F major, op.24 'Spring' [24'43]
05 - 08 Violin Sonata No.7 in C minor, op.30 no.2 [27'14]
Ralph Holmes- violin (Stradivari, Cremona 1736) and Richard Burnett- fortepiano (Conrad Graf, Vienna c. 1820)
Amon Ra CDSAR 9 [recorded January 1983; CD issued 1983]
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Recording venue: Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, UK
Recording engineers and Producers: Gef Lucena and David Wilkins.
An alternative view of Beethoven's 'Spring' Sonata, here on period instruments.
01 - 03 Violin Sonata No.9 in A major, op.47 ‘Kreutzer’ [37'37]
04 - 06 Violin Sonata No.8 in G major, op.30 no.3 [18'37]
Ralph Holmes- violin (Stradivari, Cremona 1736) and Richard Burnett- fortepiano (Conrad Graf, Vienna c. 1820)
Amon Ra CDSAR 16 [recorded January 1984; CD issued 1984]
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Recording venue: Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, UK
Recording engineers and Producers: Gef Lucena and David Wilkins.
01 - 02 Two Pieces, op.77 [9'31]
03 - 04 Two Serenades, op.69 [13'23]
05 - 06 Two Humoresques, op.87 [6'36]
07 - 10 Four Humoresque, op.89 [14'42]
Ralph Holmes- violin, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley
Koch Schwann CD 311 003 [recorded July 1980; CD issued 1988]
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Recording venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany
Recording engineer: Geert Puhlmann; Producer: Walter Schales.
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