Artist:
Xiayin Wang
Peter Dixon
John Wilson
BBC Philharmonic
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
60:34
Record Label:
Chandos Records
Purchase Album:
CD, Amazon Music,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
January 16, 2026
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
Xiayin Wang
Peter Dixon
John Wilson
BBC Philharmonic
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
60:34
Record Label:
Chandos Records
Purchase Album:
CD, Amazon Music,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
January 16, 2026
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
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Product Description: In July 1884, MacDowell and his wife, Marian, spent their honeymoon in England, and were both captivated by performances of Shakespeare plays at London's Lyceum Theatre. The young composer started immediately on sketches based on six characters, but completed only two, Hamlet and Ophelia, which were published the following year. MacDowell recycled some of the music from his sketch for Benedick, from Much Ado about Nothing, as the second movement of his Second Piano Concerto. Having lived in Germany from 1885 to 1888, the couple returned to America and Edward reactivated his career as a concert pianist. The Second Concerto was the perfect vehicle to display his virtuosity, and he gave the first performance in New York in 1889. Composed during the same period as the Second Concerto, the Romanze for Cello and Orchestra was written at Wiesbaden in 1887, and MacDowell dedicated it to the virtuoso Bohemian cellist and composer David Popper. The Suite in A minor was the first work MacDowell composed after the couple's move to Boston, and reflects his lifelong love of nature. Set in five movements, it received it's first performance in 1895 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Emil Paur.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
Hamlet and Ophelia, Op. 22: I. Hamlet
John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic
(06:57)
2 . Hamlet and Ophelia, Op. 22: II. Ophelia John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (06:22)
3 . Piano Concerto No. 2 .in D Minor, Op. 23: I. Larghetto calmato - Poco più mosso, e con passione Xiayin Wang, John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (12:47)
4 . Piano Concerto No. 2 .in D Minor, Op. 23: II. Presto giocoso Xiayin Wang, John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (04:41)
5 . Piano Concerto No. 2 .in D Minor, Op. 23: III. Largo, molto allegro, presto Xiayin Wang, John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (07:24)
6 . Romanze in E Minor, Op. 35 . John Wilson, Peter Dixon & BBC Philharmonic (03:53)
7 . Suite No. 1 .in A Minor, Op. 42: I. In einem verwunschenen Walde John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (05:24)
8 . Suite No. 1 .in A Minor, Op. 42: II. Sommer-Idylle John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (02:15)
9 . Suite No. 1 .in A Minor, Op. 42: III. Im October John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (03:55)
10 . Suite No. 1 .in A Minor, Op. 42: IV. Gesang der hirtin John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (03:06)
11 .Suite No. 1 .in A Minor, Op. 42: V. Waldgeister John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (04:26)
2 . Hamlet and Ophelia, Op. 22: II. Ophelia John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (06:22)
3 . Piano Concerto No. 2 .in D Minor, Op. 23: I. Larghetto calmato - Poco più mosso, e con passione Xiayin Wang, John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (12:47)
4 . Piano Concerto No. 2 .in D Minor, Op. 23: II. Presto giocoso Xiayin Wang, John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (04:41)
5 . Piano Concerto No. 2 .in D Minor, Op. 23: III. Largo, molto allegro, presto Xiayin Wang, John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (07:24)
6 . Romanze in E Minor, Op. 35 . John Wilson, Peter Dixon & BBC Philharmonic (03:53)
7 . Suite No. 1 .in A Minor, Op. 42: I. In einem verwunschenen Walde John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (05:24)
8 . Suite No. 1 .in A Minor, Op. 42: II. Sommer-Idylle John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (02:15)
9 . Suite No. 1 .in A Minor, Op. 42: III. Im October John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (03:55)
10 . Suite No. 1 .in A Minor, Op. 42: IV. Gesang der hirtin John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (03:06)
11 .Suite No. 1 .in A Minor, Op. 42: V. Waldgeister John Wilson & BBC Philharmonic (04:26)
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