Albert Sammons (1886-1957) Selected Performances (playlist)
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| Sammons in middle age (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Recorded April 9, 1925 - Sir Hamilton Harty, conductor
Vorspiel: Allegro moderato
Adagio
Finale: Allegro energico
2. Albert Sammons & Lionel Tertis - Handel Halvorsen: Passacaglia for Violin & Viola
4-6. Grieg Violin Sonata # 2, Op. 13
Recorded March 12, 1925 - William Murdoch, piano
7. Violinist Albert Sammons and pianist Gerald Moore play "From the Canebrake" by Samuel Gardner and "Estrellita" by Manuel Ponce, the latter arranged by Jascha Heifetz. The difference is that instead of playing it as Heifetz arranged it in the key of F#, Sammons plays it in F.
8-10. Elgar Violin Concerto
Recorded: 18 March / 10 April 1929
New Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Sir Henry Wood
11. Mozart String Quintet, K.516 (entire) - London String Quartet & Hobday, viola
I. Allegro
II. Menuetto: Allegretto
III. Adagio ma non troppo
IV. Adagio - Allegro
Recorded: between 1915-17
Members:
1st: Violin: Albert Sammons
2nd Violin: Thomas Petre
1st Viola: Waldo Warner
2nd Viola : Alfred Hobday
Cello: C. Warwick-Evans
12. Schubert Sonatina, Op. 137 #1 (Entire)
1. Allegro molto
2. Andante
3. Allegro vivace
Albert Sammons, violin
William Murdoch, piano
