Albert Coates
Albert Coates (23 April 1882 – 11 December 1953) was an English conductor and composer. Born in Saint Petersburg, where his English father was a successful businessman, he studied in Russia, England and Germany, before beginning his career as a conductor in a series of German opera houses. He was a success in England conducting Wagner at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1914, and in 1919 was appointed chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. His strengths as a conductor lay in opera and the Russian repertory, but he was not thought as impressive in the core Austro-German symphonic repertory. After 1923 he failed to secure a permanent conductorship in the UK, and for much of the rest of his life guest-conducted in continental Europe and the US. In his last years he conducted in South Africa, where he died at 71. As a composer, Coates is little remembered, but he composed seven operas, one of which, Pickwick, was performed at Covent Garden and was the first opera to be televised on the newly launched BBC, on November 13, 1936. He also wrote some concert works for orchestral forces. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 1, 1882 (Saint Petersburg), Died December 11, 1953 (South Africa)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1932
Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 150 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 76742 | 12-in. | 12/11/1919 | Scheherezade, 4th movement, part 1 | Albert Coates ; London Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 76743 | 12-in. | 12/11/1919 | Scheherezade, 4th movement, part 2 | Albert Coates ; London Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 76744 | 12-in. | 12/11/1919 | Scheherezade, 4th movement, part 3 | Albert Coates ; London Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 76745 | 12-in. | 12/11/1919 | Scheherezade, 4th movement, part 4 | Albert Coates ; London Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | CR134 | 12-in. | 1/25/1926 | Fire music | Albert Coates | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | CR135 | 12-in. | 1/25/1926 | Fire music | Albert Coates | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | Cc589 | 12-in. | 10/25/1921 | Symphony in A major, no. 7 | Albert Coates ; Symphony Orchestra [Gramophone Co., 1920s] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | Cc590 | 12-in. | 10/25/1921 | Symphony in A major, no. 7 | Albert Coates ; Symphony Orchestra [Gramophone Co., 1920s] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | Cc591 | 12-in. | 10/25/1921 | Symphony in A major, no. 7 | Albert Coates ; Symphony Orchestra [Gramophone Co., 1920s] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | Cc592 | 12-in. | 10/25/1921 | Symphony in A major, no. 7 | Albert Coates ; Symphony Orchestra [Gramophone Co., 1920s] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | Cc593 | 12-in. | 10/25/1921 | Symphony in A major, no. 7 | Albert Coates ; Symphony Orchestra [Gramophone Co., 1920s] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | Cc605 | 12-in. | 10/28/1921 | Symphony in A major, no. 7 | Albert Coates ; Symphony Orchestra [Gramophone Co., 1920s] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | Cc606 | 12-in. | 10/28/1921 | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg : Overture | Albert Coates ; Symphony Orchestra [Gramophone Co., 1920s] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | Cc607 | 12-in. | 10/28/1921 | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg : Overture | Albert Coates ; Symphony Orchestra [Gramophone Co., 1920s] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | Cc630 | 12-in. | 11/4/1921 | Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche | Albert Coates ; Symphony Orchestra [Gramophone Co., 1920s] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | Cc631 | 12-in. | 11/4/1921 | Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche | Albert Coates ; Symphony Orchestra [Gramophone Co., 1920s] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | Cc632 | 12-in. | 11/4/1921 | Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche | Albert Coates ; Symphony Orchestra [Gramophone Co., 1920s] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | Cc633 | 12-in. | 11/4/1921 | Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche | Albert Coates ; Symphony Orchestra [Gramophone Co., 1920s] | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | CR674 | 12-in. | 9/15/1926 | Symphony no. 6 in B minor, Pathétique | Albert Coates ; London Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | CR675 | 12-in. | 9/16/1926 | Tannhäuser : Overture | Albert Coates | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | CR676 | 12-in. | 9/16/1926 | Tannhäuser : Overture | Albert Coates | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | CR677 | 12-in. | 9/16/1926 | Tannhäuser : Overture | Albert Coates | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | CR678 | 12-in. | 9/16/1926 | Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) | Albert Coates | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | CR679 | 12-in. | 9/16/1926 | Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) | Albert Coates | Orchestra | conductor | |
Gramophone | CR680 | 12-in. | 9/16/1926 | Symphony no. 3, in E flat major (Eroica) | Albert Coates | Orchestra | conductor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Coates, Albert," accessed September 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104000.
Coates, Albert. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104000.
"Coates, Albert." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 September 2024.
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