Nice version, but it misses the drive it really needs. This one is too neat. Coates was probably the greatest composer of so-called 'light' music. He's becoming popular again, because people recognize the pure quality of his writing.
Eric Coates, composer of: Music while your work, the early sixties, Movie the Dambusters, TV-serie: The Forsythe-Saga, Men, composer from The London Suite! Very great composer, real Brittish. Thanks to him, !
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !! Full of sound and wellthinking accord, just full of English Thinking, from earlyer tho the future,. Thanks mister Coates. Thanks for the movie-music: The Dambusters, and the great tv-motial family from the sixties years: The Forsythe Saga. Thanks mister Coates!
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !! Full of sound and wellthinking accord, just full of English Thinking, from earlyer tho the future,. Thanks mister Coates. Thanks for the movie-music: The Dambusters, and the great tv-motial family.
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !! Full of sound and wellthinking accord, just full of English Thinking, from earlyer tho the future,. Thanks mister Coates.
@whisperhog So let's rectify that by simply calling him "Sir Eric.', which is simple justice too late.Who can stop us? I was unfamiliar with Sir Eric's work before I heard a snatch of this and got mush of his other stuffon Youtube; just like years ago I was unfamiliar with Sir Arnold Bax until that film Ken Russell did about him.
Sorry. This is a stilted and oddly accented performance. Also, countermelodies are emphasized at the expense of main themes. The conductor and orchestra do not have a feeling for this music at all. I love this march. Listen to the Adrian Boult recording and you'll see what I mean.
I love this piece of music....one of my favorites. The British produced so many great composers in all fields of classical music. Love the music and love Great Britain.....the people are just amazing. Love them, as well.
OMFG I thought I was the only one - no offense to the German musicians - a wonderful performance but I thought they were too heavy on such a delicate tune.
I first heard this as a kid when it wa intro for "In Town Tonight", a BBC programme always begun with the words "STOP -once again we stop the mighty roar of London traffic..."
So you always had a picture of busy traffic (us provincials always imagine Picadilly Circus which featured in films), and a copper stopping the traffic. I don't know whether Coates imagined such use, but it affects what I expect to hear now.
Staunchly British as you would expect from the man who composed The Dambusters March. British light classics are often overlooked but are just as good as the more famous fare from better known composers.
Oh yes, when I'm sprightly stepping down Piccadilly or strolling along Birdcage Walk, laughing and flirting with a dear friend, perhaps the "Sherlock Holmes of the Heart", this jaunty march has me twirling my parasol.
Who would not want to kiss and get undressed with each passer-by, with the summer's warmth and Coates' melody in ones feelings!
August, Hyde Park, wearing beautiful linen and cotton and silk dresses, intimate company, scandalous conversation, love and the Proms Season ....
I must take issue with bartonside and edwardlear101 about the tempo of this piece. I have two recordings of Knightsbridge both running at 4m30sec approx, the same as this version and another version on here by Cornish Sinfonia. It was common practise in the days of 78rpm records to speed up the tempo of pieces in order to accommodate them on one record side. I had an early recording of Elgar conducting his Pomp & Circuumstance March No.1 and the tempo has to be heard to be believed.
Bartonside is right. Too slow, too heavy, too (sorry about this) German: not a patch on Coates's own version of 1933, recorded at the very end of a session after the musicians had sight-read the piece just once, but still astonishing for its drive and vigour
That`s ,I must say from your point of view.I recently heard Coates version and althoug very interesting,toooo fast !!almost against the clock...This is an ideal tempo for me,it's a march.Too german? Beethoven,Bach,Brahms,Bruckner were germans too....
That would be because this version is well practiced and, obviously, less frantic, as the song were meant to be. It's a march, it shouldn't be at a ridiculous tempo. As for the Too German comment, I'll just leave that one alone, your ignorance is obvious enough as is. Wiki your knowledge a bit more, it's really impressive.
I can't seem to find any of the other two movements on here which is a bit of a pain, I'm playing them with a local orchestra as part of a our of the British islands and I like to practise along to the videos (I find it hard to pitch without the reat of the parts there 2nd Vilin :-( )
Quite an enjoyable performance but a fraction too slow and the playing is a little ragged in places, notably the brass. For the ideal rednition, listen to Coates' own recording on Columbia.
Quite an enjoyable performance but a fraction too slow and rather ragged in places. For the perfect rendition, listen to Coates' own Columbia recording.
Nice version, but it misses the drive it really needs. This one is too neat. Coates was probably the greatest composer of so-called 'light' music. He's becoming popular again, because people recognize the pure quality of his writing.
syncopeter 2 weeks ago
The Supersizers Go....(episode11, part1/6) the intro music isn't Coates' work is it?
daviddevall 4 months ago
A great composer
2010dispencer 7 months ago
Eric Coates, composer of: Music while your work, the early sixties, Movie the Dambusters, TV-serie: The Forsythe-Saga, Men, composer from The London Suite! Very great composer, real Brittish. Thanks to him, !
artin80 9 months ago
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !! Full of sound and wellthinking accord, just full of English Thinking, from earlyer tho the future,. Thanks mister Coates. Thanks for the movie-music: The Dambusters, and the great tv-motial family from the sixties years: The Forsythe Saga. Thanks mister Coates!
artin80 10 months ago
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !! Full of sound and wellthinking accord, just full of English Thinking, from earlyer tho the future,. Thanks mister Coates. Thanks for the movie-music: The Dambusters, and the great tv-motial family.
artin80 10 months ago
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !! Full of sound and wellthinking accord, just full of English Thinking, from earlyer tho the future,. Thanks mister Coates.
artin80 10 months ago
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !!
artin80 10 months ago
I'll never understand why Coates didn't receive a Knighthood.
whisperhog 1 year ago
@whisperhog So let's rectify that by simply calling him "Sir Eric.', which is simple justice too late.Who can stop us? I was unfamiliar with Sir Eric's work before I heard a snatch of this and got mush of his other stuffon Youtube; just like years ago I was unfamiliar with Sir Arnold Bax until that film Ken Russell did about him.
dennykdoe 9 months ago
I never heard of Coates til last night on the radio.... it caught my ear. I thought it was Walton at first... but then I knew it wasn't.
He sort of sounds like a mix of William Walton and Malcom Arnold... but he has his own flare... I like it!
krsongs 1 year ago
I think I shall wait for my Pye valve radio to warm up and listen to this on the BBC Home Service. Happy St George's Day.
Glenn1967ful 1 year ago
Sorry. This is a stilted and oddly accented performance. Also, countermelodies are emphasized at the expense of main themes. The conductor and orchestra do not have a feeling for this music at all. I love this march. Listen to the Adrian Boult recording and you'll see what I mean.
jamesbkozak 2 years ago
Would never have heard of this if it weren't for "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
dbringen1 2 years ago
I love this piece of music....one of my favorites. The British produced so many great composers in all fields of classical music. Love the music and love Great Britain.....the people are just amazing. Love them, as well.
parzifal40 2 years ago
To my ear this has a German syncopation, almost an oompah quality. Besides, I don't believe the Germans understand the concept of a 'light' march.
lcs1956 2 years ago
@lcs1956 What about von Suppe?
charade97 1 year ago
@charade97 I said Germans, not Austrians. This performance would give Eric Coates gas.
lcs1956 1 year ago
@lcs1956 very true!
charade97 1 year ago
@lcs1956
OMFG I thought I was the only one - no offense to the German musicians - a wonderful performance but I thought they were too heavy on such a delicate tune.
NeoFalcon69 10 months ago
Sort of reminds you of London in 1952.
Glenn1967ful 2 years ago
I first heard this as a kid when it wa intro for "In Town Tonight", a BBC programme always begun with the words "STOP -once again we stop the mighty roar of London traffic..."
So you always had a picture of busy traffic (us provincials always imagine Picadilly Circus which featured in films), and a copper stopping the traffic. I don't know whether Coates imagined such use, but it affects what I expect to hear now.
rostron17 2 years ago 5
This brings up images of the BBC Light Programme in the early fifties and valve radios for some reason.
Glenn1967ful 2 years ago
Staunchly British as you would expect from the man who composed The Dambusters March. British light classics are often overlooked but are just as good as the more famous fare from better known composers.
Glenn1967ful 2 years ago 4
Oh yes, when I'm sprightly stepping down Piccadilly or strolling along Birdcage Walk, laughing and flirting with a dear friend, perhaps the "Sherlock Holmes of the Heart", this jaunty march has me twirling my parasol.
Who would not want to kiss and get undressed with each passer-by, with the summer's warmth and Coates' melody in ones feelings!
August, Hyde Park, wearing beautiful linen and cotton and silk dresses, intimate company, scandalous conversation, love and the Proms Season ....
andreaandrewmilne 2 years ago
... That is heaven on earth, or at least a fine life in this wicked city.
Regards and ♥ andrea
andreaandrewmilne 2 years ago
I must take issue with bartonside and edwardlear101 about the tempo of this piece. I have two recordings of Knightsbridge both running at 4m30sec approx, the same as this version and another version on here by Cornish Sinfonia. It was common practise in the days of 78rpm records to speed up the tempo of pieces in order to accommodate them on one record side. I had an early recording of Elgar conducting his Pomp & Circuumstance March No.1 and the tempo has to be heard to be believed.
organmusicman 2 years ago
Never mind - it was my late fathers favourite - and it gives me a lot of pleasure in seeing and hearing it ! good stuff !
davesgcr 2 years ago
My Great Uncle also wrote this? wow he has a lot of songs and i didn't even know.
HowToRubik 3 years ago
Bartonside is right. Too slow, too heavy, too (sorry about this) German: not a patch on Coates's own version of 1933, recorded at the very end of a session after the musicians had sight-read the piece just once, but still astonishing for its drive and vigour
edwardlear101 3 years ago
That`s ,I must say from your point of view.I recently heard Coates version and althoug very interesting,toooo fast !!almost against the clock...This is an ideal tempo for me,it's a march.Too german? Beethoven,Bach,Brahms,Bruckner were germans too....
Cayimoran 3 years ago
That would be because this version is well practiced and, obviously, less frantic, as the song were meant to be. It's a march, it shouldn't be at a ridiculous tempo. As for the Too German comment, I'll just leave that one alone, your ignorance is obvious enough as is. Wiki your knowledge a bit more, it's really impressive.
Jitunu 2 years ago
I can't seem to find any of the other two movements on here which is a bit of a pain, I'm playing them with a local orchestra as part of a our of the British islands and I like to practise along to the videos (I find it hard to pitch without the reat of the parts there 2nd Vilin :-( )
clawtooth35 3 years ago
this ias not the reall knightsbridge march by the way its not plated on stings its played in the band thank you very much
KaileySummer 3 years ago
maybe, but this is obviously an arrangement and thoes orchestrations are deffinatly by Coates himself.
ThePiano1991 3 years ago
Quite an enjoyable performance but a fraction too slow and the playing is a little ragged in places, notably the brass. For the ideal rednition, listen to Coates' own recording on Columbia.
bartonside 3 years ago
Quite an enjoyable performance but a fraction too slow and rather ragged in places. For the perfect rendition, listen to Coates' own Columbia recording.
bartonside 3 years ago
This is British Light Music at its finest. Would someone please reccord Music While You Work
jutescrim 3 years ago
And so say all of us!!
seftonwallet 3 years ago
And Sidney Torch. And Ketelby...
Timbul53525253 3 years ago
Fantastic, thanks for posting this great Eric Coates tune!
seftonwallet 3 years ago