Description

WILLIAM HENRY SQUIRE (ROSS-ON-WYE, HEREFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK 8 AUGUST 1871 – LONDON, ENGLAND, UK 17 MARCH 1963)

 

 

 

 

He studied cello at the Royal College of Music later becoming professor of cello at both the Royal College and Guildhall schools of music. He was principal cello in several major London orchestras and helped to popularise the cello as a solo instrument in the early years of the 20th century by giving public concerts throughout the British Isles and making recordings; he became well known for his performances of the Elgar and Saint-Saëns cello concertos. In 1893 the French composer Gabriel Fauré dedicated his cello piece Sicilienne to Squire. Squire’s own compositions were written mainly for the cello; these included several solo pieces of light character and a cello concerto; he also wrote the music for a number of songs. One of Squire’s legacies to us today is a collection of student-level works for cello and piano which appear in string teaching syllabuses all over the world including those of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, the Internet Cello Society and the Suzuki method of string instrument teaching.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) Gramophone 07874 z 7093f

Die Meistersinger (Wagner) Prize Song Columbia 04267 AX 4125

Concerto For Cello And Orchestra In E Minor, Op.85

I Adagio – Moderato – II Allegro Molto

III Adagio – IV Allegro – Moderato – Allegro Ma Non Troppo

Columbia DX 322-25 – matrices: WAX 5852-8 and DX 117-120 WAX 4410-4417

Ave Verum (Mozart) (Pattman at the organ) Columbia WAX4126 10262

Melody in F (Rubinstein) Victor 63168 3296e

Madrigale (Simonetti) Columbia 1827-D WA5232

Romance (Debussy) Columbia 1827-D WA2742

La Danza (Rossini) Gramophone 7895 ab 16407e

Le Cygne (Saint-Saëns) Gramophone 07872 z 7099f

Silver threads among the gold (Danks) Gramophone 07879 al 7793f

La Cinquantaine (Gabriel Marie) Columbia D 1325 29520

Plaisir d’Amour (Martini) Columbia 04130 AX 2565

Tannhäuser (Wagner) O Star of Eve Gramophone 7886 ak 14731e

The Broken Melody (van Biene) Columbia L2127 WAX3353

Drink to me only with thine eyes (Traditional) Columbia L2127 WAX3347

Simple Aveu (Thome) Gramophone 7883 E 151

Xerxes (Handel) Largo Columbia L 1201 75851

 

A summer night (Goring Thomas) Louise Kirkby-Lunn (soprano) Gramophone 03255 Ac 5533f

Air from Suite No. 3 (Bach, arr. Squire) Hamilton Harty (piano) Gramophone 07877 z 7100f

Gavotte No. 2 (Popper) Hamilton Harty (piano) Gramophone E 149 Ab 14635e

Humoreske (Chanson a Boire) (Dunkler) Columbia 75499 L 1201

Jocelyn (Godard) Angels Guard Thee Gramophone 07871 z 7095f

Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach) Barcarolle Gramophone 7885 ak 14727 e

Liebesgarten (Schumann) with Arthur Catterall (violin) and W. Murdoch (piano) Columbia 76976 4296

Mazurka (Chopin) Gramophone 7890  ab 16409 e

Melodie in E (Rachmaninoff) Columbia 04130 AX2572

Menuett (Handel) Hamilton Harty (piano) Columbia D 1391 65947

O lovely night (Landon Ronald) Louise Kirkby-Lunn (soprano) Gramophone 03259 Ac 5535f

Peasant Dance (Wolstenholme) Hamilton Harty (piano) Columbia D 1391 65949

Sarabande Op. 8 (Sulzer) Pattman (organ) Columbia L2256 WAX4124

Scherzo (Harty) Columbia 50179-D AX2571

Serenade (Widor) with Arthur Catterall (violin) and W. Murdoch (piano) Columbia 76975 4295

Shenandoah Sea Shanty (Thiman) Columbia 04267 AX 3360

To the angels (Zardo) Amy Castles (soprano) G&T 03068 702 c

Valse Apache (van Biene) Gramophone 07876 ac 7213f

 

The Art of Albert Sammons and W. H. Squire

Label: Past Masters (2) – PM-15

Format: Vinyl, LP

Country: US

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op. 33

Cello – W. H. Squire

Composed By – Camille Saint-Saëns

Conductor – Sir Hamilton Harty

Orchestra – The Hallé Orchestra

Side B recorded 25 March 1926, Free Trade Hall, Manchester

3. 4. 5. Brahms: Trio in A minor, Op. 114, for clarinet, cello and piano

Allegro Columbia AX 692, AX 693

Adagio Columbia AX 694, AX 695

III. Andantino grazioso Columbia AX 696

Allegro Columbia AX 697

Haydn Paul Draper, clarinet

William Henry Squire, cello

Sir Hamilton Harty, piano

Trio in E Flat Op. 40 (Brahms) – Finale with Arthur Catterall (violin) and William Murdoch (piano) Columbia L1602 AX60

Trio in E Flat Op. 40 (Brahms) – Scherzo & Trio with Arthur Catterall (violin) and William Murdoch (piano) Colmbia L1602 AX59

Fantasiestucke, Op 88 No 3 – Duet (Schumann) with Arthur Catterall (violin) and W. Murdoch (piano) Columbia L 1503 AX 55

Fantasiestucke Op. 88 No. 4 – Finale (Schumann) with Arthur Catterall (violin) and W. Murdoch (piano) Columbia L 1503 AX 56

Trio in C minor – Menuetto (Beethoven) with Arthur Catterall (violin) and W. Murdoch (piano) Columbia L  1521 AX 51

 

1-12. Tschaikowsky – Arthur Catterall, W. H. Squire, William Murdoch – Trio No. 2 (Op. 50) (To The Memory Of A Great Artist)

Label: Columbia – none, Columbia Masterworks – none

Format: 6 x Shellac, 12″, 80 RPM

Box Set, Album

Country: UK

Genre: Classical

Trio No. 2 (Op. 50) (To The Memory Of A Great Artist)

A Part 1 – First Movement (Pezzo Elegiaco; Moderato Assai)

B Part 2 – First Movement (Continued)

C Part 3 – First Movement (Continued)

D Part 4 – First Movement (Continued)

E Part 5 – First Movement (Concluded)

F Part 6 – Second Movement (Tema Con Variazioni) (Theme And Variations 1, 2, 3)

G Part 7 – Second Movement (Continued) (Variations 4, 5, 6)

H Part 8 – Second Movement (Continued) (Variations 7, 8)

I Part 9 – Second Movement (Continued) (Variation 9)

J Part 10 – Second Movement (Continued) (Variations 10-11)

K Part 11 – Second Movement (Continued) (Variazione Finale E Coda)

L Part 12 – Second Movement (Concluded) (Variazione Finale E Coda)

Record Company – Columbia Phonograph Company, Inc.

Cello – W. H. Squire

Composed By – Tschaikowsky

Piano [Pianoforte] – William Murdoch

Violin – Arthur Catterall

Other (Cat# Disc 1): L 1942

Other (Cat# Disc 2): L 1943

Other (Cat# Disc 3): L 1944

Other (Cat# Disc 4): L 1945

Other (Cat# Disc 5): L 1946

Other (Cat# Disc 6): L 1947

Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AX 2311

Matrix / Runout (Label side B): AX 2312

Matrix / Runout (Label side C): AX 2313

Matrix / Runout (Label side D): AX 2314

Matrix / Runout (Label side E): AX 2315

Matrix / Runout (Label side F): AX 2316

Matrix / Runout (Label side G): AX 2317

Matrix / Runout (Label side H): AX 2318

Matrix / Runout (Label side I): AX 2319

Matrix / Runout (Label side J): AX 2320

Matrix / Runout (Label side K): AX 2321

Matrix / Runout (Label side L): AX 2322

 

13-23. Beethoven, Albert Sammons, W. H. Squire, Wm. Murdoch – Trio In B Flat (Op. 97, No. 6)

Label: Columbia – L 1851, Columbia – L 1852, Columbia – L 1853, Columbia – L 1854, Columbia – L 1855

Format: 5 x Shellac, 12″, 80 RPM, Album

Country: UK

Genre:  Classical

Trio In B Flat (Beethoven–Op. 97)

A Part 1–Allegro Moderato (First Part)

B Part 2–Allegro Moderato (Continued)

C Part 3–Allegro Moderato (Concluded)

D Part 4–Scherzo Allegro (First Part)

E Part 5–Scherzo Allegro (Concluded)

F Part 6–Andante Cantabile Ma Pero Con Moto (First Part)

G Part 7–Andante Cantabile Ma Pero Con Moto (Continued)

H Part 8–Andante Cantabile Ma Pero Con Moto (Concluded)

I Part 9–(a) Transition To Fourth Movement; (b) Allegro Moderato Presto (First Part)

J Part 10–Allegro Moderato Presto (Concluded)

Cello – W. H. Squire

Composed By – Beethoven

Piano – William Murdoch

Violin – Albert Sammons

Recorded 1926.

Matrix Numbers AX2170 through AX2179.

Also as US release under Columbia 67256-D to 67260-D.

Matrix / Runout (On Label A): AX2170

Matrix / Runout (On Label B): AX2171

Matrix / Runout (On Label C): AX2172

Matrix / Runout (On Label D): AX2173

Matrix / Runout (On Label E): AX2174

Matrix / Runout (On Label F): AX2175

Matrix / Runout (On Label G): AX2176

Matrix / Runout (On Label H): AX2177

Matrix / Runout (On Label I): AX2178

Matrix / Runout (On Label J): AX2179