Bax: Complete Symphonies (with Rogue's Comedy Overture & Tintagel )
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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Complete Symphonies (with Rogue's Comedy Overture & Tintagel )
BBC Philharmonic / Vernon Handley
[ Chandos Classics / 5 CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 3 December 2003
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GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2004: Best Orchestral Recording
"Vernon Handley's Bax symphony cycle represents a landmark achievement" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2003)
"Handley is in total sympathy with Bax's music and his direction is authoritative as well as idiomatic. Superb sound from the Chandos and BBC engineers. We would not be without this set" Penguin Guide
Tracks:
COMPACT DISC ONE
First Symphony (1921-22) 31:58
in E flat major
1 I Allegro moderato e feroce - Moderato espressivo - Tempo I 12:56
2 II Lento solenne 10:34
3 III Allegro maestoso - Allegro vivace ma non troppo presto 8:17
Third Symphony (1928-29) 41:51
for Orchestra
To Sir Henry J. Wood
4 I Lento moderato - Allegro moderato - 16:42
5 II Lento 11:12
6 III Moderato - Più mosso - Tempo I - 13:48
74:03
COMPACT DISC TWO
Second Symphony (1924-26) 38:54
in E minor and C major
1 I Molto moderato - Allegro moderato - 16:20
2 II Andante - Più mosso - Poco largamente - 12:11
3 III Poco largamente - Allegro feroce - Meno mosso - 10:13
Fourth Symphony (1930) 38:19
for Orchestra
4 I Allegro moderato 15:35
5 II Lento moderato - Più mosso (Allegro moderato) - 12:45
6 III Allegro - Allegro scherzando - 9:50
77:24
COMPACT DISC THREE
Fifth Symphony (1931-32) 37:55
for Orchestra
1 I Poco lento - Allegro con fuoco - 15:46
2 II Poco lento - Molto tranquillo - Tempo I 10:12
3 III Poco moderato - Allegro - Lento - Tempo I (Allegro) - 11:48
Sixth Symphony (1934-35) 35:33
for Orchestra
4 I Moderato - Allegro con fuoco 10:06
5 II Lento, molto espressivo - Andante con moto - 8:19
6 III Introduction. Lento moderato - Poco più vivo - 16:57
73:41
COMPACT DISC FOUR
premiere recording
1 Rogue's Comedy Overture (1936) 9:59
To Julius Harrison
Allegro - Brillante molto
2 Tintagel (1917-19) 15:13
for Orchestra
Seventh Symphony (1938-39) 44:02
To the People of America
3 I Allegro - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I - 16:39
4 II Lento - Più mosso. In Legendary Mood - Tempo I - 13:32
5 III Theme and Variations: Allegro - 13:38
69:37
COMPACT DISC FIVE
Interview with Vernon Handly by Andrew McGregor
1 Introduction 7:53
2 Bax and Vaughan Williams 1:31
3 Bax and his musical influences 1:34
4 First Symphony 6:21
5 Second Symphony and Third Symphony 15:36
6 Fourth Symphony 5:06
7 Fifth Symphony 3:07
8 Sixth Symphony 7:56
9 Seventh Symphony 5:37
10 Epilogue 5:51
60:43
