Sir Arnold Bax: The Truth About The Russian Dancers/From Dusk Till Dawn
On this CD:
1. Truth About the Russian Dancers, incidental music for orchestra
Composed by Arnold (Sir) Bax
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Bryden Thomson
2. From Dusk to Dawn
Composed by Arnold (Sir) Bax
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Bryden Thomson
Editorial Reviews
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The arrival of the Ballets Russes in London in the late spring of 1911, led by the dynamic Diaghliev, made a huge impact on an entire generation of British composers who were still in music school--or, as in Bax's case, had just got out. Russian Orientalism was still quite popular, and in 1919 Bax did two orchestrations of Lyadov's Children's Tales when asked to set music to J. M. Barrie's play The Truth About Russian Dancers. Its success was modest, owing to Bax's eccentric take on fractured dance rhythms. (Classically trained dancers couldn't dance to it.) Still, it has all the flavor and dynamism of Bax's mature tone poems. --Paul Cook
Sir Arnold Bax: The Truth About The Russian Dancers/From Dusk Till Dawn, Music, Arnold Bax, Bryden Thomson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, 20th/21st Century Ballet, 20th/21st Century Incidental Music for Orchestra, Ballet, Classical, Classical Music, Orchestral
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