Bax: Violin Concerto/Symphony No. 3

On this CD:

1. Concerto for violin & orchestra
Composed by Arnold (Sir) Bax
Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

2. Symphony No.3
Composed by Arnold (Sir) Bax
Performed by Halle Orchestra
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

Tracks:

Mars, The Bringer Of War - Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Sabre Dance - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Malambo - Enrique Batiz
Ride Of The Valkyries - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tzigane - Marat Bisengaliev
Overture To Ruslan And Ludmilla - Anthony Bramall
Allegro Vivace - Maggini String Quartet
Dies Arae (Chorus) - Hungarian State Opera Choir
Ritual Fire Dance - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Dance Of The Knights - Andrew Mogrelia
Joie Du Sang Des Etoiles - Thomas Bloch
Allegro - Alexander Rahbari
Molto Allegro E Appassionato - Wendy Warner
King Kashchey's Infernal Dance - Alexander Rahbari
O Fortuna - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Tracks:

Adagio - Moderato - Maria Kliegel
'Siste Farvel' (The Last Farewell) - Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Vocalise Op.34 No.14 - Vytautas Sondeckis
O Soave Fanciulla - Luba Orgonasova
Intermezzo - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Aria - Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Liebestod - Johannes Wildner
Idylle Printemps - English Northern Philharmonia
Lento - Vlach Quartet Prague
Gluck, Das Mir Verblieb - Thomas Sunnegardh
Rhythmic Variations On Two Ancient Hymns - Kenneth Schermerhorn
Adagio For Strings, Op.11 - Marin Alsop

Customer Reviews:

Classical Wonder.......2003-05-18

As an avid classical music listener, and cellist, Classical Heat was the perfect blend of energized, fast-paced works, and then on the second disk, a more mellow, yet still firey, works. I would recommend this CD set to every classical listener, even people that don't normally like the classical genre will enjoy this cd.

Beware the Flame.......2002-06-14

Trumpet blasts, french horn flares, all the way to the subtle reeds of the bassoon. This album will keep you interested and awake all the way through. Paired with its sister album "Classical Chill", they can be the perfect mix you have been looking for. Musician and listener alike: This CD is a must have.

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Salute to Sir Henry Wood

Manufacturer: Symposium
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001XW7
Release Date: 1995-12-12

Tracks:

Rosamunde: Entr'acte in B flat - BBC SO/Sir Henry Wood
Rosamunde: Ballet Music in G - BBC SO/Sir Henry Wood
Sym Concertante in E flat, K.364: I. Allegro Maestoso - Jean Pougnet/Bernard Shore
Sym Concertante in E flat, K.364: II. Andante - Jean Pougnet/Bernard Shore
Sym Concertante in E flat, K.364: III. Presto - Jean Pougnet/Bernard Shore
Il Re Pastore K.208-L'amero, Saro Costante - BBC SO/Sir Henry Wood
Exsultate, Jubilate K.165-Alleluja - Elizabeth Schumann/Marie Wilson
Con: I. Allegro Moderato From Beginning To 3 1/2 Bars After No.20 - Beatrice Harrison
Con: I. Allegro Moderato From 3 1/2 Bars Before No.24 To 1 1/4 Bars Before No.43 - Beatrice Harrison
Con: II. Nocturne (Lento) From Beginning To 2 3/4 Bars Before No.6 - Beatrice Harrison
Con: II. Nocturne (Lento) From 2 Bars Before No.7 To End Of Movt - Beatrice Harrison
Con: III. Molto Vivace From 1 Bar Before No.1 To 1 1/2 Bars Before No.21 - Beatrice Harrison
Con: III. Molto Vivace From 4 Bars After No.24 To End - Beatrice Harrison
Sym No.3 (Bax): I. Exposition - Sir Henry Wood
Brandenburg Con No.3 in G, BWV 1048 - Sir Henry Wood

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Centenary Collection

Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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Classical | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000241DS
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

Sun Dance ('Wand Of Youth' Ste No.1, Op.1a No.4) - RPO/Lawrance Collingwood
Marigold - Richard Rodney Bennett
Saint Nicolas: 2. The Birth Of Nicolas - Robert Tear/Bruce Russell/Andrew Davis/Ian Hare
Str Qt 'In Gloucestershire' (No.3): II. Fairly Quick, But Always Rhythmical - Britten Qt
Sym No.1 in A flat, Op.55: IV. Allegro Molto (Exc) - LPO/Sir Adrian Boult
Troilus And Cressida, Act II: From Isle to Isle Chill Waters (Exc) - Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Richard Lewis
Dance Scenes: IV. Molto Allegro (Conclusion) - Philharmonia Orch/Daniel Harding
Ave Maria Op.2 No.2 - Harry Bramma/Chr of Worcester Cathedral/Christopher Robinson
The Triumph Of Neptune (Ste): 7.Hornpipe - RLPO/Barry Wordsworth
Dies Natalis: 2. Rhapsody (Opening) - Wilfred Brown
Sym No.5 In D: III. Romanza (Excerpt) - Philharmonia Orch/Sir John Barbirolli
Blest Pair Of Sirens (Opening) - London Phil Chr
Checkmate (Ballet Ste): V. Ceremony Of The Red Bishops - Sinf Of London/Sir Arthur Bliss
Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene 2: In Dreams I've Built Myself Some Kindlier Home (Opening) - Sir Peter Pears
Vn Con: II. Slower (Exc) - Yehudi Menuhin
The Planets: 4. Jupiter (Exc) - Toronto SO/Andrew Davis
Loch Lomond - Ian Partridge
Canadian Carnival (Exc) - CBSO/Sir Simon Rattle
At The Boar's Head: We Two Saw You Four... (Opening) - Philip Langridge/Michael George/John Tomlinson
Divertimento On 'Sellinger's Round:' III. Presto - ASMF/Sir Neville Marriner
Greater Love Hath No Man (Conclusion) - Chr Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
English Dance No.5, Op.33 No.1 - Philharmonia Orch/Robert Irving
On Wenlock Edge: 2. From Far, From Eve And Morning - Ian Partridge
Sinfonietta: I. Allegro Con Brio (Exc) - Northern Sinf Of England/Richard Hickox
Mater Ora Fillum (Opening) - Chr Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
Violin Son: II. Vars (Var.6: Scherzando) - Yehudi Menuhin/Louis Kentner
Vc Con in D: II. Andante Espressivo (Opening) - Julian Lloyd Webber
Three Screaming Popes (Conclusion) - CBSO/Sir Simon Rattle
Con, Op.104: III. Allegro (Exc) - Phyllis Sellick/Cyril Smith
The Young Person's Guide To The Orch Op.34: Fugue (Allegro Molto) - CBSO/Sir Simon Rattle
Str Qt in e, Op.83: II. Piacevole (Conclusion) - Chilingirian Str Qt
The Lady's Birthday - Jennifer Partridge/Baccholian Singers Of London
Crown Imperial (Conclusion) - LPO/Sir Adrian Boult

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a living period piece
Wartime Bax Performances in Great Sound

Bax: Violin Concerto/Symphony No. 3

Manufacturer: Dutton Laboratories
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005JJ1T
Release Date: 2001-08-14

Customer Reviews:

a living period piece.......2001-12-27

I'd just like to echo what Mr. Bertonneau has said in his learned and interesting review - the CD is absorbing and involving in every way - and to add that it is nice to have this one and only (I think) example of Ida Kersey's art on disc. She was a really fine player who died only a few months after this recording was made. It is a cliche to say that with Boult and Barbirolli music by English composers was always in 'safe hands', but it's quite true. However, these performances are not 'safe' in any cautious or dull sense ; they ring with life and vigour. The sound is quite excellent and (a very small point) the atmosphere of the whole thing is just slightly enhanced by the wartime picture on the liner note cover, with its city blackout an AA searchlight.

Wartime Bax Performances in Great Sound.......2001-11-04

The music of Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953) might well be an acquired taste; precisely because Bax was such a distinct and independent personality, the music is rich and peculiar -- it is often complex, and for many years the seven symphonies were dismissed by critics as overscored and "rhapsodic" (as they usually said). They are neither. Bax is a British, rather than an English composer, assimilating Irish and Scots influences, and (oddly) Russian ones, but never, or only rarely, echoing the style of the Pastoral School. He always suffered from a paucity of performance during his lifetime and his work all but disappeared from concert programs after his death. It wasn't until the 1970s that a reappraisal occurred. Currently, there is one complete set of the symphonies, on Chandos; one in progress, on Naxos; and a few single-issues, on Classico and Lyrita. What has been missing from the Bax discography, archival recordings, now begins to appear, thanks to Dutton's offering of a 1944 reading of the Violin Concerto (1937) and a 1943 reading of the Third Symphony (1928). The first thing to say about this CD is that the acoustic reconstruction, starting from superb sources, is breath-taking. The Concerto was recorded by the BBC for repeat-broadcast during the war and benefitted from extraordinary original engineering; the Symphony was a commercial release for HMV, also "state of the art" for its time. The remastering is in the Dutton "style" of eliminating surface noise as much as possible, but there can't have been much. The sense of space and the differentiation of voices in both the Concerto and the Symphony are so good that the initial impression is of the best possible mid-1950s hi-fi mono, with a hint of stereo bloom. The soloist in the Concerto, Eda Kersey, gives a robust performance, helped along by Adrian Boult and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. This performance is at least as good, perhaps a bit more plastic in its interpretation, as Lydia Mordkovitch's, with Bryden Thomson, on Chandos. Kersey and Boult collaborate with notable concentration to put the Concerto's First Movement in order. This consists of an "overture," a "ballade," and a "scherzo," which, in their sequence, threaten an episodic experience. Mordkovitch and Thomson, by comparison, switch gears more obviously at the articulations; Kersey and Boult negotiate the transitions with unifying smoothness. The Third figured in Bax's lifetime and for a good while thereafter as his best-known symphony. Its attractions are a slow-movement Nocturne of hushed beauty like nothing else and an Epilogue so poignant in its elegiac mood that it makes gooseflesh. This no doubt explains why John Barbirolli and HMV selected it for their 1943-44 studio sessions, with Bax present. How does this Third stack up against those of Thomson and Lloyd-Jones, who provide the competition? It's the best of the three, and for a particular reason: Barbirolli has an instinct for the long First Movement, that solves the problem of its tempo-plan. An Allegro Moderato with a slow introduction and several slow interpolations, the movement can work against itself. Barbirolli takes the introductory section faster than either Thomson or Lloyd-Jones and delivers a faster movement overall. The fugal episodes make much more sense at Barbirolli's pace than when played more slowly or languorously. The packaging is first-rate, with wartime posters of London on the front and back of the booklet, helpful and abundant annotation by Bax-biographer Lewis Foreman, and photographic documentation. This will become a collector's item. Most strongly recommended.

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