Chamber, Bax (composer)
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Daniel’s immaculate playing is the main attraction here. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2021
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Bax composed the last of his three mature string quartets between May and September 1936, inscribing it to the Griller Quartet who gave the first performance on the BBC National Programme the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2003, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Arnold Bax: Spring Fire - Complete Music For Cello & Piano
Alexander Baillie (cello), John Thwaites (piano)
Baillie and Thwaites's commitment and love of this repertoire still shine through, helped by a recording lively and immediate enough for the performers to sound only a few inches away. —
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Voyage of a sea-god
Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Michael Hancock (piano), Amy Thompson (bassoon), Matthew Kitteringham (bassoon), Catriona McDermid (bassoon), Eira Lynn Jones (harp), Susie Mészáros (viola), Michael Escreet (double bass), Carducci Quartet, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, William Goodchild
It’s an extensive programme, encompassing a variety of styles and forces ranging from bassoon solo to small orchestral ensembles. There are some real treats, such as Bantock’s splendidly imaginative... —
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Special offer. The Blessed Damozel: Songs of Arnold Bax
Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone), Paula Fan (piano), Theodore Buchholz
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Special offer. British Chamber Music for Flute, Viola & Harp
Rachel Talitman (harp), Marcos Fregnani-Martins (flute) & Pierre-Henry Xuereb (viola)
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Jackson and Wass are well acclimatised to Bax's elusive idioms, and Jackson's sensitivity and sustained singing tone in places such as the Legend and the slow movement of the Second Sonata are... —
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Some of the best Bax is here. In these atmospheric pieces he was able to throw off the fetters of inherited symphonic forms and allow his Celtic fantasy to pursue its own improvisatory course.... —
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These are certainly excellent and well-recorded renditions and at Naxos's price a super bargain. —
