Orchestral, Overtures, Bax (composer)
-
This Bax symphony cycle comes under the baton of the composer's doughtiest champion, and superlatives are in order. Even seasoned Baxians will be startled by the propulsive vigour and sinewy... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
-
Gramophone Magazine, December 2003, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Orchestral
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
-
Special offer. Sir Arnold Bax: Four Orchestral Pieces & Phantasy
RecommendedPhilip Dukes (viola)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
Dukes deliver the Phantasy's solo part with a forthright energy that seems to thwart loveliness of tone. In every other department these performances could hardly be finer. The orchestral playing... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 1st September 2014
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
-
-
Lovely playing. A classic performance of Tintagel (unlikely ever to be surpassed) and a deeply moving interpretation of A Song of Summer. —
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
British Composers: A Celebration
RecommendedRichard Rodney Bennett (piano), Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
Awards:
-
Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Special offer. Bax: Symphony No. 4, Nympholept & Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
David Lloyd-Jones and the RSNO continue their stimulating championship of Bax with this extremely persuasive account of the Fourth Symphony. It's at once the most exuberantly inventive and most... —
-
Special offer. Bax - Symphony No. 6
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar & Vernon Handley
Here's yet another valuable reissue from Lyrita's vaults. Norman Del Mar's pioneering 1966 account of Bax's Sixth Symphony has held up extremely well. Occupying an interpretative middle ground... —
-
[Clark's] playing has rapturous firepower...John Wilson's conducting secures ultra-vivid, sparklingly finished performances that also respond memorably to the quieter moments —
-
The Sea in Music
Lyon National Orchestra, Jun Märkl, フランス国立リヨン管弦楽団, Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), Francois-joel Thiollier, Joan Rodgers, Christopher Maltman, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Béla Bánfalvi, István Kassai...
-
Bax: First Recordings (1925-1949)
Including a talk by Arnold Bax
Harriet Cohen (piano)
Kneller Hall Musicians, Leeds Festival Choir, New Symphony Orchestra, Hamilton Harty Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Trumpeters of the Royal Military School, H.E. Adkins, Eugene Goossens, Hamilton Harty, Malcolm Sargent,...
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide
