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Bax: Concertante For Piano, Etc / Fingerhut, Rigby, Handley

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Composer
BAX, ARNOLD
Artist
Handley, Fingerhut, Rigby, Bbc Po
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Feb 01, 1999
Catalog #
CHAN 9715
UPC
095115971529

About

Arnold Bax was a 20th-century English composer perhaps best remembered for his early tone poems, many of which are based on Celtic legends and fairy tales. His style is unabashedly late-romantic and can be compared to Rachmaninov or Delius. Like both of those men, Bax was fortunate enough to have private income, which allowed him to spend his early adulthood living on the western coast of Ireland, where he steeped himself in the native folklore, learned Gaelic and made a name for himself as a poet.
Bax's most creative period was around the time of World War One, in which he did not serve because of a heart condition. 'The Bard of the Dimbovitza,' a song cycle based on a then-popular collection of specious Romanian folk song lyrics, was composed in 1914 but later revised, while the 'In Memorium' of 1916 is one of a number of elegiac pieces Bax wrote for victims of the war. In 1918 Bax deserted his wife and children to live with the pianist Harriet Cohen and thirty years later he wrote the 'Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra' for her. Conductor Vernon Handley, a long-time champion of Bax's music, delivers committed performances lushly recorded by Chandos.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 In Memoriam 14:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    In Memoriam
    Duration
    14:52
    Composer
    Arnold Bax
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vernon Handley
  2. 2 I. Allegro moderato 09:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    09:07
    Composer
    Arnold Bax
    Performer
    Margaret Fingerhut
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vernon Handley
  3. 3 II. Moderato tranquillo 08:24
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Moderato tranquillo
    Duration
    08:24
    Composer
    Arnold Bax
    Performer
    Margaret Fingerhut
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vernon Handley
  4. 4 III. Rondo: Allegro moderato 06:28
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:28
    Composer
    Arnold Bax
    Performer
    Margaret Fingerhut
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vernon Handley
  5. 5 No. 1. Gypsy Song 07:21
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 1. Gypsy Song
    Duration
    07:21
    Composer
    Arnold Bax
    Performer
    Jean Rigby
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vernon Handley
  6. 6 No. 2. The Well of Tears 08:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 2. The Well of Tears
    Duration
    08:50
    Composer
    Arnold Bax
    Performer
    Jean Rigby
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vernon Handley
  7. 7 No. 3. Misconception 08:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 3. Misconception
    Duration
    08:53
    Composer
    Arnold Bax
    Performer
    Jean Rigby
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vernon Handley
  8. 8 No. 4. My Girdle I Hung on a Tree-top Tall 05:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 4. My Girdle I Hung on a Tree-top Tall
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Arnold Bax
    Performer
    Jean Rigby
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vernon Handley
  9. 9 No. 5. Spinning Song 06:36
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 5. Spinning Song
    Duration
    06:36
    Composer
    Arnold Bax
    Performer
    Jean Rigby
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Vernon Handley