Bax: Symphony No 6, Etc / Lloyd-jones, Et Al
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David Lloyd-Jones' new Bax Sixth is especially welcome since the only other modern recording is available only as part of a complete set of symphonies...
David Lloyd-Jones' new Bax Sixth is especially welcome since the only other modern recording is available only as part of a complete set of symphonies on Chandos. Even if that were not the case, Lloyd-Jones scores over Bryden Thompson with his generally more incisive reading. Both conductors make much of the first movement's melancholic rancor (in tempos that are virtually identical), but the central slow movement benefits from Lloyd-Jones' more rhapsodic approach, whereas Thompson seems content to languish (thereby adding more than two minutes to Lloyd-Jones' timing). The finale too finds Lloyd-Jones possessing a stronger sense of forward momentum as he reveals more of the music's dramatic architecture.
The Scottish National players yield nothing to their London counterparts--if anything their brass have the edge in terms of projection and rhythmic alacrity. Naxos' recording, while less opulently reverberant than the Chandos production, presents a sharper image that allows more of Bax's multilayered detail to emerge clearly (while still swallowing some of the top end, glockenspiel in particular). To top it off, Lloyd-Jones offers first-rate performances of Bax's lushly exotic Into the Twilight and the dreamy Summer Music. Certainly a must for Bax fans, but newcomers can unreservedly join in the fun too.
--Victor Carr Jr, ClassicsToday.com
The Scottish National players yield nothing to their London counterparts--if anything their brass have the edge in terms of projection and rhythmic alacrity. Naxos' recording, while less opulently reverberant than the Chandos production, presents a sharper image that allows more of Bax's multilayered detail to emerge clearly (while still swallowing some of the top end, glockenspiel in particular). To top it off, Lloyd-Jones offers first-rate performances of Bax's lushly exotic Into the Twilight and the dreamy Summer Music. Certainly a must for Bax fans, but newcomers can unreservedly join in the fun too.
--Victor Carr Jr, ClassicsToday.com
Product Description:
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Release Date: April 15, 2003
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UPC: 747313214426
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Catalog Number: 8557144
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Label: Naxos
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Number of Discs: 1
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Composer: Arnold Bax
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Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
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Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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Performer: David, Lloyd-Jones
Works:
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Symphony no 6
Composer: Arnold Bax
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
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Into the Twilight
Composer: Arnold Bax
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
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Summer music
Composer: Arnold Bax
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones