Brian: Symphonies No 20 & 25 / Penny, National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
July 26, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRIAN, HAVERGAL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine
    • PERFORMER
      Penny
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 26, 2011
    • UPC
      747313264179
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572641
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    2. II. Allegro molto

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    3. III. Con moto e espressione

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    4. IV. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    5. V. Lento

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    6. I. Adagio - Allegro agitato -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    7. I. (formal development section arrives) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    8. I. (vigorous, highly allusive development of the first theme) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    9. I. Coda

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    10. II. Adagio ma non troppo, cantabile e sostenuto -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    11. II. (a bridge passage beginning with violin and flute solos) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    12. II. (a development of the original polyphonic complex) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    13. II. (the third span begins with a musing clarinet solo)

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    14. III. Allegro vivo -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    15. III. Lento -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    16. III. (a kind of slow waltz, with violin solo) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    17. III. Allegro -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    18. III. (reappearence of the rondo-theme on trombones)

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    19. III. (fast Coda)

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    20. I. Allegro risoluto -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    21. I. (the motto returns again to initiate an eventful development) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    22. I. (elegantly lyrical tune for oboe with flute and harp accompaniment) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    23. I. (sinister reiterations of a 3-note figure) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    24. I. (the return of the 4-note motto) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    25. I. (a mysterious episode of nagging triplet rhythms) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    26. I. Coda

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    27. II. Andante cantabile -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    28. II. (a poignant new idea, first heard on solo oboe) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    29. II. (opening theme now returns on cellos) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    30. II. (a more defined march-music takes over) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    31. II. (final return of the main theme)

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    32. III. Allegro ma non tanto -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    33. III. Lento -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    34. III. (a little woodwind cadenza leads back to the rondo music) -

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    35. III. (a different and irreverent snatch of folk-song from a bassoon)

      Composer: Havergal Brian

      Ensemble: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny


Havergal Brian was one of the most remarkable of twentieth century symphonists, whose reputation for the gargantuan (Symphony No. 1 ‘The Gothic’; Naxos 8.557418–19) has tended to overshadow the more concise nature of his later music. His Symphony No. 20 for instance, written in 1962, is compact, thematically sophisticated, and deeply expressive. Both it and No. 25 (1966) abandon Brian’s previous practice of one-movement symphonies in favour of the more classical three movements. Symphony No. 25 has beautiful melodies channelled within a wholly logical structure and is one of Brian’s most distinguished late works.