Lloyd: The Symphonies Nos. 7-12

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Label
Lyrita
Release Date
April 5, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      George Lloyd
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bbc Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      BBC Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 05, 2024
    • UPC
      5020926241825
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SRCD2418
    • LABEL
      Lyrita
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Misterioso - Vivo ma leggiero

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    2. II. Largo

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    3. III. Finale: Agitato

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    4. I. Allegro con delicatezza

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    5. II. Largo

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    6. III. Allegro con brio

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    7. I. Tranquillo - Allegro

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    8. II. Largo

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    9. III. Vivace

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    10. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Brass

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    11. II. Calma

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Brass

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    12. III. Andante grazioso - Presto - Andante

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Brass

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    13. IV. Energico

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Brass

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    14. I. Vivo

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    15. II. Lento

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    16. III. Leggiero e brillante

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    17. IV. Grave

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    18. V. Finale: Con esultazione

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    19. I. Woodlands, Act I: Opening Chorus

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    20. II. Sigrid's Fear, Act I: Sigrid's Aria, "What is it that I fear"

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    21. III. Love Duet, Act I: Cedric and Sigrid, "To see you ever beside me"

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    22. IV. Deciso, Act I: Sweyn, "Outlaw and Wolf's-head!"

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    23. V. Sicily, Act I: Robert, "Ah, for the blue of Sicily"

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    24. VI. Fate, Act I: Githa, "O such is the gift of life"

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    25. VII. Outrage, Act I: Finale, "Curse you Bastards! Swine!"

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    26. Introduction and Variations

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    27. – Adagio

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd

    28. – Allegro

      Composer: George Lloyd

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: George Lloyd


Lloyd became a symphonist despite himself. When he was in his twenties he seemed destined to be a composer of operas and it is likely that, had the vicissitudes of war not intervened, he would have written music for the stage exclusively. In an article for the June 1939 issue of the Musical Monthly Record, Harry Farjeon wondered why music for Lloyd was ‘not centred in the concert hall but in the theatre’ and quoted the young composer as being ‘interested only in opera’. There are strong traces in the symphonies of what might have been: the intensely lyrical, cantabile nature of the writing, the intermezzo-like movements, the opera buffa qualities of the finales and the feeling for the long line which runs through those supple and sweeping melodies all denote a born opera composer. In the event his operatic aspirations were cruelly cut short and it is to his courageous, life-affirming twelve symphonies that we must look to chart his development, recovery and eventual triumph.