Nixon: Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 / Mann, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
June 5, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      NIXON, HENRY COTTER
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Kodaly Philharmonic Orchestra, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Torok, Mann
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 05, 2020
    • UPC
      5060113443748
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0374
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Aslauga: Overture (reconstructed by P. Mann)

      Composer: Henry Cotter Nixon

      Ensemble: Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Paul Mann

    2. Fantasia No. 2 (reconstructed by P. Mann)

      Composer: Henry Cotter Nixon

      Ensemble: Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ana Török

      Conductor: Paul Mann

    3. Concert Overture No. 1, "Titania"

      Composer: Henry Cotter Nixon

      Ensemble: Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Paul Mann

    4. Gavotte in E-Flat Major (reconstructed by P. Mann)

      Composer: Henry Cotter Nixon

      Ensemble: Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Paul Mann

    5. Prelude

      Composer: Henry Cotter Nixon

      Ensemble: Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ferenc Nagy

      Conductor: Paul Mann

    6. Act II: No. 18. Ballet Music

      Composer: Henry Cotter Nixon

      Ensemble: Liepāja Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Paul Mann

    7. Coronation March (reconstructed by P. Mann)

      Composer: Henry Cotter Nixon

      Ensemble: Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Paul Mann


The English composer-conductor Henry Cotter Nixon (1842–1907) had entirely disappeared from music history until this series – presenting all his surviving orchestral music in its first-ever recordings – revealed him to have been one of the most accomplished English composers of his generation, with a style that takes in elements of Mendelssohn, Schumann, Weber, Brahms and Sullivan. This third and final volume mixes music for the concert hall and the stage and adds the Coronation March for Edward VII that turned out to be Nixon’s last composition. Most of the pieces here were left incomplete, but thanks to Paul Mann’s orchestrations they now confirm Nixon’s position as one of the superior tunesmiths of Victorian England.