BAX SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS (REISSUES)Reviewed by Christopher WebberTHE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITELast Modified 10th October 2004 Arnold Bax: Orchestral Works Vol.7 Margaret Fingerhut (piano)London Philharmonic OrchestraBryden Thomson (conductor)Symphonic Variations,Winter LegendsChandos Classics CHAN 10209 (2-CD) (93:07)[rec. All Saints’ Church Tooting 1986-7] … Continue reading →
BAX PIANO MUSIC (NAXOS) THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified 4th August 2004 Arnold Bax: Piano Music Vol.1 Ashley Wass (piano) Piano Sonata No.1; Piano Sonata No.2; Dream in Exile; Burlesque; Nereid; In a Vodka Shop Naxos CD … Continue reading →
BAX SONGS Reviewed by Christopher Webber THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified 29th July 2004 Eternity, A Christmas Carol, Far in a Western Brookland*, The Market Girl*, Langueo d’Amours, Sarabande, Femmes Battez vos Marys, La Targo^, The White … Continue reading →
RONALD STEVENSON WORLD PREMIERE GIVEN BY JEREMY LIMB, CONWAY HALL, LONDON: 4 MAY 2004 Sir Arnold Bax Website 2004 Review by Graham Parlett Jeremy Limb, a great-grandson of Sir Arnold Bax, was born in 1971 and began learning the … Continue reading →
ARNOLD BAX: WORKS FOR CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA St Patrick’s Breastplate (14:49) The Morning Watch (16:50) To the Name above Every name (20:03) Two Nocturnes for soprano and orchestra (8:18) Christine Bunning (soprano), Huddersfield Choral Society, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Torchinsky … Continue reading →
Bax: Tintagel, Symphony No.7 Royal Scottish National Orchestra David Lloyd-Jones THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified October 14, 2003 Naxos CD: 8.557145 (56:55) Review by Christopher Webber Home at last. David Lloyd-Jones and the Scottish National have completed … Continue reading →
Sir Arnold Bax: First Recordings First recordings 1925-1949 Orchestral Music and talk by Bax Symposium 1336 Review by Richard R. Adams I regret not being able to welcome this disc more warmly as it is a very important issue … Continue reading →
The Film Music of Sir Arnold Bax Oliver Twist (60:20) (complete original score for the film by David Lean, prepared by Graham Parlett) Malta G.C. Part 2 (12:33) BBC Philharmonic, Yuri Torchinskyleader, Rumon Gamba conductor Chandos 10126 [rec. BBC Manchester … Continue reading →
ARNOLD BAX: ‘Early Chamber Works’. Quintet in G for two violins, viola and two cellos (1908); String Quartet in A (1902). Divertimenti Ensemble: Paul Barritt, Rachel Isserlis (vlns.), Jonathan Barritt (vla.), Josephine Horder, Sebastian Comberti (vlcs.). Dutton. CDLX 7131. … Continue reading →
Arnold Bax’s Tintagel and Third Symphony and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. Royal Academy of Music Concert Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley. Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, 10 October 2003. THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Last Modified October 17, 2003 … Continue reading →
