Mark Bebbington (piano) Orchestra of the Swan David Curtis (conductor) Bax: Piano Concertino Ireland: Piano Concerto and Piano Legend SOMMCD 242 review by Richard R. Adams Bax managed to summon all his creative powers one last time when he wrote … Continue reading →
PIANO QUINTETS BY BAX and BRIDGE Sir Arnold BAX (1883-1953) Piano Quintet in G minor (1914-15) [41:10] Frank BRIDGE (1879-1940) Piano Quintet in D minor (1904-05) [27:08] Ashley Wass (piano) The Tippett Quartet rec. St Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London, … Continue reading →
EVER CHANGING Bax: Oboe Quintet; Surinach: Ritmo Jondo; McAlister: Agreste; Roussel: Trio in F, Op.40; de Wailly: Aubade; Martinů: Trio, H.300. Chamber Music Palm Beach. Klavier K 11181 [71:44] Recorded at Eissey Campus Theater, Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach … Continue reading →
Cello Sonatas by Bridge, Britten and Bax Johannes Moser, Cello Paul Rivinius, Piano Hanssler Classic 93257 Review by Richard R. Adams This is the sort of release that I find very reassuring as it features an internationally … Continue reading →
English Spring – music by Bax, Delius and Bridge Hallé Orchestra; Sir Mark Elder, conductor Hallé CDHLL7528 Review by Richard R. Adams I can’t believe I’m actually writing this but I wish the producers of this disc had … Continue reading →
Bax: Winter Legends; Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex); Saga Fragment. Ashley Wass (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, James Judd. Naxos 8.572597 [56:13] Recorded in The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, 21-22 June 2010. Review by Graham Parlett Bax’s new Winter Legends (Harriet … Continue reading →
Last Modified January 5, 2000 John McCabe is one of the most distinguished British composers of the latter half of the 20th Century. He is also a magnificent pianist whose repertoire extends from Haydn to John Corigliano. He is president … Continue reading →
Last Modified July 19, 1997 Myer Fredman is best known to Baxians for his outstanding recordings of the First and Second Symphonies. These recordings appeared on Lyrita in the early 1970s and for many of us they were our introduction … Continue reading →
Last Modified October 6, 1999 John McLaughlin Williams Homepage Address: http://home.earthlink.net/~jonmw It’s amazing to learn that Bax’s Violin Concerto had what is believed to be its first and only American performance just a few years ago. The musician responsible for this … Continue reading →
Last Modified April 5, 1999 Douglas Bostock, born in England in 1955, is one of the outstanding British Conductors of his generation. In 1991 he was appointed Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Carlsbad Symphony Orchestra, one of the … Continue reading →
