Bax: The Bard of the Dimbovitza; In Memoriam; Concertante for Piano and Orchestra
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Composer: Arnold BaxConductor: Vernon Handley
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Brass
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-03-23
Music Label: Chandos
Soundtracks:
- Allegro moderato
- Moderato tranquillo
- Rondo: Allegro moderato
- Gypsy Song
- The Well of Tears
- Misconception
- My Girdle I Hung on a Tree-top Tall
- Spinning Song
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Free Music Review: Stunning Discovery of a Neglected Masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
Sometimes what prevents a composer from entering the standard repertoire is the absence of any works that really take hold of the public. Think of where Holst's reputation would be without The Planets. He'd probably be less well known the Bax. One work has helped piggy back some of Holst's other compositions into the light. Bax, however, never produced a big hit on the scale of The Planets or The Sorcerer's Apprentice. What is particularly frustrating is that the work that opens the disc, In Memoriam, could have been just the work that could have helped Bax become better known to the concert-going public. It features the most glorious big-tune Bax ever wrote. It's stirring eloquence can hardly fail to grip all but the most insensible of listeners. Yet this magnificent tone poem was never performed in Bax's lifetime, and receives its first recording in this disc, nearly a half a century after Bax's death. Bax at least was able to make use of the works great tune in his score for David Lean's Oliver Twist; but for the film, Bax speeded up the melody and robbed it of much of its eloquence. In its original guise, it positively glistens with a heart-rending warmth and eloquence. This is a work that belongs in every collection of romantic orchestral music.
The disc also includes the unfairly maligned Concertante for Piano and Orchestra, a nostalgic, light-hearted work that occasional teases us with the sort of weighty material from Bax's symphonies. The disc concludes with a major work, The Bard of Dimbovitza. I can't pretend to be particularly fond of the poetry Bax chose to set, but the settings themselves are, like nearly everything from Bax, expertly done, with every subtlety and nuance of the text brilliantly captured.
Bax: The Bard of the Dimbovitza; In Memoriam; Concertante for Piano and Orchestra Poster
Presently Chandos of England is the only label giving Sir Arnold Bax any currency. It has recorded nearly all of Bax's music, nearly all of it well done. Credit goes to conductors such as the late Bryden Thomson as well as Vernon Handley, who helms the present collection. This disc contains the premiere recordings of a tone poem, a work for piano and orchestra, and a work for mezzo-soprano and orchestra--Bax in three wonderful dimensions. Handley brings a tad more warmth to Bax's music than Thomson (who deftly captured Bax's darker aspects, especially in the symphonies); but the greatest credit must go to Chandos and its state-of-the-art recording technology. Bax enthusiasts will want this disc; newcomers won't find a better introduction. --Paul CookClassical Music CDs
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