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Composer:
Sir Arnold Bax

Artist(s):
Ashley Wass

Conductor:
James Judd

Background: Bax completed five works for piano and orchestra, beginning in 1916 with the highly virtuosic Symphonic Variations dedicated to the pianist Harriet Cohen. The work was likened by Rosa Newmarch, who wrote the programme note for the first performance, 'to some great epic poem dealing with the adventures of a hero . . . passing through a number of different experiences.'

The Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra (1949) is on a smaller scale. The romantic slow movement opens with a beautiful and haunting piano tune which gives way to a brooding atmospheric middle section, coloured by typical Baxian orchestral textures, like swirling mists in a nocturnal vision of some Irish coastal vista.

CATALOGUE NR: 8570774
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 30-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: Sir Arnold Bax
TITLE: Symphonic Variations
TRACKS: Symphonic Variations : Theme: Lento espressivo / Youth: Allegro: Restless and tumultuous / Nocturne: Slow and serene: Broadly / Strife: Allegro vivace / The Temple: Slow and solemn / Play: Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Intermezzo: Enchantment: Very moderate tempo / Triumph: Moderate tempo - Glowing and passionate. Concertante for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra.
ORCHESTRA: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: James Judd
ARTISTS: Ashley Wass      

- May-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 4 star 'with a fine balance and spectacular sound'

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