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- Original Release Date: 7 Dec 1999
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| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. Symphony No. 3: I. Lento moderato - Allegro moderato - Allegro feroce - Lento moderato - Allegro moderato - Piu lento - Allegro | 19:10 | Album Only | ||
| Play | 2. Symphony No. 3: II. Lento | 11:27 | Album Only | ||
| Play | 3. Symphony No. 3: II. Moderato - Epilogue: Poco lento | 13:17 | Album Only | ||
| Play | 4. The Happy Forest | 9:34 | Album Only |
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the finest recording of the Third Symphony since Barbirolli's famous 1944 recording - reissued twice now, but you must be prepared to "listen through" the deficiencies of 78rpm records if you choose that version.
I tend to judge performances of this symphony by how well a conductor can balance the oft-times violence with periods of respite that characterise the work, the release in violent energy ; and how well the changes of tempo can be managed without the orchestra going out of sync, as it were. Lloyd-Jones brings these off superbly, building tension resolutely and releasing the energy without racing ahead and wasting the climaxes (a feature of Downes' recording for RCA, in my view). Yet he drifts in and through tranquillity with utter sensitivity and beauty. The opening to the second movement, as with Barbirolli, is pure magic, as is the epilogue. And I should mention the eerie darkness of the opening bars, once more brought off totally effectively.
This recording is a must for anyone wanting an introduction to Bax or the British romantic movement. It has none of the quirkiness and exaggerated tempo changes of Bryden Thompson's Chandos recording and is far more sensitive than Downes'. To top it all, the recording is brilliant. Value for money? This disk proves a point, all right.
To me, it's either this or the Barbirolli. Both seem to touch deeply on Bax's musical spirit.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Naxos have scored a sure winner with this disc. David Lloyd-Jones has extracted the maximum emotional quality from this, rich, complex music. There is monstrously exciting aggression, with tender romance and utterly beautiful nostalgic mystery. One of the great British symphonies, and rounded off with a light-hearted, colourful tone poem that demonstrates Bax's orchestral dexterity. I listen to this disc more than any other in my collection!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I hesitate to add my opinion to those of the distinguished people above. I judge any performance of this glorious symphony by the epilogue, surely some of the most heart-easing music ever written. You never want it to end and, from the writing, neither did Bax. He was a 'brazen romantic' and it shows. If this does not send a tingle down your spine, nothing will.
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