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Bax: Symphony 5, The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew [CD]

Sir Arnold Bax | Format: Audio CD
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  • Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
  • Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones
  • Composer: Arnold Bax
  • Audio CD (1 Oct 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B00004TARU
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 53,679 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Symphony No. 5: I. Poco lento - Allegro con fuoco17:16Album Only
Listen  2. Symphony No. 5: II. Poco lento11:18Album Only
Listen  3. Symphony No. 5: III. Poco moderato12:40Album Only
Listen  4. The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew16:33Album Only

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Yet another British music triumph for Naxos, David Lloyd-Jones and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Bearing a dedication to Sibelius, the fifth symphony of 1932 is one of Bax's most personal, closely reasoned utterances, its bardic splendour, slumbering tragedy and epic thrust all most convincingly conveyed here. Not only is Lloyd-Jones scrupulously faithful to both the letter and spirit of the score, but he also has the happy knack of alighting on precisely the right tempo and never allows Bax's argument to sag in the way that occasionally afflicts Bryden Thomson's rival interpretation with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Chandos. What's more, he encourages some sensitive and sprightly playing from the RSNO (which certainly seems to enjoy making this mighty work's acquaintance). Completed the year before the symphony, the wintry tone poem The Tale the Pine Trees Knew makes an apt coupling. Lloyd-Jones's performance possesses a clean-limbed vigour that contrasts strikingly with Thomson's more leisurely, wonderfully atmospheric view on Chandos (featuring an irreproachably eloquent Ulster Orchestra).Astonishingly, Naxos has been sitting on these fine recordings for more than four years; let's just hope we don't have to wait as long again for future instalments in Lloyd-Jones's absorbing Bax series.--Andrew Achenbach

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In the old days (about 10 minutes ago), critics of Bax's symphonies would criticise him for his rhapsodic meanderings. Sonata form was set in concrete in about 1790 and God preserve any composer who deviated from those norms. Bax always followed his basic materials and form followed. In this way he baffled the pedants and got bad reviews. However, in this symphony, he follows more closely the perceived way of political correctness. The thematic material is concise but unmistakeably Baxian. Perhaps it is no wonder it is dedicated to Sibelius. A wonderful symphony, finely played at a bargain price.
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Bax' fifth symphony is by no means an easy work to grasp, but immensely rewarding on repeated hearing. In the process of getting to know this work, I found myself fast running out of superlatives. If I needed to single out one word to describe this masterpiece, it would be "compelling". It is a true symphonist who can hold you spellbound with only a handful of themes, and the thematic unity in this symphony is truly remarkable, even by Bax standards. It takes a while to realize that the same themes are recurring in very different guises, and that realization greatly added to my admiration of the masterly way Bax handles his material.

A point in case is the finale, where the initial theme is heard in at least four different moods. Bare and menacing at the start, frantic in the busy development section, yearning and nostalgic after the big climax (a truly most magic and haunting section), and, finally, defiant and triumphal in the blazing coda. So cogent is Bax'

symphonic argument that one feels a good sense of inevitability; this symphony could not have proceeded in any other way, and is all the more satisfying for that. Even if Bax had written nothing else, I still would not hesitate to rank him among the very greatest symphonic composers.

The performance, then. There isn't anything I would want to be done differently, which is surely the greatest compliment one can give. The RSNO have come a long way since their wobbly days under Gibson and Jarvi, and can now hold their own amongs the very best of orchestras. David Lloyd Jones has the full measure of this music; his ongoing Bax cycle for Naxos has been earning constant praise. His reading is a model of consistency, neatly following the composer's train of thought, and he neither overdoes not underplays the big climaxes. The sound is near-perfect, an occasional rawness in brass tuttis not distracting but rather adding to the excitement.

Bax' tome poems are not in the same league as the symphonies, being generally lighter and more meandering, and sometimes a bit too long for their content. Yet, there is much to enjoy, as in 'The tale the pine trees knew' which fills up this disc. It is dispatched with the same gusto as the symphony, and sports some delightful string playing. Perhaps it should have been programmed first on the CD, as it feels like a bit of an anticlimax after the symphony. But then, any work would.

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This symphony is one of Bax's "northern" works, and at times is cold and austere. However, there are also moments of brilliant energy, and this symphony shows how Bax is able to produce incredible melodic themes. It evokes a northern, Celtic landscape which was very close to Bax's heart, and this is reflected in the coupling with The Tale The Pine-Trees Knew. Both are brilliant pieces, and the loud epilogue at the end of the symphony has to be one of Bax's best finishes in an orchestral work. Spellbinding stuff.
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