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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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He may have been half French, half Italian, but Glorious John was English at heart, born and bred. Some will swear by his ventures into Nordic and Germanic music for EMI, but it is for recordings of native genius that he will be longest remembered.
Still, I'll admit it's early days but I'm having nagging doubts about JB as a Delius interpreter. Perhaps it is our (erroneous) bracketing of Delius with Debussy (impressionists) that is the problem, when in fact there is rather more of Wagner underlying Delius' ambience than any Gallic influence. With that in mind, these bold but sensuous LSO/Halle readings should come to make more sense, but I would like to hear the Summer pieces done with just a hint more restraint, more perfume.
Bax's Tintagel is given with more drive by other interpreters but this version has great majesty about it and is superbly recorded (timps wonderfully strong) even beyond some recent DDD offerings. The Ireland overture made little impression first time, but it's a well-filled disc so what the hell.
One last gripe, though. Very audible groaning from Barbirolli in A Song Of Summer. A deliberate, careless lack of consideration of the record buyer. Why John, why?
Still, I'll admit it's early days but I'm having nagging doubts about JB as a Delius interpreter. Perhaps it is our (erroneous) bracketing of Delius with Debussy (impressionists) that is the problem, when in fact there is rather more of Wagner underlying Delius' ambience than any Gallic influence. With that in mind, these bold but sensuous LSO/Halle readings should come to make more sense, but I would like to hear the Summer pieces done with just a hint more restraint, more perfume.
Bax's Tintagel is given with more drive by other interpreters but this version has great majesty about it and is superbly recorded (timps wonderfully strong) even beyond some recent DDD offerings. The Ireland overture made little impression first time, but it's a well-filled disc so what the hell.
One last gripe, though. Very audible groaning from Barbirolli in A Song Of Summer. A deliberate, careless lack of consideration of the record buyer. Why John, why?
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This was bought for my daughter because we had recently visited Tintagel in Cornwall and "Tintagel" by Arnold Bax was featured on the CD. Apparently it is very good, but I didn't actually play the CD myself.
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