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Finzi - Dies Natalis

~ Gerald Finzi (Composer), David Hill (Conductor), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), James Gilchrist (Tenor)
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  • Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: David Hill
  • Composer: Gerald Finzi
  • Audio CD (31 Mar 2008)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B0015DM3AG
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,115 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Dies natalis, Op. 8: I. IntradaDavid Hill 5:33£0.69
Listen  2. Dies natalis, Op. 8: II. RhapsodyJames Gilchrist 7:32£0.69
Listen  3. Dies natalis, Op. 8: III. The RaptureDavid Hill 4:00£0.69
Listen  4. Dies natalis, Op. 8: IV. WonderJames Gilchrist 4:30£0.69
Listen  5. Dies natalis, Op. 8: V. The SalutationDavid Hill 4:43£0.69
Listen  6. Prelude in F minor, Op. 25David Hill 4:31£0.69
Listen  7. The Fall of the Leaf, Op. 20David Hill 9:36Album Only
Listen  8. 2 Sonnets, Op. 12: No. 1. When I considerDavid Hill 4:43£0.69
Listen  9. 2 Sonnets, Op. 12: No. 2. How soon hath timeDavid Hill 2:57£0.69
Listen10. New Year Music, Op. 7David Hill 9:35Album Only
Listen11. Farewell to Arms, Op. 9: I. IntroductionDavid Hill 3:48£0.69
Listen12. Farewell to Arms, Op. 9: II. Aria: His golden locksJames Gilchrist 5:05£0.69

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James Gilchrist's singing is at one with this approach. It is good to hear the voice gain resonance and make the comparatively rare forte carry more in the way of release than a more habitually robust manner would do. His clarity and precision are warmed by a rare sweetness of tone, and the lie of these songs appears to suit him to perfection. --Gramophone


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These are fine performances....The Bournemouth chorus sing cleanly..... The orchestra sustain all comparisons and one feels David Hill's direction to be both firm and inspiring. --Gramophone
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5.0 out of 5 stars the tender heart, 9 April 2008
By Bernard Davis "Bernard Davis" (Birmingham, England) - See all my reviews
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Naxos are doing an excellent job at working their way through the music of Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956). They are pairing his larger scale better known works with smaller less known ones. This is making for an enjoyable series of CDs.

No composer sounds more traditionally English than Finzi. He builds on the influences of Stanford, Elgar and Vaughan Williams; but he adds a nostalgia that is all his own. His music is the music of the end of things, of autumn, of the evening of the day, of the evening of life. These things are givens. The trick of a good performance of his work is to express the light between the shadows, bring out the contrasts and make the music really live and sing.

The CD begins with the main work: Dies Natalis. This is often regarded as Finzi's masterpiece. Its five movements last around 26 minutes here. It is setting of texts from Thomas Traherne's `Three Centuries of Meditation' which describes the world as perceived by a child. I saw it brought rapturously alive by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 2004. I have also heard it allowed to rest too comfortably in the shadows on a Decca CD conducted by Richard Hickox. I bought this new version in hope that Conductor David Hill, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Tenor James Gilchrist would do it justice, and I am mighty pleased with what I hear.

This performance sounds fresh, new born, and wide awake. What the conductor, orchestra and tenor have brought to it is tenderness. They have not brought it to life by upping the pace. In fact the first sung movement Rhapsody is a minute longer that in the Hickox recording. But everything is handled just right. Tenor David Glichrist is on excellent form, but then so is the orchestra. This is a triumph.

It is followed by two shorter orchestra works. The `Prelude for String Orchestra`, and `The Fall of the Leaf`. I can see why Finzi's lesser works disappeared from public hearing. Each is lovely in itself, but they are rather like each other. Finzi's musical voice is distinctive, but many of his individual works are not.

Finzi's setting of John Milton's poetry - `Two Sonnets for Orchestra' starts and my interest is wakened again. This composer's natural expression is song, he knows just how to express the sentiments of the texts he chooses. Without words to express, or as in his Clarinet Concerto, an particular instrument`s voice to play with, his works sound - well - they sound rather like the tracks of the songs of a great pop group with the vocals removed. There is a sense that something important is missing.

Nocturne (New Year Music), another orchestra piece begins - and yes it is very pleasant, if it were the only work of its kind on the disc I would rave about it - I mean - it brims full of lovely moments, but I listen for anything distinctive here- and I do not find it.

The disc ends with the two poetry settings of `Farewell to Arms`, here Finzi's autumnal voice is fully expressed: gently pulsing bass notes reminding us that time's march brings all things to an end. It is a satisfying end to the CD.

This CD shows both the strengths and limitations of Finzi as a composer. The performance of Dies Natalis alone is reason enough to buy it. The limitations of the purely orchestral works had me thinking of giving the disc four stars, but that would be a penny pinching kind of attitude. The brilliance of the performances of the voice and orchestra works here demand a five star verdict.

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