Arnold Bax: Symphony in F (realized and orchestrated by Martin Yates)Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Martin Yates (c.)Dutton CDLX 7308 [TT=78:28][rec. RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, 15–16 August 2013. Producer: Michael Ponder. Sound Engineers: Dexter Newman, Dillon Gallagher. Editor: Richard Scott]Review by Graham Parlett, who writes about the origins of the work, Richard R. Adams, who writes about the performance and recording.The Symphony in F was Bax’s earliest attempt at ...

“In the Wake of the Great War”(Works for piano by Delius, Vaughan Williams, Bax, Bridge and Martin)Benjamin Martin, pianoBax recorded live on 10 October 2006. Delius/Vaughan Williams recorded 2006. Bridge/Martin recorded 2009. Melba MR301146Review by Richard R. AdamsBenjamin’s Martin’s father was the British violinist Christopher John Martin, a founding member of the illustrious Edinburgh String Quartet and later a beloved conductor in his adopted Australia, where Martin grew up. He ...

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Bax AdminEditor’s Note:  Benjamin Martin is an Australian composer/pianist who records for the Melba label and has recorded for BIS and Chandos. A graduate of the Juilliard School where he was a student of John Browning, Benjamin has received numerous awards including the Queen Elizabeth Grant, first prize in the Hepzibah Menuhin Memorial Award, The Marten Bequest Scholarship and two scholarships to the Tanglewood Summer Festival (as a ...

BAX: Works for Cello and PianoLionel Handy, cello & Nigel Clayton, pianoSleeveless Records SLV 1007 Review by Richard R. AdamsThis is unquestionably the most exciting new Bax disc to be released in quite some time. For one thing, it features superlative performances of several lesser known Bax works by an artist who has obviously thought long and hard about how best to perform this music. It should also bring about a ...

THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITEArnold Bax: Orchestral WorksFour Orchestral Pieces (I. Pensive Twilight, II. Dance in the Sun, III. From the Mountains of Home [In the Hills of Home], IV. The Dance of Wild Irravel); Phantasy for Viola and Orchestra; Overture, Elegy and RondoPhilip Dukes (viola); BBC Philharmonic (leader, Yuri Torchinsky); Sir Andrew Davis (c.)Chandos CHAN 10829 [TT=73:23][ rec. Media City UK, Salford, 20–21 May 2014. Producers: Brian Pidgeon, ...