THE SIR ARNOLD BAX WEB SITE Ashley Wass (piano) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra James Judd (conductor) Symphonic Variations (1916–18) Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra (1949) Naxos 8.570774 (68:11) [rec. Concert Hall, Lighthouse, Poole, 21-22 May 2008] Of Bax’s … Continue reading →
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Martin Yates (conductor) Bax: Variations on the name GABRIEL FAURE Bax: Symphonic Serenade for string Orchestra Works for Strings by Dodgson, Arnell and Norman Del Mar Dutton Epoch CDLX 7244 review by Richard R. Adams There remains … Continue reading →
Mark Bebbington (piano) Orchestra of the Swan David Curtis (conductor) Bax: Piano Concertino Ireland: Piano Concerto and Piano Legend SOMMCD 242 review by Richard R. Adams Bax managed to summon all his creative powers one last time when he wrote … Continue reading →
PIANO QUINTETS BY BAX and BRIDGE Sir Arnold BAX (1883-1953) Piano Quintet in G minor (1914-15) [41:10] Frank BRIDGE (1879-1940) Piano Quintet in D minor (1904-05) [27:08] Ashley Wass (piano) The Tippett Quartet rec. St Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London, … Continue reading →
EVER CHANGING Bax: Oboe Quintet; Surinach: Ritmo Jondo; McAlister: Agreste; Roussel: Trio in F, Op.40; de Wailly: Aubade; Martinů: Trio, H.300. Chamber Music Palm Beach. Klavier K 11181 [71:44] Recorded at Eissey Campus Theater, Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach … Continue reading →
Cello Sonatas by Bridge, Britten and Bax Johannes Moser, Cello Paul Rivinius, Piano Hanssler Classic 93257 Review by Richard R. Adams This is the sort of release that I find very reassuring as it features an internationally … Continue reading →
English Spring – music by Bax, Delius and Bridge Hallé Orchestra; Sir Mark Elder, conductor Hallé CDHLL7528 Review by Richard R. Adams I can’t believe I’m actually writing this but I wish the producers of this disc had … Continue reading →
Bax: Winter Legends; Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex); Saga Fragment. Ashley Wass (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, James Judd. Naxos 8.572597 [56:13] Recorded in The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, 21-22 June 2010. Review by Graham Parlett Bax’s new Winter Legends (Harriet … Continue reading →
