Matthew Taylor: Symphonies 4 and 5, Romanza for Strings
TRACKS
1-3 Matthew Taylor Symphony No.4, Op.54
4 Matthew Taylor Romanza for Strings
5-8 Matthew Taylor Symphony No.5, Op.59
ARTISTS
English Symphony Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Kenneth Woods, conductor
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Critical Response to the premiere of Symphony No. 5
This was special… From the onset of Taylor’s opening Allegro—by his own admission, his first essay at a “concise, vigorous sonata-like Allegro”—two things are immediately recognisable: his distinctive musical voice, rooted perhaps in Beethoven and Nielsen (amongst others) but refracted through the benign yet furioso influence of Robert Simpson (who composed his 11th Symphony for Taylor), and a totally sure sense of symphonic scale….The second and fourth movements open with threnodic themes that would not have shamed Mahler, bringing out some fine playing from the strings, plus some quicksilver wind writing (which briefly reminded me of Martinů) likewise delivered immaculately. In the finale, the opening span’s anger is transmuted most eloquently into grief. Divided into two substantial paragraphs, the first seems to have found a form of serenity, albeit shot through with a keen sense of loss, which is then blasted away by the final section which reaches its catharsis in the work’s second timpani cadenza. The close, however, is magical: a lovely, lyrical passage for the quartet of cellos followed by a single snarl from the trombones.” Guy Rickards – Musical Opinion
Additional information
Weight | 110 g |
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Dimensions | 142 × 125 × 10 mm |
Catalogue Number | NI 6406 |
Release Date | November 2020 |
Duration | 63:56 |
Number of Discs | 1 |
Barcode / UPC | 0710357640629 |
Critical Reviews | Robert Matthew-Walker – Classical Source John Quinn, MusicWeb International Graham Rickson – The Arts Desk Guy Rickards – Klassisk Musikk (Norway) Colin Anderson – Colin's Column |
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