Bax: The Symphonies

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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: The Symphonies
BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley

[ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Monday 20 October 2003

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"Handley is in total sympathy with Bax's music and his direction is authoritative as well as idiomatic. Superb sound from the Chandos and BBC engineers. We would not be without this set." Penguin Guide

"The BBC Philharmonic respond with unflagging spirit and tremendous body of tone.
A majestic Tintagel and rollicking account of the 1936 Rogue's Comedy Overture complete the feast. Disc 5 houses an hour-long conversation about Bax the symphonist between the conductor and Andrew McGregor. Stephen Rinker's engineering does fabulous justice to Bax's imaginative and individual orchestration, particularly towards the lower end of the spectrum.
The set is magnificent; its insights copious." Gramophone

Tracks:

Symphony No. 1 in E flat
Symphony No. 3 in C
Symphony No. 2 in E minor and C major
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Symphony No. 6
Rogue's Comedy Overture
Tintagel
Symphony No. 7
Interview with Vernon Handley by Andrew McGregor