Since you are interested in In Memoriam / Symphony No 17 / Symphony No 32 / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Symphony No. 1, The Gothic Vladimir Dolezal (tenor) / Eva Jenisova (soprano) / Peter Mikulas (bass) / Dagmar Peckova (alto) / Slovak National Opera / Lenard [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2004 ] "Now it's reissued at bargain price, no one who claims the slightest interest in 20th-century British music has any further excuse to be without this thrilling, astonishing work." Calum MacDonald, BBC Music Magazine, 08/04 |
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Symphonies Nos. 11 & 15 Ireland RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Tony Rowe & Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Havergal Brian was never a conventional composer, but the three later works on this disc rank among his most unconventional approaches to the symphonic form. |
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Symphonies Nos.4 and 12 Jana Valaskova (soprano) / Slovak Choirs / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] "The Fourth Symphony opens with a cheery neobaroque march, whose triumph and joy is thrown into confusion and dissonance by the chorus until all Hell literally breaks loose. The change of mood is shocking. The chorus roars with blood lust, as soprano... |
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Brian: Symphony No. 18 / Violin Concerto / The Jolly Miller Marat Bisengaliev, violin / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Lionel Friend, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2005 ] "The violin concerto is a great work and deserves the recognition that it has so long been denied. I can only hope that this present recording does much to remedy this oversight" (MuusicWeb July 2005) |
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Symphony No. 2 / Festival Fanfare Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Tony Rowe [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] Orthodox in its four-movement structure but, according to the composer, 'very unorthodox inside', Havergal Brian's Symphony No. 2 was originally inspired by Goethe's play Götz von Berlichingen. |