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The three works on this release are connected by chains on teaching and influence, beginning with Ravel's quietly elegiac Le tombeau de Couperin. Composer Lennox Berkeley asked to study with Ravel; he was turned down and referred to Nadia Boulanger, but he was strongly influenced by Ravel nonetheless, as is apparent in the delightfully deceptive lightness of the Divertimento, Op. 18 (1943), heard here, which was dedicated to Boulanger. Berkeley, in turn, was the teacher, in the late '70s, of Adam Pounds, who was born in 1954. In later life, Pounds has composed a group of numbered symphonies; the Symphony No. 3, which here receives its recorded premiere, was composed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. Pounds explicitly designates the Elegy third movement as an "hommage to Anton Bruckner," and its long melodic lines are indubitably Brucknerian, but the stamp of the tradition embodied by this album is also apparent, and the fascinating effect is one of Bruckner's language being shrunk down to neoclassic dimensions (the symphony, as a whole, is just over half an hour long). The work is a highlight here and deserves wider performance. However, conductor John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London are ideal in this music in general, with a refined string sound that is kept under perfect control. Those who love neoclassic music will find some unique manifestations of it here in ideal performances.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Lennox Berkeley, Composer
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Lennox Berkeley, Composer
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Lennox Berkeley, Composer
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Lennox Berkeley, Composer
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Adam Pounds, Composer
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Adam Pounds, Composer
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Adam Pounds, Composer
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Adam Pounds, Composer
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
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The three works on this release are connected by chains on teaching and influence, beginning with Ravel's quietly elegiac Le tombeau de Couperin. Composer Lennox Berkeley asked to study with Ravel; he was turned down and referred to Nadia Boulanger, but he was strongly influenced by Ravel nonetheless, as is apparent in the delightfully deceptive lightness of the Divertimento, Op. 18 (1943), heard here, which was dedicated to Boulanger. Berkeley, in turn, was the teacher, in the late '70s, of Adam Pounds, who was born in 1954. In later life, Pounds has composed a group of numbered symphonies; the Symphony No. 3, which here receives its recorded premiere, was composed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. Pounds explicitly designates the Elegy third movement as an "hommage to Anton Bruckner," and its long melodic lines are indubitably Brucknerian, but the stamp of the tradition embodied by this album is also apparent, and the fascinating effect is one of Bruckner's language being shrunk down to neoclassic dimensions (the symphony, as a whole, is just over half an hour long). The work is a highlight here and deserves wider performance. However, conductor John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London are ideal in this music in general, with a refined string sound that is kept under perfect control. Those who love neoclassic music will find some unique manifestations of it here in ideal performances.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:46
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Sinfonia Of London John Wilson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Klassiek Symfonische muziek Symfonieën
2024 Chandos Records Ltd. 2024 Chandos Records Ltd.
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