Geraldine McGreevy, Daniel Norman, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis - Hugh Wood: Symphony

Hugh Wood: Symphony

Geraldine McGreevy, Daniel Norman, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis

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CD Album 12 tracks £12.99
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Geraldine McGreevy, Daniel Norman, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis - Hugh Wood: Symphony

Hugh Wood's Symphony is his most ambitious work to date: its four movements refer to musical sources as diverse as Mozart, Wagner and Janacek while never detracting from its coherence and power. It is coupled with Wood's dramatic setting of Milton's masque Comus, the story of a wanderer lost in an enchanted wood.

Reviews

"One of the outstanding British symphonies of the last century."
BBC Music Magazine 2002
Gramophone Awards nomination 2002

Tracklisting

CD Album (NMC D070)
  1. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Symphony: Tempesta: oscuro, agitato, minaccioso
  2. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Symphony: Elegia: Adagio
  3. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Symphony: Scherzo: con fuoco
  4. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Symphony: Finale: Calmo
  5. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: Opening music
  6. Geraldine McGreevy, soprano/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: The Entrance of the Lady
  7. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: The Wilde Wood
  8. Daniel Norman, tenor/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: The Entrance of Comus
  9. Daniel Norman, tenor/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: 'Rigor now is gon to bed'
  10. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: The Dances
  11. Geraldine McGreevy, soprano/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: The Lady Reappears
  12. Geraldine McGreevy, soprano/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: 'Sabrina Fair'
Download Album (NMC D070)
  1. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Symphony: Tempesta: oscuro, agitato, minaccioso
  2. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Symphony: Elegia: Adagio
  3. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Symphony: Scherzo: con fuoco
  4. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Symphony: Finale: Calmo
  5. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: Opening music
  6. Geraldine McGreevy, soprano/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: The Entrance of the Lady
  7. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: The Wilde Wood
  8. Daniel Norman, tenor/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: The Entrance of Comus
  9. Daniel Norman, tenor/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: 'Rigor now is gon to bed'
  10. BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: The Dances
  11. Geraldine McGreevy, soprano/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: The Lady Reappears
  12. Geraldine McGreevy, soprano/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Andrew Davis, conductor - Scenes from Comus: 'Sabrina Fair'