William Wordsworth: Orchestral Music Vol. 1

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These are sensitive and at times impassioned performances from Liepāja’s orchestra under John Gibbons. — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018 More…

Release Date: 15th Jun 2018
Catalogue No: TOCC0480
Label: Toccata Classics
Length: 80 minutes

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Wordsworth: Divertimento in D Major, Op. 58

Work length20:24

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I. Overture

Track length6:21

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II. Air

Track length7:31

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III. Gigue

Track length6:32

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Wordsworth: Symphony No. 4 in E flat, Op. 54

Work length23:08

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Wordsworth: Variations on a Scottish Theme, Op. 72

Work length9:51

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Theme. Dotted Crotchet = c. 72

Track length0:46

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Var. 1

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Var. 2, Dotted Crotchet = c. 72 (Poco meno mosso)

Track length0:46

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Var. 3, Crotchet = 108

Track length0:33

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Var. 4, L'istesso tempo

Track length0:35

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Var. 5, Adagio espressivo

Track length1:56

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Var. 6, Tempo I

Track length0:56

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Var. 7, Crotchet = 108

Track length1:02

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Var. 8, Andante espressivo

Track length1:00

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Var. 9, Tempo I

Track length1:30

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Wordsworth: Symphony No. 8 'Pax Hominibus', Op. 117

Work length27:05

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I. Quaver = 69 - Animato

Track length8:58

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II. Allegro - Meno mosso

Track length8:46

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III. Allegro - Meno mosso (With Alternative Ending)

Track length9:21

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The music of London-born William Wordsworth (1908–88) – a great-great-grandson of the poet’s brother Christopher – lies downstream from that of Vaughan Williams and Sibelius. Like that of his contemporary Edmund Rubbra, Wordsworth’s music unfolds spontaneously, as a natural process, with a sense of grandeur perhaps enhanced by his move to the Scottish Highlands in 1961. Three of the four works recorded here display the sober dignity of the instinctive symphonist. The Variations on a Scottish Theme (‘Wi’ a hundred pipers an’ a’, an’ a’’),by contrast, reveal a sly sense of humour behind the serious countenance.

John Gibbons has conducted most of the major British orchestras. He has been Principal Conductor of Worthing Symphony Orchestra – the professional orchestra of West Sussex – with which he has given many world premieres of neglected works. He studied music at Queens’ College, Cambridge, the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, winning numerous awards as conductor, pianist and accompanist. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, vice chairman of the British Music Society, and choral director at Clifton Cathedral. His own music has been performed in various abbeys and cathedrals as well as on the South Bank, London.

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Awards Issue 2018

These are sensitive and at times impassioned performances from Liepāja’s orchestra under John Gibbons.

March 2019

A very worthwhile disc of music by a composer who had much to say.

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