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Havergal Brian: Faust
Peter Hoare, (Faust), David Soar (Mephistopheles), Allison Cook (Gretchen), William Morgan (Raphael), Robert Hayward (Gabriel), Elgan Llyr Thomas (Michael), Simon Bailey (Der Herr [God], Bösergeist [Evil Spirit]), David Ireland (Erdgeist [Earth Spirit]), Katie Coventry (Schüler [Student]), Nicholas...
The opera is a remarkable achievement...The central roles are all well done. Tenor Peter Hoare summons up the entire range and expressive variety required for Faust. David Soar’s voluminous bass-baritone... — More…
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Their gusto in tackling Brian’s complex, often cryptic but rewarding scores is very winning. All the music here shows the old maverick forging ahead from epic breadth to extreme compression,... — More…
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Brian: Symphony No. 1 'Gothic'
RecommendedSusan Gritton (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Peter Auty (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass) & David Goode (organ)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Concert Orchestra, The Bach Choir, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Brighton Festival Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, Côr Caerdydd, Eltham...
the best [recording] yet. There's an ongoing buzz of Proms atmosphere that grips from start to finish; and the recorded sound succeeds phenomenally at somehow fitting Brian's hugest climaxes... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th November 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2012, Editor's Choice
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English Choral Premieres & Rarities Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Douglas Bostock
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Havergal Brian: Symphonies 3 & 17
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Stanley Pope conductor
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The Complete Havergal Brian Songbook Volume 1
Mark Stone (baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano), Jonathan Stone (violin)
Brian fanatics, while no doubt queueing up for more, will savour the consistently strong performances by these three fine musicians — More…
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Walker secures fine playing by this unfamiliar orchestra whose brass section, pleasingly, avoid, the excessive vibrato of previous Russian generations. — More…
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Havergal Brian - Complete Piano Music
Raymond Clarke (piano), Esther King (mezzo-soprano), Tessa Spong (speaker)
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This is a significant disc – and not just because it completes the Brian symphony discography. The music is convincingly played by the New Russia State Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Walker... — More…
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Havergal Brian's Sixth and Sixteenth Symphonies were recorded in April 1973. The Sixth (1948), incorporating material from an abandoned opera on Synge's Deirdre of the Sorrows, is highly illustrative... — More…
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