Orchestral, Alwyn (composer)
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Alwyn conducts Alwyn
Geoffrey Browne (cor anglais), Osian Ellis (harp)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, William Alwyn
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The playing of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under David Lloyd-Jones is as impressive on this disc as anywhere else in this Naxos cycle… —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, Editor's Choice
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Alwyn (whose centenary year fell in 2005) is a composer of strong communicative gifts and the best of his music exhibits a disarming emotional candour, generous lyricism, powerful sense of argument... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2005, Editor's Choice
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A highly enjoyable wander away from the familiar British path, including some rare youthful Vaughan Williams. The playing is suitably characterful throughout. —
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British Symphonies
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, Vernon Handley, Adrian Boult, Myer Fredman, Norman Del Mar, John Pritchard, Lennox Berkeley, William Alwyn, Josef Krips
this is a very significant release which really deserves to be snapped up by everyone, not least those who still cling to the discredited belief that when it comes to composing symphonies, Britain... —
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the music is just a delight to listen to: not just as a pleasurable background noise, but for the way it entertains while elegantly dodging the predictable at every turn...The performances are... —
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David Lloyd-Jones and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra put up a typical potent, well-considered case for both works. —
