Orchestral, Symphonies, Sawyers (composer)
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[Grand Rapids] stands up as a remarkable achievement for a student composer of barely 21. There's some Shostakovich in there too, and, like his models, Sawyer's discourse is well paced and logical,... — More…
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Philip Sawyers: Cello Concerto & Symphony No. 2
Maja Bogdanovic (cello)
Orchestra Of The Swan, Steinberg Duo: Louisa Stonehill (violin) & Nicholas Burns (piano), Kenneth Woods
performed here with thrilling conviction and formidable assurance...Sawyers's excitingly integrated music marries a genuine lyrical impulse to a genuine thematic substance and marvellously invigorating... — More…
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Sawyers: Symphony No. 3, Songs of Loss and Regret & Fanfare
April Fredrick (soprano)
English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
Philip Sawyers’s Third Symphony (2015) is undoubtedly one of the finest British symphonies of recent years…The performance is terrific, and terrifically committed, superbly marshalled by Kenneth... — More…
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Philip Sawyers: Symphony No. 4 & Hommage to Kandinsky
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kenneth Woods
Kenneth Woods is in his element with this kind of music, and the excellent musicians of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales are cleanly and spaciously recorded. Indeed, sound quality is an improvement... — More…
