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In the exceptionally well-filled third volume of their Stanford series, David Lloyd-Jones and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra offer accomplished an sympathetic performances. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Apr 2008
Catalogue No: 8570355
Label: Naxos
Series: Stanford Symphonies
Length: 80 minutes

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Stanford: Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 94, "In Memoriam G.F. Watts"

Work length37:25

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones

I. Allegro con brio

Track length8:10

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II. Adagio e molto espressivo

Track length14:00

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III. Scherzo and Trio. Presto -

Track length4:48

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IV. Moderato e maestoso

Track length10:27

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Stanford: Symphony No. 3 in F minor 'Irish', Op. 28

Work length42:35

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones

I. Allegro moderato

Track length12:28

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II. Allegro molto vivace

Track length6:56

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III. Andante con moto

Track length11:56

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IV. Finale. Allegro moderato con fuoco

Track length11:15

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Proms 2008

In the exceptionally well-filled third volume of their Stanford series, David Lloyd-Jones and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra offer accomplished an sympathetic performances.

2010

Completed in 1887, the Irish Symphony enjoyed considerable acclaim both at home and abroad (von Bülow and Richter were early champions, and in 1910 Mahler conducted two performances in New York). After a solidly constructed opening Allegro moderato, the Irish flavour comes to the fore with a disarming hop, skip and jig of a scherzo, followed by a nobly beautiful lament (of markedly Brahmsian hue and framed by some gorgeous harp-writing) and a finale which deploys two folk tunes and ties up the threads in rousingly effective fashion. Lloyd-Jones's is, in fact, the second recording of this lovable creation we've had from Bournemouth and represents a more dynamic and luminous voyage of discovery than its sturdier 1982 predecessor under Del Mar (EMI). Handley's sprightly 1986 Ulster account (Chandos) is arguably more cogent than either but now sounds a little raw next to this judiciously balanced newcomer.
Written very quickly in the spring of 1905 as a personal response to the recent death and legacy of the esteemed Victorian artist George Frederick Watts (1817-1904), the Sixth Symphony has fared less happily, receiving a mere two performances until its Belfast revival under Handley some 80 years later. A looser-limbed affair than its lengthier bedfellow here, it still affords a sizeable quotient of incidental pleasures (the glowingly sincere slow movement and consolatory closing pages stand out from their garrulous surroundings).
Lloyd-Jones masterminds an affectionate, finely disciplined reading, with tensions kept agreeably on the boil throughout, though again it's Handley (Chandos) who better disguises any architectural shortcomings. No matter, it all adds up to another thoroughly desirable (and, at just over 80 minutes, generous) coupling in this useful series.

September 2008

Another high-quality addition to David Lloyd-Jones's rewarding Stanford cycle.

24th May 2008

[These symphonies] could not expect to receive more devoted performances than these: David Lloyd-Jones tends the folk tunes of the Irish with loving care, and the Bournemouth players enjoy the novel instrumental touches in No 6.

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