Matthew Taylor: Viola Concerto & Symphony No. 2

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Altogether a splendid demonstration of the individual mastery of a composer who certainly deserves wider appreciation. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2013 More…

Release Date: 1st Jul 2013
Catalogue No: TOCC0175
Label: Toccata Classics
Length: 58 minutes

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Taylor, M: Viola Concerto, Humoreskes, Op. 41

Work length22:19

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Sarah-Jane Bradley
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Garry Walker

I. Andante comodo

Track length5:05

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II. Presto

Track length1:56

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III. Larghetto

Track length6:24

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IV. Molto adagio

Track length3:54

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V. Finale. Allegro riotoso

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Taylor, M: Symphony No. 2, Op. 10

Work length36:36

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BBC Symphony Orchestra
Garry Walker

I. Moderato e maestoso

Track length11:40

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II. Vivacissimo – Poco e poco stringendo – Presto

Track length8:06

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III. Lento sereno

Track length7:50

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IV. Allegro fluente

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Matthew Taylor’s sense of musical architecture extends the symphonic tradition of Sibelius and Nielsen into the modern age. The mighty symphonies of Robert Simpson are an important influence on Taylor’s style. Taylor’s Second Symphony, first drafted when the composer was only 27, responds to the symphonic challenge with a mighty explosion of energy, the four movements representing the development of the human embryo from conception to birth. Taylor’s fellow-composer Robin Holloway described the Symphony as ‘exceedingly powerful – tough, cogent, persuasive, compelling’. The more inward, reflective Viola Concerto pays homage in spirit, though not in style, to Sibelius’ Humoresker for violin and orchestra and Schumann’s Humoreske for piano. The is the third CD that Garry Walker has conducted for Toccata Classics, after the two well-received releases of Havergal Brian recorded with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra on his native soil.

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October 2013

Altogether a splendid demonstration of the individual mastery of a composer who certainly deserves wider appreciation.

18th July 2013

Simpson's approach to symphonic writing seems to have left the deepest impression on Taylor's own music...there are other composers in the stylistic mix that he has created for himself – Sibelius and Nielsen most obviously, but Tippett and occasionally Britten too. None of them is merely imitated; all inform the music rather than dominate it.

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