Arnold: Symphony No. 7, Philharmonic Concerto & Fantasy on a theme of John Field

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This useful anthology brings together three of Malcolm Arnold's most powerfully distinctive and deeply personal works...[Donohoe] plays with coruscating aplomb, his partnership with Yates and... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2015 More…

Release Date: 19th Jan 2015
Catalogue No: CDLX7318
Label: Dutton
Series: Epoch
Length: 73 minutes

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Arnold: Philharmonic Concerto, Op.120

Work length14:48

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Malcolm Arnold, Peter Donohoe (soloist)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates

I. Intrada (Vivace)

Track length4:56

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II. Aria (Andantino)

Track length6:29

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III. Chacony (Energico)

Track length3:23

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Arnold: Fantasy On a Theme of John Field Op. 116: Moderato e Molto Ritmico - Moderato - Vivace - Etc

Work length22:11

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Malcolm Arnold, Peter Donohoe (soloist)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates

Field: Nocturne No. 7 in C Major (Rèverie) for Solo Piano: Träumerisch

Work length5:03

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John Field, Peter Donohoe (soloist)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates

Arnold: Symphony No. 7 Op. 113

Work length31:10

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Malcolm Arnold, Peter Donohoe (soloist)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates

I. Allegro Energico

Track length12:01

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II. Andante Con Moto - Molto Vivace - Lento

Track length12:17

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III. Allegro - Allegretto - Allegro - Prestissimo - Allegretto - Allegro

Track length6:52

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With three major works by Malcolm Arnold from the mid-1970s, Dutton Epoch surveys his music written in Ireland. The focus of the programme is Arnold’s Seventh Symphony, dissonant and exhilarating by turns in the first movement and ending with Irish elements crowned by a riotous Irish reel complete with the pounding rhythm of a marching drum. The distinctive sound of a cowbell in the outer movements characterises the music in memory. Peter Donohoe is the commanding pianist in the Fantasy on a theme of John Field op.116. Arnold called it “a piano concerto in one movement” in a piece in which John Field’s radiant seventh Nocturne for piano is subjected to a variety of treatments from wild march and circus music to lush romantic panoply. The London Philharmonic Orchestra commissioned that vigorous display piece, the Philharmonic Concerto op.120, for an American tour. It is in fact a sort of Concerto for Orchestra – and the RSNO rise to its colourful demands with typical verve. The composer promised it would offer “the glorious sound of a symphony orchestra,” and it certainly does in the RSNO’s brilliant playing.

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July 2015

This useful anthology brings together three of Malcolm Arnold's most powerfully distinctive and deeply personal works...[Donohoe] plays with coruscating aplomb, his partnership with Yates and the RSNO evincing a wealth of character, valiant emotional scope and sense of danger that compel from start to finish...I can report that Yates and company lend it understanding and affectionate advocacy.

Arnold: Symphony No. 7, Philharmonic Concerto & Fantasy on a theme of John Field

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