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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 & Barry: The Eternal Recurrence
Jennifer France (soprano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Ed Lyon (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Britten Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Royal Holloway Choir, Thomas Adès
The Britten Sinfonia rises brilliantly to the challenges of the cruelly exposed wind and brass writing of Barry’s work. And Jennifer France gives a spectacular account of the relentlessly high-flying...
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 & Barry: The Eternal Recurrence
Jennifer France (soprano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Ed Lyon (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Britten Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Royal Holloway Choir, Thomas Adès
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The Britten Sinfonia rises brilliantly to the challenges of the cruelly exposed wind and brass writing of Barry’s work. And Jennifer France gives a spectacular account of the relentlessly high-flying...
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The final installment in the BEETHOVEN & BARRY recording series which, over three volumes, has traced all nine of Beethoven’s Symphonies coupled with music by the celebrated Irish composer Gerald Barry.
“This set [Vol.1] cuts pristine interpretations of Beethoven’s early symphonies with Gerald Barry’s 21st- century zesty homage … tightly knit performances …”
BBC Music Magazine
Contents and tracklist
- Jennifer France, Christianne Stotijn, Ed Lyon, Matthew Rose
- Britten Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Royal Holloway Choir
- Thomas Adès
Awards and reviews
July 2021
The Britten Sinfonia rises brilliantly to the challenges of the cruelly exposed wind and brass writing of Barry’s work. And Jennifer France gives a spectacular account of the relentlessly high-flying solo soprano part...Adès’s tempos are generally on the brisk side – hair-raisingly so, in particular, in the great finale of the Eighth Symphony.
June 2021
The precision and poise of the orchestral playing is quite impressive, particularly given some of the conductor’s daringly brisk tempos, and the fact that the recordings were made at one-off concerts.
