Wordsworth: Orchestral Music Vol. 3

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The orchestral performance is well done, and the sound is borderline sensational. It is hard to imagine the two works being more effectively played. Recommended for anyone interested in new orchestral... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2021 More…

Release Date: 7th May 2021
Catalogue No: TOCC0600
Label: Toccata Classics
Length: 65 minutes

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Wordsworth: Cello Concerto, Op. 73

Work length31:04

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Florian Arnicans (cello)
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
John Gibbons

I Allegretto

Track length15:13

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II. Nocturne. Lento

Track length6:54

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III. Allegro vivace

Track length8:57

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Wordsworth: Symphony No. 5 in A minor, Op.68

Work length34:51

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$14.00

Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
John Gibbons

I Andante maestoso

Track length15:18

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II. Allegro

Track length6:33

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III. Andante largamente - Allegro

Track length13:00

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The music of William Wordsworth (1908–88) lies downstream from that of Vaughan Williams and Sibelius; like that of his contemporary Edmund Rubbra, Wordsworth’s music unfolds spontaneously, as a natural process. This third volume of his orchestral works brings two major scores in their first studio recordings. Wordsworth’s Cello Concerto is a work of symphonic proportions, blending angular rough-and-tumble with a sober lyricism in a style that sits somewhere between Shostakovich and Bloch. The Fifth Symphony has an even grander sense of scale, its radiant first movement and the introduction to the confident finale unfolding as calmly and unhurriedly as a change of season; the martial tone of the gruff scherzo, by contrast, is laced through by an impish sense of humour. John Gibbons has conducted most of the major British orchestras. He has been Principal Conductor of Worthing Symphony Orchestra – the professional orchestra of West Sussex – with which he has given many world premieres of neglected works. He studied music at Queens’ College, Cambridge, the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, winning numerous awards as conductor, pianist and accompanist. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, vice chairman of the British Music Society, and choral director at Clifton Cathedral. His own music has been performed in various abbeys and cathedrals as well as on the South Bank, London.

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Nov/Dec 2021

The orchestral performance is well done, and the sound is borderline sensational. It is hard to imagine the two works being more effectively played. Recommended for anyone interested in new orchestral music.

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