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Bax - Symphony No. 2 in E minor and C major
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Orchestral » Symphonies
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This Bax symphony cycle comes under the baton of the composer's doughtiest champion, and superlatives are in order. Even seasoned Baxians will be startled by the propulsive vigour and sinewy... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2003, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Orchestral
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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If Raymond Leppard's account of the Fifth operates at a slightly lower voltage, his cannily paced, sensitive and meticulously prepared reading none the less remains a most distinguished contribution... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Re-issue of the Month
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Special offer. Bax: Symphony No. 2 & November Woods
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
From the grinding dissonances at the outset through to the inconsolable coda, Lloyd-Jones and his orchestra bring out the unremitting toughness of Bax's uncompromising, breathtakingly scored... — More…
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Bax: Symphony No. 2 & Winter Legends
John McCabe (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens, Raymond Leppard
Bax’s sophisticated scoring needs modern recording to do it justice. Still, Eugene Goossens’s powerful 1950s reading of the Second Symphony impresses, and John McCabe is a fine soloist in Winter... — More…
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Special offer. Arnold Bax: Complete Symphonies and Other Orchestral Works
David Lloyd-Jones
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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7 CDs
Original price ($45.50) Reduced price $34.12