The Symphonies

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  First Symphony in E‐flat major: I. Allegro moderato e feroce – Moderato espressivo – Tempo I

  Sir Arnold Bax
  13:03
• 2
  First Symphony in E‐flat major: II. Lento solenne

  Sir Arnold Bax
  10:39
• 3
  First Symphony in E‐flat major: III. Allegro maestoso – Allegro vivace ma non troppo presto

  Sir Arnold Bax
  8:27
• 4
  Third Symphony: I. Lento moderato – Allegro moderato – Allegro feroce – Più lento – Lento moderato – Allegro moderato – Allegro

  Sir Arnold Bax
  16:46
• 5
  Third Symphony: II. Lento

  Sir Arnold Bax
  11:17
• 6
  Third Symphony: III. Moderato – Più mosso – Tempo I – Epilogue. Poco lento

  Sir Arnold Bax
  13:50
• CD 2
• 1
  Second Symphony in E minor and C major: I. Molto moderato – Allegro moderato – Molto largamente – Moderato semplice – Tempo I – Allegro moderato – Tempo I – Vivace

  Sir Arnold Bax
  16:26
• 2
  Second Symphony in E minor and C major: II. Andante – Più mosso – Poco largamente – Tempo I

  Sir Arnold Bax
  12:16
• 3
  Second Symphony in E minor and C major: III. Poco largamente – Allegro feroce – Meno mosso – Molto largamente

  Sir Arnold Bax
  10:22
• 4
  Fourth Symphony: I. Allegro moderato

  Sir Arnold Bax
  15:41
• 5
  Fourth Symphony: II. Lento moderato – Più mosso (Allegro moderato) – Poco largamente – Tempo I

  Sir Arnold Bax
  12:48
• 6
  Fourth Symphony: III. Allegro – Allegro scherzando – Tempo di marcia trionfale – Più largamente – Vivo

  Sir Arnold Bax
  9:51
• CD 3
• 1
  Fifth Symphony: I. Poco lento – Allegro con fuoco – Dolce meno mosso – A tempo I (Allegro con fuoco) – Moderato – Tempo I (Poco lento)

  Sir Arnold Bax
  15:51
• 2
  Fifth Symphony: II. Poco lento – Molto tranquillo – Tempo I

  Sir Arnold Bax
  10:16
• 3
  Fifth Symphony: III. Poco moderato – Allegro – Lento – Tempo I (Allegro) – Epilogue. Doppio movimento alla breve – Con brio – Più lento

  Sir Arnold Bax
  11:58
• 4
  Sixth Symphony: I. Moderato – Allegro con fuoco

  Sir Arnold Bax
  10:11
• 5
  Sixth Symphony: II. Lento, molto espressivo – Andante con moto – Meno mosso – Più lento

  Sir Arnold Bax
  8:26
• 6
  Sixth Symphony: III. Introduction. Lento moderato – Poco più vivo – Scherzo and Trio. Allegro vivace – Andante semplice – Allegro vivace – Poco largamente – Molto largamente – Tranquillando – Epilogue. Lento

  Sir Arnold Bax
  16:58
• CD 4
• 1
  Rogue’s Comedy Overture

  Sir Arnold Bax
  10:09
• 2
  Tintagel

  Sir Arnold Bax
  15:22
• 3
  Seventh Symphony: I. Allegro – Poco meno mosso – Tempo I – Poco largamente – Tempo I

  Sir Arnold Bax
  16:46
• 4
  Seventh Symphony: II. Lento – Più mosso. In Legendary Mood – Tempo I

  Sir Arnold Bax
  13:37
• 5
  Seventh Symphony: III. Theme and Variations: Allegro – Theme. Meno mosso – Tempo I – Meno mosso – Andante – Più mosso – Vivace – Molto moderato e maestoso, molto legato – Epilogue. Sereno

  Sir Arnold Bax
  13:41
• CD 5: Interview
• 1
  Introduction

  Vernon Handley & Andrew McGregor
  7:54
• 2
  Bax and Vaughan Williams

  Vernon Handley & Andrew McGregor
  1:32
• 3
  Bax and His Musical Influences

  Vernon Handley & Andrew McGregor
  1:34
• 4
  First Symphony

  Vernon Handley & Andrew McGregor
  6:21
• 5
  Second Symphony and Third Symphony

  Vernon Handley & Andrew McGregor
  15:36
• 6
  Fourth Symphony

  Vernon Handley & Andrew McGregor
  5:06
• 7
  Fifth Symphony

  Vernon Handley & Andrew McGregor
  3:08
• 8
  Sixth Symphony

  Vernon Handley & Andrew McGregor
  7:57
• 9
  Seventh Symphony

  Vernon Handley & Andrew McGregor
  5:37
• 10
  Epilogue

  Vernon Handley & Andrew McGregor
  5:56

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Words of Michelangelo 2006

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The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Volume 3 2006

Symphony no. 3 "Silence" / The Confession of Isobel Gowdie

Symphony no. 3 "Silence" / The Confession of Isobel Gowdie 2005

Release credits

• Andrew McGregor
  spoken vocals [1-10]
• BBC Philharmonic
  performing orchestra [2.1-6, 3.1-6, 1.1-6, 4.1-5]
• Brian Pidgeon
  executive [2.1-6, 4.1-5, 1.1-6, 3.1-6]
• Jonathan Cooper
  editor [1.1-6, 2.1-6, 4.1-5, 3.1-6]
• Mike George
  producer [2.1-6, 3.1-6, 1.1-6, 4.1-5]
• Stephen Rinker
  sound [3.1-6, 2.1-6, 1.1-6, 4.1-5]
• Vernon Handley
  conductor [2.1-6, 1.1-6, 3.1-6, 4.1-5], spoken vocals [1-10]

Issues

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  The Symphonies

  5x CD
  13 October 2003