cilgwyn
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Funnily enough,I put on his Symphony,this morning and it's still playing NOW!
George Dyson: Symphony in G City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox
I gather some people prefer the Naxos recording,but I'm quite happy with this and,what some people might regard as,the meagre playing time. I'm a fan of the Chandos sound (I think Thomson's Bax recording's sound spectacular! Although,maybe I have a problem with ear wax?! ::) ;D) and just having the symphony allows me to focus all my attention on it! The Symphony has a Straussian lushness to the orchestration,without the pomposity of (some of his epoch making tone poems)! Yet,it still sounds,quintessentially,English! It's full of lovely & often exciting orchestration. If I was that antiques chap on the tv with the loud suit's I might even call it "a right Bobby dazzler"! My only slight criticism is that,at one point,he brings out a truly glorious theme (that always has me dropping everything to listen to it) only for Dyson to,seemingly,forget all about it,never to return to it again! I feel a true master like Rachmaninov would have wrung it for all it's worth and,probably,brought it back towards the end?! But enough of comparison's! ::) Who am I to criticise? I can just about play The March of the Wooden Soldiers and Chopsticks! ::) It's a lovely symphony! :) :) :) Incidentally,the Chandos Cd I own has a lovely painting on the front!
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guest822
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I have the Naxos version which seems to have received very good reviews; I haven't heard the Chandos and so I can't compare them. In any case, I am no Dyson expert. In fact, I only realisesd I had a recording of his Symphony when Albion extolled the virues of Dyson in another thread some while ago and I went a-searcing my catalogue to see what I had of his and, blow me down, there it was. Please tell me I'm not alone on this forum in having records that I had entirely forgotten I'd bought! I also have a download of the Chandos recording of the Violin Concerto and I'd forgotten I had that too. :-\
Nevertheless, I must investigate the choral music which has so enthused y'all.
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Albion
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Nevertheless, I must investigate the choral music which has so enthused y'all.
Yes, please do investigate! Dyson's choral works are a great legacy, and now all are superbly recorded as listed below... :D Funnily enough,I put on his Symphony,this morning and it's still playing NOW! The orchestral works are splendid too! The Naxos and Chandos discs are great: you can't have too much of such a splendid composer... ;)
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"A piece is worth your attention, and is itself for you praiseworthy, if it makes you feel you have not wasted your time over it." (Sydney Grew, 1922)
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guest822
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Nevertheless, I must investigate the choral music which has so enthused y'all.
Yes, please do investigate! Dyson's choral works are a great legacy, and now all are superbly recorded as listed below... :D ??? ;D
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