Bbc Symphony Orchestra / Brabbins,Martyn - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.5 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Essential listening... Inchfabulously assuredInch... Inchunequivocally excellentInch, are just a few of the critical superlatives earned by Martyn Brabbins's magnificent Vaughan Williams symphony cycle. In this, the penultimate of the series, two of the late symphonies are coupled with more rare works.

Anonym / Aufschnaiter / Storace / Valente - Brunnenthaler Konzertsommer [COMPACT DISCS] date 03/24/2017

Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear, in a seminal year approaching his debut at the BBC proms, presents his new album of works by Sergei Prokofiev, alongside the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Litton.Proclaimed Incha phenomenonInch by the Los Angeles Times and Inchone of the best pianists of his generationInch by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Stewart Goodyear has carved out a formidable international reputation as both concert pianist and composer, with an impressive catalogue of recorded repertoire to date. Following on from his releases of Beethoven, Ravel, Gershwin and his own suite for piano and orchestra, InchCallalooInch along with his piano sonata, Goodyear's new recording features some of the greatest works in the repertory the Op. 16 and Op. 26 Piano Concertos, as well as the Piano Sonata no. 7 in B flat major.This ambitious undertaking, with it's roots in the struggles of the 2020 pandemic, is inherently personal to Goodyear, as he revisits one of the key composers from his very first days on the piano recital circuit, and channels the youthful dynamism and vibrancy central to Prokofiev's music. With Goodyear's sage and seasoned take on these three works, the album takes on another dimension that of steadfast endurance in the face of personal challenges.