Michael Nyman - Piano Concerto / Where the Bee Dances - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This re- of an SWRmusic bestseller contains Elgar's first symphony, which marks the first real breakthrough of English symphonic music. The first performance was given by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Hans Richter in Manchester, England, on 3 December 1908. It was widely known that Elgar had been planning a symphony for more than ten years, and the announcement that he had finally completed it aroused enormous interest. The critical reception was enthusiastic, and the public response unprecedented. The symphony achieved what The Musical Times described as Inchimmediate and phenomenal successInch, with a hundred performances in Britain, continental Europe and America within just over a year of it's première. Reviewers lauded it as the most noble work ever penned by an English composer. The present recording, under the baton of Sir Roger Norrington exemplifies his style which got to be known as InchStuttgart SoundInch.

During the 1940s Hubert Klyne Headley became internationally known as a composer, concert pianist, and conductor. Given the former popularity of Headley' music - Howard Hanson described the California Suite as a Inchbrilliant score.Inch

Trio 1790 - 5 Piano Trios [COMPACT DISCS] date 08/23/1994