Arnold Bax: Symphonies - Complete (Chandos Audio CD)

Contents

COMPACT DISC ONE
First Symphony (1921-22) in E flat major - in Es-Dur - en mi bémol majeur
(To John Ireland)
1 I Allegro moderato e feroce - Moderato espressivo - Tempo I
2 II Lento solenne
3 III Allegro maestoso - Allegro vivace ma non troppo presto

Third Symphony (1928-29) for Orchestra
(To Sir Henry J. Wood)
4 I Lento moderato - Allegro moderato
5 II Lento
6 III Moderato - Più mosso - Tempo I

COMPACT DISC TWO
Second Symphony (1924-26) in E minor and C major - in e-Moll und C-Dur - en mi mineur et ut majeur
(To Serge Koussevitzky)
1 I Molto moderato - Allegro moderato
2 II Andante - Più mosso - Poco largamente

Fourth Symphony (1930)
(To Paul Corder)
4 I Allegro moderato
5 II Lento moderato - Più mosso (Allegro moderato)
6 III Allegro - Allegro scherzando

COMPACT DISC THREE
Fifth Symphony (1931-32)
(To Jean Sibelius)
1 I Poco lento - Allegro con fuoco
2 II Poco lento - Molto tranquillo - Tempo I
3 III Poco moderato - Allegro - Lento - Tempo I (Allegro)

Sixth Symphony (1934-35)
(To Adrian Boult)
4 I Moderato - Allegro con fuoco
5 II Lento, molto espressivo - Andante con moto
6 III Introduction. Lento moderato - Poco più vivo

COMPACT DISC FOUR
premiere recording
Rogue's Comedy Overture (1936)
(To Julius Harrison)
Allegro - Brillante molto

Tintagel (1917-19)
(To Miss Harriet Cohen)
Very moderate tempo - Very quiet - Più mosso

Seventh Symphony (1938-39)
(To the People of America)
I Allegro - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I
II Lento - Più mosso. In Legendary Mood - Tempo I
III Theme and Variations: Allegro

COMPACT DISC FIVE
Interview with Vernon Handley by Andrew McGregor
Introduction
Bax and Vaughan Williams
Bax and his musical influences
First Symphony
Second Symphony and Third Symphony
Fourth Symphony
Fifth Symphony
Sixth Symphony
Seventh Symphony
Epilogue