CD, Brian (composer)
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Brian: Symphony No. 1 'Gothic'
RecommendedSusan Gritton (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Peter Auty (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass) & David Goode (organ)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Concert Orchestra, The Bach Choir, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Brighton Festival Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, Côr Caerdydd, Eltham...
the best [recording] yet. There's an ongoing buzz of Proms atmosphere that grips from start to finish; and the recorded sound succeeds phenomenally at somehow fitting Brian's hugest climaxes... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th November 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2012, Editor's Choice
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Brian: Agamemnon & Symphonies Nos 6 & 12
John Findon (Agamemnon), Eleanor Dennis (Clytemnestra), Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Cassandra), Robert Murray (Watchman), Clive Bayley (Herald/Old Man)
English National Opera Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
If anyone can convince us of the worth of this one-act drama of Aeschylus’s tragedy of Agamemnon’s last bloody bath it's Martyn Brabbins, a doughty champion of Brian’s music...All credit to... — More…
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Havergal Brian: Symphonies Nos. 29, 30, 31 & 32
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Myer Fredman, Charles Mackerras, Lionel Friend
Philharmonia Orchestra
The single-movement No. 31 is a delightfully conversational free fantasy in the hands of Charles Mackerras, while No. 32 is no symphonic farewell, still full of energy and invention. — More…
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Havergal Brian: Symphonies Nos. 5, 19 & 27
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Brabbins and his Scottish forces pounce on every glinting detail and quirk…Roderick Williams squeezes every lyrical drop from the sometimes arid vocal line, though it's the orchestral details... — More…
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Brian: Symphony No. 3 in C sharp minor
Andrew Ball (piano), Julian Jacobson (piano)
Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Friend
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Havergal Brian: The Cenci
Helen Field (Beatrice Cenci), David Wilson-Johnson (Count Cenci), Ingveldur Yr Jonsdóttir (Lucretia), Justin Lavender (Orsino/Bernardo), Stuart Kale (Cardinal Camillo)
Millennium Sinfonia, James Kelleher
Brianophiles will, no doubt, acquire this set, but so should anyone with the slightest interest in 20th-century opera. Strongly recommended. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Archive Issue of the Month
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New. Havergal Brian: Complete Choral Songs, Vol. 1
Ascolta, Gavin Roberts, Christine Hankin, Imogen Barford, Finchley Children’s Music Group, John Evanson, Peter Broadbent, Grace Rossiter
Joyful Company of Singers
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Havergal Brian: The Vision of Cleopatra
Claudia Boyle (Iris), Angharad Lyddon (Charmion), Claudia Huckle (Cleopatra), Pater Auty (Antony), Nicholas Ansdell-Evans (organ)
English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Martyn Brabbins
Brabbins’s meticulously prepared versions…must now be considered definitive. — More…
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Havergal Brian: Faust
Peter Hoare, (Faust), David Soar (Mephistopheles), Allison Cook (Gretchen), William Morgan (Raphael), Robert Hayward (Gabriel), Elgan Llyr Thomas (Michael), Simon Bailey (Der Herr [God], Bösergeist [Evil Spirit]), David Ireland (Erdgeist [Earth Spirit]), Katie Coventry (Schüler [Student]), Nicholas...
The opera is a remarkable achievement...The central roles are all well done. Tenor Peter Hoare summons up the entire range and expressive variety required for Faust. David Soar’s voluminous... — More…
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Havergal Brian's Sixth and Sixteenth Symphonies were recorded in April 1973. The Sixth (1948), incorporating material from an abandoned opera on Synge's Deirdre of the Sorrows, is highly illustrative... — More…
