Cyril Scott is a find for dedicated fans of English fin de siècle music. Symphonies, concertos, chamber music, piano music; he wrote it all, and in an immediately ingratiating and instantly memorable style. Admired in its time both in England and on the Continent, Scott's music is more brilliantly colorful and more imaginatively varied than the music of his contemporaries Parry and Stanford, and far better formed and crafted than his contemporaries Bantock and Brian. With this 2008 Chandos disc, Martyn Brabbins and the ...
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Cyril Scott is a find for dedicated fans of English fin de siècle music. Symphonies, concertos, chamber music, piano music; he wrote it all, and in an immediately ingratiating and instantly memorable style. Admired in its time both in England and on the Continent, Scott's music is more brilliantly colorful and more imaginatively varied than the music of his contemporaries Parry and Stanford, and far better formed and crafted than his contemporaries Bantock and Brian. With this 2008 Chandos disc, Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Philharmonic have added another brick to the wall of Scott's posthumous revival. Previously, they had issued discs of his Third and Fourth symphonies and his Violin Concerto; here, they release a coupling of his First Symphony and Cello Concerto, both of them world-premiere recordings. The symphony from 1899 is a work from the composer's twentieth year, and while it has some of the marks of youth -- a touch of bombast and a tad too much sentimentality -- it also has strong...
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Add this copy of Concerto for Violincello & Orchestra to cart. $35.67, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Chandos.
