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Notes and Editorial Reviews
Malcolm Arnold has been a central figure in British musical life for fifty years, believing that ‘to be asked by a performer whose accomplishment one admires is the greatest incentive to write music’. His Symphony No. 2, for Charles Groves and his Bournemouth Orchestra, and Concerto for Two Pianos, for Phyllis Sellick and Cyril Smith, both reflect this, and in Handley’s performances they are certainly colourful...
Performance: **** Sound: *****
-- Terry Barfoot, BBC Music Magazine
Malcolm Arnold has been a central figure in British musical life for fifty years, believing that ‘to be asked by a performer whose accomplishment one admires is the greatest incentive to write music’. His Symphony No. 2, for Charles Groves and his Bournemouth Orchestra, and Concerto for Two Pianos, for Phyllis Sellick and Cyril Smith, both reflect this, and in Handley’s performances they are certainly colourful...
Performance: **** Sound: *****
-- Terry Barfoot, BBC Music Magazine
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Works on This Recording
1.
Symphony no 2, Op. 40 by Malcolm Arnold
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1953; England
2.
A Grand, Grand Overture, Op. 57 by Malcolm Arnold
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1956; England
3.
Concerto for 2 Pianos (3 hands), Op. 104 by Malcolm Arnold
Performer:
David Nettle (Piano),
Richard Markham (Piano)
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1969; England
4.
Carnival of Animals, Op. 72 by Malcolm Arnold
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1960; England
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