Along with their new release of the symphonies come these reissues of orchestral works, repackaged and recombined (in order to complement rather than compete with the new Handley release, I assume). While this is an important and extremely satisfying series, volume 7 is in a class of its own, containing as it does two large-scale works and at least one indisputable masterpiece.The Symphonic Variations hardly calls for dazzling virtuous displays (and no one familiar with Bax would presumably expect it), thou..
