York Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (Music CD) available on May 11 2015 from Base for 11.19
Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 available on February 01 2015 from Amazon for 11.16
UPC bar code 095115167021 ξ1 registered September 27 2014
UPC bar code 095115167021 ξ2 registered February 01 2015
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Classical Audio
Manufacturered by Chandos
Product weight is 0.23 lbs.
York Bowen has a distinguished reputation as a composer and was considered to be one of Britain's finest pianists. In his day he was known as 'The English Rachmaninoff', and Saint-Saëns described him as 'the most remarkable of the young British composers'. The works of York Bowen tend to display a blend of romanticism and strong individuality, and although his influences include the likes of Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Grieg, and Tchaikovsky, his music is also strongly defined by textures and harmonies that are uniquely 'Bowen'. This recording presents the only two surviving symphonies by Bowen: Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 2, which are performed here by the BBC Philharmonic under the exclusive Chandos artist Sir Andrew Davis.
