Hanson - Symphony No.1, Lament for Beowulf | Naxos - American Classics 8559700

Hanson - Symphony No.1, Lament for Beowulf

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Label: Naxos - American Classics

Cat No: 8559700

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 26th September 2011

Contents

Artists

Seattle Symphony Chorale
Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Gerard Schwarz

Works

Hanson, Howard

Symphony no.1 in E minor, op.21 'Nordic'
The Lament for Beowulf, op.25

Artists

Seattle Symphony Chorale
Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Gerard Schwarz

About

Howard Hanson, a composer of imagination and sweep and a colourist of huge eloquence, is one of the most approachable of all twentieth century symphonists. His guiding spirit was always Sibelius, and in the Symphony No.1 ‘Nordic’ he used the same key as in the Finnish composer’s own First Symphony. The work is haunting, rapturous and serene, beautifully orchestrated and wholly commanding.

The Lament for Beowulf, written for chorus and orchestra, dates from 1925. Its dark, brooding tension reflects its poetic inspiration with indelible force.

This is confident, generous, beautifully made music, richly (and sensitively) scored. Schwarz, and his splendid Seattle orchestra do not short-change us on any of this and they are beautifully, ripely, recorded here.” - Gramophone (on the original Delos release)

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