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Arnold Bax (1883-1953)

 

 
Orchestral Works,  Vol 8 
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1 Enchanted Summer 28:04        
2 Walsinghame 16:59
3 Fatherland 6:50
  2 CD Set
Orchestral Works,  Vol.7
COMPACT DISC ONE  
 Winter Legends 43:27 
1 I Allegro 14:02  2 II Lento, molto espressivo 15:17  3 III Molto moderato - Allegro molto 7:51 4  Epilogue. Molto cantabile 6:15
COMPACT DISC TWO  
 Symphonic Variations 49:51 
      Part One 23:06 
1  Theme. Lento espressivo 3:01   2  Variation I 'Youth'. Allegro: Restless and tumultuous 4:03   3  Variation II 'Nocturne'. Slow and serene: Broadly 8:05   4  Variation III 'Strife'. Allegro vivace 5:57

Orchestral Works,  Vol.6
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1. Gopak (National Dance). Allegro    Deciso 
2. Nocturne (May Night In The Ukraine). Tempo Moderato Quasi Andante
3. In A Vodka Shop. Allegro Vivace 
4. Glamour 
5. Slumber Song 
6. Eternity 
7. A Lyke-Wake (Border Ballad) 
8. I Prelude, Act I. Andante 
9. IV Prelude, Act II, Scene 1. Pavane. Tempo Pomposo
10. VII Prelude, Act II, Scene 2. Allegro Appassionato
11. VIII Prelude, Act III, Scene 1. Poco Lento
12. IX Prelude, Act III, Scene 2. Maestoso
13. X Mary Stuart's Prayer. Lento
14. For Piano And Small Orchestra
15. Allegro Moderato Ma Con Molta Vivacita

Works for Chorus and Orchestra
Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
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1 St Patrick's Breastplate (1923) 14:49  Nocturnes (1911)* 8:18
2 1 Aufblick. Lento 4:13 
3 2 Liebesode. Andante - Molto tranquillo 3:58    4 The Morning Watch (1935) 16:50 
5 To the Name above every Name (1923)* 20:03 

Orchestral Works, Vol.5
Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
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1 Festival Overture* 15:36 
2 Christmas Eve 17:53    Malcolm Hicks organ          
3 Dance of Wild Irravel 5:24         
4 Nympholept 17:50     5 Paean 3:19        
6 Overture to a Picaresque Comedy 10:51        
7 Cortège 5:49 

The Symphonies
 Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
 £29.99    Five CD Set 
    
   The Symphonies 
COMPACT DISC ONE  
 First Symphony (1921-22) 31:58 
      in E flat major - in Es-Dur - en mi bémol majeur  
      for Orchestra  
      To John Ireland  
1 I Allegro moderato e feroce - Moderato espressivo - Tempo I 12:56
2 II Lento solenne 10:34 
3 III Allegro maestoso - Allegro vivace ma non troppo presto 8:17
 Third Symphony (1928-29) 41:51  for Orchestra  To Sir Henry J. Wood  
4 I Lento moderato - Allegro moderato - 16:42 
5 II Lento 11:12 
6 III Moderato - Più mosso - Tempo I - 13:48 
       74:03 
   COMPACT DISC TWO  
 Second Symphony (1924-26) 38:54  in E minor and C major - in e-Moll und C-Dur - en mi mineur et ut majeur 
      for Orchestra  To Serge Koussevitzky  
1 I Molto moderato - Allegro moderato - 16:20  
2 II Andante - Più mosso - Poco largamente - 12:11 
3 III Poco largamente - Allegro feroce - Meno mosso - 10:13
 Fourth Symphony (1930) 38:19 
 for Orchestra  To Paul Corder  
4 I Allegro moderato 15:35 
5 II Lento moderato - Più mosso (Allegro moderato) - 12:45
6 III Allegro - Allegro scherzando - 9:50 
  77:24 
 
        
COMPACT DISC THREE  
 Fifth Symphony (1931-32) 37:55 
for Orchestra   To Jean Sibelius  
1 I Poco lento - Allegro con fuoco - 15:46 
2 II Poco lento - Molto tranquillo - Tempo I 10:12 
3 III Poco moderato - Allegro - Lento - Tempo I (Allegro) - 11:48Sixth Symphony (1934-35) 35:33 
      for Orchestra  To Adrian Boult  
4 I Moderato - Allegro con fuoco 10:06 
5 II Lento, molto espressivo - Andante con moto - 8:19 
6 III Introduction. Lento moderato - Poco più vivo - 16:57
       73:41 
COMPACT DISC FOUR  
1 Rogue's Comedy Overture (1936) 9:59 
      To Julius Harrison  
     2 Tintagel (1917-19) 15:13 
      for Orchestra  To Miss Harriet Cohen  
    Seventh Symphony (1938-39) 44:02 
      To the People of America  
3 I Allegro - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I - 16:39 
4 II Lento - Più mosso. In Legendary Mood - Tempo I - 13:32
5 III Theme and Variations: Allegro - 13:38 
  69:37 
 COMPACT DISC FIVE  
 Interview with Vernon Handley by Andrew McGregor  
1  Introduction 7:53 
2  Bax and Vaughan Williams 1:31    3  Bax and his musical influences 1:34 
4  First Symphony 6:21 
5  Second Symphony and Third Symphony 15:36 
6  Fourth Symphony 5:06 
7  Fifth Symphony 3:07 
8  Sixth Symphony 7:56 
9  Seventh Symphony 5:37 
10  Epilogue 5:51 
       60:43 
 
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Arnold Bax (1883-1953) Orchestral Works, Vol.4
 £7.99
  Orchestral Works, Volume 4  
1 The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew 17:30 
2 Into the Twilight 12:54 
  Part One of Éire  
3 In the Faery Hills or An Sluagh Sidhe 15:20 
  • Part Two of Éire     
4 Roscatha 10:49 
 Part Three of Éire  
'To the mountainy men of Glencolumcille'  5 A Legend 15:03 
      Symphonic poem  Allegro molto - Marcia trionfale  
 6 On the Sea Shore 7:37 
   79:37


Arnold Bax  Orchestral Works, Vol.3 £7.99
 
1 November Woods 18:36         
2 The Happy Forest 10:17        
3 The Garden of Fand 18:45  
 4 Summer Music 9:47        
5 Tintagel 15:03 
       72:49 

Arnold Bax Tone Poems  

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1 In the Faery Hills (1909, revised 1921) 15:08 
2 November Woods (1917) 20:30           
3 The Garden of Fand (1913, orchestrated 1916) 17:28
4 I Alla breve. Molto moderato - Allegro - Più lento - 8:34
5 II Andante con moto - Intenso - Molto tranquillo - 8:35
6 III Allegro - Vivace - Jubilante - Trionfale - 4:56
 
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The FIlm Music of Sir Arnold Bax
 Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
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Arnold Bax 
Complete Piano Music
£23.97
  4 CD Set

 
        
COMPACT DISC ONE 
1 Lullaby (1920) 3:53 
      Berceuse  
        
2 Country-Tune (1920) 2:00 
        
 Sonata No. 1 (1910; revised 1917-21) 19:39 
      in F sharp minor - in fis-Moll - en fa dièse mineur 
3  Not too fast and very decisive in rhythm - Allegro passionato 7:30
4  Tempo I (Allegro deciso) - Più lento - 5:28 
5  Tempo I Languido et lontano - Allegro moderato - Broad and triumphant 6:40
6 Winter Waters (1915) 6:47 
      Tragic Landscape  
        Sonata No. 2 (1919; revised 1920) 23:51 
      in G major - in G-Dur - en sol majeur  
7  Lento. Tenebroso. Slow - moderato eroico - 8:32
 8  Lento - Vivace -Tempo I 4:34 
9  Tempo I - Molto largamente - Lento 10:45 
       56:25 
        
      COMPACT DISC TWO 
 Sonata No. 3 (1926) 25:42 
      in G sharp minor - in gis-Moll - en sol dièse mineur 
1 I Allegro moderato - Vivo - Andante con moto - Tempo I - Vivace 10:26
2 II Lento moderato 8:45 
3 III Allegro - Moderato molto espressivo - Tempo I 6:20      
4 Water Music (1929) 5:38 
5 A Hill Tune (1920) 3:57     
6 In a Vodka Shop (1915) 3:27     
 Sonata No. 4 (1932) 18:37 
7 I Allegro giusto - Largamente - Vivace 5:58 
8 II Allegretto quasi andante 6:34 
9 III Allegro - Allegro maestoso - Trionfale - Tempo I 5:52
       57:49 
        
              
      
COMPACT DIsC THREE 
 Two Russian Tone Pictures (1912) 13:59 
1  Nocturne (May Night in the Ukraine) 8:17 
2  Gopak (National Dance) 5:42        
3 The Maiden with the Daffodil (1915) 4:26 
      Idyll         
4 The Princess's Rose Garden (1915) 8:17 
      Nocturne         
5 Apple-Blossom-Time (1915) 3:17        
6 On a May Evening (1918) 6:37        
7 O Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies (1945) 2:46
      Variations on a North Country Christmas Carol       
8 Nereid (1916) 4:29        
9 Sleepy Head (1915) 5:36        
10 A Romance (1918) 5:42 
11 Burlesque (1920) 2:54 
       58:42 
COMPACT DISC FOUR  
1 Whirligig (1919) 3:12       
2 What the Minstrel Told Us (1919) 9:56 Ballad         
3 Legend (1935) 7:53        
4 Dream in Exile (1916) 9:06  Intermezzo         
5 A Mountain Mood (1915) 5:38        
6 Mediterranean (1920) 3:14        
7 Serpent Dance (1929) 3:32        
8 Ceremonial Dance (1929) 4:00        
9 The Slave Girl (1919) 4:27        
10 In the Night (1914) 6:45        
11 Toccata (1913?) 5:44     
12 Paean (1920) 3:34 
 13 From 'Salzburg' Sonata (1937) 9:15 
      in B flat major - in B-Dur - en si bémol majeur 
      Lento espressivo  
       76:51 
 
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Orchestral Works, Vol.2

  Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
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      Orchestral Works, Volume 2  

Spring Fire 3
1 I In the Forest before Dawn 3:25 
2 II Daybreak and Sunrise 3:41 
3 III Full Day 7:24 
4 IV Woodland Love (Romance) 8:19 
5 V Maenads 7:43 
6 Northern Ballad No. 2 16:04 
  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  
  Vernon Handley  
7Northern Ballad No. 3 8:36 
      (Prelude for a Solemn Occasion)  
8 Mediterranean 3:54 
  London Philharmonic Orchestra  
  Bryden Thomson  
9 Symphonic Scherzo 7:30 
 
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Arnold Bax  Orchestral Works, Vol.1

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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra* 35:08 
1 I Overture, Ballad and Scherzo. Allegro risoluto - Allegro moderato - Poco largamente 14:43
2 II Adagio 11:42 
3 III Allegro - Slow valse tempo - Andante con moto 8:43
        Cello Concerto† 33:47 
4 I Allegro moderato 14:22 
5 II Nocturne. Lento - Andante con moto 10:35 
6 III Molto vivace 8:49         
7 Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)‡ 8:15 
       77:18 
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Arnold Bax  Orchestral Works

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1 London Pageant (1937) 10:28 

Concertante for Three Wind Instruments and Orchestra (1948-9) 28:32
2 I Elegy: Lento poco ad lib. 9:02 
3 II Scherzo: Allegro - Allegretto semplice 5:59 

4 III Lento 7:56 
 5 IV Allegro ma non troppo, brillante 5:23         
 6 1 Prelude 7:10 
7 2 Dance of the Water Spirits 2:20 
8 3 The Enchanter's Palace and Dance of the Slaves 3:31
9 4 Naiads 4:19 

10 5 The Hunt and Apotheosis 5:26  
11 Cathaleen-ní-Hoolihan (1903-5) 12:11 
      Tone Poem  
      

74:33 
 
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Arnold Bax 
 Bard of Dimbovitza · In Memoriam · Concertante for Piano
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1 In Memoriam 14:52 
      Slow and restrained in expression  
        
 Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra 24:07
2 I Allegro moderato 9:07 
3 II Moderato tranquillo 8:24 
4 III Rondo: Allegro moderato 6:28 
The Bard of the Dimbovitza* 37:24 
5 1 Gypsy Song 7:21 
6 2 The Well of Tears 8:50 
7 3 Misconception 8:53 
8 4 My Girdle I Hung on a Tree-top Tall 5:30 
9 5 Spinning Song 6:36 
       76:40