BBC Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Emily Beynon - John McCabe: Symphony No. 4 & Flute Concerto (1999)

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 4 "Of Time and the River": Ia. Allegro deciso –
02. Symphony No. 4 "Of Time and the River": Ib. Allegro deciso –
03. Symphony No. 4 "Of Time and the River": Ic. Allegro deciso –
04. Symphony No. 4 "Of Time and the River": Id. Allegro deciso –
05. Symphony No. 4 "Of Time and the River": Ie. Allegro deciso –
06. Symphony No. 4 "Of Time and the River": If. Molto adagio
07. Symphony No. 4 "Of Time and the River": IIa. Largo –
08. Symphony No. 4 "Of Time and the River": IIb. Largo –
09. Symphony No. 4 "Of Time and the River": IIc. Largo –
10. Symphony No. 4 "Of Time and the River": IId. Largo –
11. Symphony No. 4 "Of Time and the River": IIe. Allegro deciso –
12. Symphony No. 4 "Of Time and the River": IIf. Mesto
13. Flute Concerto: I. Allegro vivo –
14. Flute Concerto: II. Allegro vivo –
15. Flute Concerto: III. Maestoso. Adagio. Moderato –
16. Flute Concerto: IV. Andante flessibile. Quasi allegretto. Moderato. –
17. Flute Concerto: V. Come prima
18. Flute Concerto: VI. Vivo –
19. Flute Concerto: VII. Moderato. Andante. Quasi allegretto –
20. Flute Concerto: VIII. Lento con moto –
21. Flute Concerto: IX. Allegro deciso –
22. Flute Concerto: X. Andante

First recordings of two powerful works from the pen of one of our major composers, John McCabe, who is celebrating his sixtieth birthday this year. Of Time and the River (the title is taken from Thomas Wolfe's novel) is actually the published title of McCabe's Fourth Symphony, written in 1993/4 to a commission by the BBC. The Flute Concerto was written for James Galway in 1989/90 and he gave the first performance of it in 1990 with Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra who commissioned the work. Here it is played by the outstanding young flautist Emily Beynon in her first recording for Hyperion.

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