Wilfred Josephs: Symphony No. 5 & Requiem

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Release Date: 2nd Oct 2015
Catalogue No: SRCD2352
Label: Lyrita
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

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Josephs: Symphony No. 5, Op. 75 "Pastoral"

Work length35:12

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Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
David Measham

I. Andante

Track length8:01

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II. Vivace leggero

Track length8:06

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III. Adagio

Track length9:20

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IV. Intermezzo Notturno - V. Epilogue. Lo stesso tempo

Track length9:45

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Josephs: Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, Op. 68

Work length21:54

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Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
David Measham

I. Theme

Track length2:26

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II. Adagio

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III. Poco più mosso

Track length1:24

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IV. Prestissimo possible

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V. Passacaglia. Lento e molto espressivo

Track length5:03

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VI. Vivo

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VII. Andante

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VIII. Allegretto

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IX. Intermezzo. Allegretto scherzando

Track length0:59

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X. Finale. Allegro brillante - Prestissimo

Track length2:23

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Josephs: Requiem, Op. 39

Work length59:06

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Adelaide String Quartet, Robert Dawe, Pamela de Almeida, Daphne Harris
Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
David Measham

No. 1, Requiescant

Track length4:58

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No. 2, Magnified and Sanctified

Track length6:18

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No. 3, Let His Great Name Be Blessed

Track length5:06

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No. 4, Blessed, Praised and Glorified

Track length5:33

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No. 5, Lacrimosa

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No. 6, Let the Name of the Lord Be Blessed

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No. 7, De Profundis

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No. 8, My Help Is from the Lord

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No. 9, Monumentum

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No. 10, He Who Maketh Peace

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Recorded in the presence of the composer.

Still widely regarded as one of Josephs’ most important works, his Requiem Op.39 (1963), was written in memory of the Jews who died during the Holocaust. With this score he achieved international success when, in December 1963, it won the first International Composition Competition of La Scala and the City of Milan. In January 1967 Max Rudolf introduced the piece to the United States in concerts in Cincinnati a nd New York and in 1972 the Chicago Symphony Orchestra programmed it three times under Ca rlo Maria Giulini who referred to it as ‘the most important work by a living composer’.

Josephs’ Variations on a Theme of Beethoven is one of a number of pieces, such as the 1 965 Canzonas on a Theme of Rameau, which derive their inspiration from music of the past and constitute a tribute to an earlier creative artist. The dedication describes the Variations as ‘humbly offered’ in honour of the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. It was completed in March 1969 and premiered at Carnegie Hall, New York, by the London Symphony Orchestra under André Previn on 23 January 1970, the bicentenary year.

Josephs’ Fifth Symphony ‘the Pastoral’, op.75, was begun on 11 August 1970 and the orchestration completed on 27 February 1971. Like Beethoven before him, Wilfred Josephs uses his ‘Pastoral Symphony’ as a means of expressing his feelings as a city-dweller about visiting the countryside. In fact most of the score was written in his Hampstead home rather than the cottage his family rented in the country and some of the composer’s desire to get away from his urban surroundings to commune with nature is reflected in the piece.

Wilfred Josephs: Symphony No. 5 & Requiem

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