Simpson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5

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The Third Symphony is Simpson's best-known work and Vernon Handley play the symphony like the repertoire piece it deserves to be, and Hyperion's recording reveals a wealth of unsuspected detail... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: CDA66728
Label: Hyperion
Length: 70 minutes

Simpson, R: Symphony No. 3

Work length30:56

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length14:40

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IIa. Adagio

Track length3:35

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IIb. Andante

Track length2:44

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IIc. Allegretto

Track length2:05

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IId. Allegro

Track length1:15

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IIe. Vivace

Track length1:13

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IIf. Presto

Track length2:07

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IIg. Tutti

Track length2:36

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IIh. [No tempo marking]

Track length0:41

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Simpson, R: Symphony No. 5

Work length39:54

$8.80

$12.00

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

I. Allegro

Track length0:46

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IIa. Canone 1. Comodo e tranquillo

Track length0:55

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IIb. Canone 1. Comodo e tranquillo

Track length2:43

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IIc. Canone 1. Comodo e tranquillo

Track length3:54

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IId. Canone 1. Comodo e tranquillo

Track length7:10

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III. Scherzino: Molto vivace

Track length3:08

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IV. Canone 2: Adagio

Track length5:17

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V. Finale: Molto allegro e con fuoco

Track length16:01

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All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set The Complete Symphonies of Robert Simpson: One of the outstanding recording projects of our time this Hyperion series deserves to stand as a monument while other more superficially glamorous ventures rise and fall around it. If it does not do so, and if it does not eventually force Simpsons breakthrough into the orchestral repertoire, there will truly be no justice (Gramophone).

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2010

The Third Symphony is Simpson's best-known work and Vernon Handley play the symphony like the repertoire piece it deserves to be, and Hyperion's recording reveals a wealth of unsuspected detail and beauty. The Beethovenian impulse still comes across, and the abrasive edge is only slightly softened. But what has been gained is clarity, blend and perspective, plus a sense of dialogue (Simpson's polyphony never ceases to amaze) and an altogether subtler realisation of the luminosity of Simpson's scoring.
The long accumulating second movement is absorbingly poetic, witty in its dialogue, and inevitable in its conclusion.
The Fifth Symphony is surely one of Simpson's most vivid pieces. Moods of terror, anger, anxious probing and fierce determination are right on the surface, and there's a feeling of terrific will-power being exerted to transmute those moods into a symphonic experience. This is one of the great symphonies of the post-war era, magnificently realised by all concerned.

Simpson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5

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