Arnold: The Complete Symphonies

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Arnold’s love of melody alone means that he deserves to be better known, and those who turn to him for the first time are likely to find a sound-world that is open and welcoming to new explorers. — MusicWeb International, June 2015 More…

Release Date: 30th Mar 2015
Catalogue No: CHAN10853(4)X
Label: Chandos
Series: Classics, Arnold Complete Symphonies
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

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Arnold, D: Symphony No. 1, Op. 22

Work length30:21

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$6.50

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 25-26 April 1994
Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

I. Allegro

Track length12:11

$2.15

$2.60

II. Andantino

Track length10:07

$1.60

$1.95

III. Vivace con fuoco

Track length8:03

$1.60

$1.95

Arnold, D: Symphony No. 2, Op. 40

Work length31:08

$5.30

$6.50

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 25-26 April 1994
Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

I. Allegretto

Track length6:22

$1.05

$1.30

II. Vivace

Track length4:37

$1.05

$1.30

III. Lento

Track length13:53

$2.15

$2.60

IV. Allegro con brio

Track length6:16

$1.05

$1.30

Arnold, D: Symphony No. 3, Op. 63

Work length33:50

$5.90

$7.15

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 22-23 November 1993
Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

I. Allegro

Track length12:21

$2.15

$2.60

II. Lento

Track length14:16

$2.15

$2.60

III. Allegro con brio

Track length7:13

$1.60

$1.95

Arnold, D: Symphony No. 4, Op. 71

Work length40:36

$6.95

$8.45

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 22-23 November 1993
Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

I. Allegro

Track length13:59

$2.15

$2.60

II. Vivace ma non troppo

Track length4:57

$1.05

$1.30

III. Andantino

Track length13:06

$2.15

$2.60

IV. Con fuoco

Track length8:34

$1.60

$1.95

Arnold, D: Symphony No. 5, Op. 74

Work length32:33

$5.85

$7.15

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 7 February 1995
Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

I. Tempestuoso

Track length9:49

$1.60

$1.95

II. Andante con moto

Track length11:28

$2.15

$2.60

III. Con fuoco

Track length5:03

$1.05

$1.30

IV. Risoluto

Track length6:13

$1.05

$1.30

Arnold, D: Symphony No. 6, Op. 95

Work length25:20

$4.25

$5.20

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 6-7 February 1995
Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

I. Energico

Track length7:52

$1.60

$1.95

II. Lento

Track length10:51

$1.60

$1.95

III. Con fuoco

Track length6:37

$1.05

$1.30

Arnold, D: Symphony No. 8, Op. 124

Work length24:37

$4.25

$5.20

Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
Recorded: 30 January 2001
Recording Venue: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, United Kingdom

I. Allegro

Track length10:19

$1.60

$1.95

II. Andantino

Track length8:35

$1.60

$1.95

III. Vivace

Track length5:43

$1.05

$1.30

Arnold, D: Symphony No. 7, Op. 113

Work length31:57

$5.35

$6.50

Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
Recorded: 22-23 January 2001
Recording Venue: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, United Kingdom

I. Allegro energico

Track length13:19

$2.15

$2.60

II. Andante con moto

Track length12:07

$2.15

$2.60

III. Allegro

Track length6:31

$1.05

$1.30

Arnold, D: Symphony No. 9, Op. 128

Work length47:09

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
Recorded: 31 January 2001
Recording Venue: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, United Kingdom

I. Vivace

Track length8:49

$1.60

$1.95

II. Allegretto

Track length8:04

$1.60

$1.95

III. Giubiloso

Track length6:00

$1.05

$1.30

IV. Lento

Track length24:16

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This four-CD box set presents the complete cycle of the award winning recordings of Sir Malcolm Arnold’s Symphonies under two of the finest conductors of their times, both exclusive to Chandos: the late Richard Hickox and Rumon Gamba, respectively conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic.

The set is a must-have for all fans of Arnold as well as for those who want to know more about his symphonic compositions.

Among the English symphonists of the twentieth century, Malcolm Arnold is one of the very few prolific high-profile masters of the genre – comparable to Vaughan Williams and his nine symphonies. The emotional and colouristic range of his style, together with his structural originality, sets his achievements apart from those of his compatriots who, likewise, engaged with the symphony to any significant extent.

The depth of Arnold’s artistic vision was strikingly demonstrated by the monumental Fifth Symphony (1961), which left many distinguished reviewers perplexed by its disconcerting juxtaposition of the profound and the banal. Arnold’s late symphonies build on the strengths of their predecessors, reflecting tension and contrasts in quite different ways. As so often in Arnold’s work, the humorous and the funereal continue to exist side by side.

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June 2015

Arnold’s love of melody alone means that he deserves to be better known, and those who turn to him for the first time are likely to find a sound-world that is open and welcoming to new explorers.

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