Rodney Newton: Orchestral Music, Volume One

The English musician Rodney Newton (b.1945) earned his living as an orchestral timpanist and percussionist, becoming known primarily for his works for brass bands. Until now his substantial output for orchestra has remained completely unknown. This first recording of two early symphonies reveals a composer with a natural sense of melody, drama and colour, and a strong feeling for landscape, in the tradition of such earlier British symphonists as Vaughan Williams and Arnold. The tone poem Distant Nebulae, inspired by Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, reflects the vastness of the heavens in music of understated beauty and elegance.

Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrea Šestaková, violin (Track 2)
David Llavata, trumpet (Track 8)
Paul Mann, conductor

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    Symphony No. 1 (1967–69)

  1. I Lento – Allegro – Meno mosso – Allegro assai
  2. II Lento ma con moto
  3. III Allegro con brio
  4. Symphony No. 4 (1975)

  5. I Metamorphoses: Lento – Allegro energico
  6. II Elegy: Lento
  7. III Scherzo malevolo: Allegro vivo – Andante – Tempo primo – Moderato
  8. IV Passacaglia, Variations and Epilogue: L’istesso tempo – Poco piu mosso – Tempo Primo – Adagio – Largo
  9. Distant Nebulae (1979)

  10. Distant Nebulae

FIRST RECORDINGS

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Catalogue No: TOCC0459
EAN/UPC: 5060113444592
Release Date: 01.02.2018
Composer: Rodney Newton
Artists: Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Mann

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