William Wordsworth: Orchestral Music, Volume One
The music of London-born William Wordsworth (1908–88) – a great-great-grandson of the poet’s brother Christopher – lies downstream from that of Vaughan Williams and Sibelius. Like that of his contemporary Edmund Rubbra, Wordsworth’s music unfolds spontaneously, as a natural process, with a sense of grandeur perhaps enhanced by his move to the Scottish Highlands in 1961. Three of the four works recorded here display the sober dignity of the instinctive symphonist; the Variations on a Scottish Theme reveal a sly sense of humour behind the serious countenance.
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
John Gibbons, conductor
Listen To This Recording:
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Divertimento in D, Op. 58 (1954)
- I Overture
- II Air
- III Gigue
- Poco adagio – Allegro
- Theme: Allegretto (♩. = c. 72)
- Variation 1
- Variation 2: ♩. = c. 72 or may be poco meno mosso
- Variation 3: ♩ = 108?
- Variation 4: L’istesso tempo
- Variation 5: Adagio espressivo
- Variation 6: Tempo I (72)
- Variation 7: ♩ = 108
- Variation 8: Andante espressivo
- Variation 9: Tempo I
- I ♪ = 69 – Animato
- II Allegro – Meno mosso
- III Allegro – Meno mosso (with alternative ending)
Symphony No. 4 in E flat, Op. 54 (1953)
Variations on a Scottish Theme, Op. 72 (1962)
Symphony No. 8, Pax Hominibus, Op. 117 (1986)
FIRST RECORDINGS
*LIVE RECORDING
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