Bbc What is Beauty

"As always, Hickox takes his time over the score, but there is less sense of self indulgence than in some of his earlier Britten recordings. He raws playing of high quality and generosity of feeling from the City of London Sinfonia. Add an exemplary choral contribution from the BBC Singers and a typically atmospheric Chandos recording, and there is no reason to resist."

Gramophone's Good CD & DVD Guide 2006

BBC - The Beauty of Anatomy (2014)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MP4/AVC @ 2556 Kbps | 5x~28min | Audio: English AAC 132 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English | 2.71 GiB
Genre: Documentary

This Series in which Dr Adam Rutherford investigates the close relationship between discoveries in anatomy and the works of art that illustrate them. His previous TV series on cells and DNA showed his ability to convey complex concepts in an easily accessible style, which he deploys again here.

Enthusiasts have long clamoured for a Bax symphony cycle under the baton of the composer’s doughtiest champion, but even they could hardly have imagined that it would appear in one fell swoop – and from the same company that has already given us a sumptuous, if admittedly uneven, series under Bryden Thomson. Hats off, then, to the BBC Manchester Music Department (and executive producer Brian Pidgeon, in particular, for pushing the project through) and to Chandos for its foresight, courage and sheer enterprise.