New Russia State Symphony Orchestra & Alexander Walker - Brian: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 16 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 61:28 minutes | 1,07 GB
Classical | Label: Naxos Records, Official Digital Download
Havergal Brian’s late creativity is almost unparalleled in musical history—in the last two decades of his life he wrote 25 symphonies. No. 7, the last of his truly large-scale symphonies, was inspired by Goethe’s autobiographical account of his time as a student in Strasbourg. Symphony No. 16 is a tough single-movement work, evoking Ancient Greece and the savagery of the Persian Wars. In bright contrast The Tinker’s Wedding is a sparkling comedy overture based on the play by J.M. Synge.