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Re: Gerald Finzi

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On Sunday, June 2, 2002 at 3:56:03 PM UTC-10, mah...@lvcm.com wrote:
> Last nite I picked up the Naxos recording (8.555766) of three of Finzi's
> works: the Cello concerto, the Eclogue for piano and strings, and the
> Grand Fantasia & Toccata.
> The disc features the Northern Sinfonia conducted by Howard Griffiths,
> with Tim Hugh on cello and Peter Donohoe on piano.
> This version of the Eclogue is the best I've heard... and I have Martin
> Jones with the English String O. on Nimbus (NI 5366), and Howard
> Ferguson with the City of London Sinfonia on EMI (7 49627 2). Sound is
> absolutely first-rate.
> I had not heard the Cello concerto before. It is a wonderful, lyrical
> work, infused with tragic emotions, probably stemming from the fact that
> Finzi wrote it after he found out about his incurable illness.
> Like the Eclogue, the Naxos version of the Grand Fantasia & Toccata is,
> I think, the best available now, beating Philip Fowke with the Royal
> Liverpool P.O. conducted by Richard Hickox (EMI 7 49913 2); I think
> other versions on CD might be OOP (but I haven't checked). This piece is
> really quite exciting and I'm surprised it's not played at US concerts;
> it would be an audience favorite.

(Recent Y. upload):

Dave's Faves: My Personal Favorite Recordings (No. 32) Finzi