Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia - William Alwyn: Oboe Concerto & Three Concerti Grossi (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 245 Mb | Total time: 60:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN8866 | Recorded: 1990
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 245 Mb | Total time: 60:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN8866 | Recorded: 1990
William Alwyn was a prolific composer with over sixty film scores, five symphonies, a couple of piano concertos, a variety of chamber music and a large number of miscellaneous pieces to his credit. At the heart of his music is an atmospheric pleasantness that is indentifiably British, but not necessarily in the same vein as Holst or Vaughan Williams, who adapted folk material into their music. While Alwyn didn't epitomize the English "pastoral" school, some critics did accuse him of being the "master of the art of nostalgia" - an unbalanced viewpoint in my opinion. Certainly strains of folk material are heard here and there in Alwyn, but his approach is more forward looking, modern if you will.