Hello Max and Rodders !! Bax's music is so highly sensuous, colorful, often, "dreamy" and magical ! It seems he used his own dense, chromatic language, to depict nature and do it withuut the angst one hears in works by some of his contemporaries. This seeems to be an attribute he shared with members of the wonderful, so-called, Pastoral School. "Life-affirming music," like Rodders said.
I get your argument; although, unless Bax JUST repeated verbatim (i.e. copied) Wagner and Debussy (highly doubtful), one could say this piece represents Bax's language, perhaps (?) not as well-defined or matured as later pieces ...
Up until today I was only familiar with Bax by name only. This sounds like British light music. It is so amazingly beautiful and incredibly refreshing. Thank you for your channel.
In the early 70s, I became something of a Bax obsessive, seeking out whatever I could find by him. At that time, his music was hardly "well-known", recordings being few and far between, although Lyrita issued LPs of five of the symphonies and a good portion of piano music. Since the 80s, however, Chandos and Naxos have more than made up for the dearth of material. I recall the thrill I felt when this EMI recording was issued, containing these three pieces which are as good a way as any to enter the Baxian soundworld. Hints of Celtic Twilight, more thoroughly developed elsewhere by him, are here given an almost "light" apparel.
Same here. After hearing Bax for the first time, finding more of his works became an obsession of mine. The Chandos and Naxos releases were wishes fulfilled. What a rich and inventive voice Bax had.
Greetings, Max ! Slowly listening to Bax's orchestral works ... amazing, I find his music, very peaceful, even in energetic passages that move to climax !
Hello Max and Rodders !! Bax's music is so highly sensuous, colorful, often, "dreamy" and magical ! It seems he used his own dense, chromatic language, to depict nature and do it withuut the angst one hears in works by some of his contemporaries. This seeems to be an attribute he shared with members of the wonderful, so-called, Pastoral School. "Life-affirming music," like Rodders said.
Not really 'his own language' at this juncture. He was clearly laying the fresher influence of Debussy on top of his familiarity with Wagner.
I get your argument; although, unless Bax JUST repeated verbatim (i.e. copied) Wagner and Debussy (highly doubtful), one could say this piece represents Bax's language, perhaps (?) not as well-defined or matured as later pieces ...
Up until today I was only familiar with Bax by name only. This sounds like British light music. It is so amazingly beautiful and incredibly refreshing. Thank you for your channel.
In the early 70s, I became something of a Bax obsessive, seeking out whatever I could find by him. At that time, his music was hardly "well-known", recordings being few and far between, although Lyrita issued LPs of five of the symphonies and a good portion of piano music. Since the 80s, however, Chandos and Naxos have more than made up for the dearth of material. I recall the thrill I felt when this EMI recording was issued, containing these three pieces which are as good a way as any to enter the Baxian soundworld. Hints of Celtic Twilight, more thoroughly developed elsewhere by him, are here given an almost "light" apparel.
Same here. After hearing Bax for the first time, finding more of his works became an obsession of mine. The Chandos and Naxos releases were wishes fulfilled. What a rich and inventive voice Bax had.
Greetings, Max ! Slowly listening to Bax's orchestral works ... amazing, I find his music, very peaceful, even in energetic passages that move to climax !
@hectorbarrionuevo. Greetings to you as well, Hector! Yes, I never totally recovered from my initial Bax obsession.......
@@maxmerry8470 Hahah ! That's a great obsession (Baxsession) to have !
Arnold Bax:Három darab kis zenekarra
1.Esti darab 00:00
2.Ír táj 07:27
3.Tánc a Napfényben 16:37
Angol kamarazenekar
Vezényel:Sir Jeffrey Tate
Aký nezmysel!
R.I.P. Jeffrey Tate.
I love these pieces by Bax and he has plenty more in his locker. Does not get the exposure he deserves.