Parry should be considered one of the great "unknown" composers. His work is eloquent, stately, and inspiring to many of us. Thank you for posting this!
I just walked across the garden over the morning dew on the grass. One late, adventitious sunflower waved stately at me in the breeze from its crack in the terrace. Then I came back to my study and wrote to the accompaniment of Parry. Life can be great!
What a great and very underrated symphony. At various times uplifting, lyrical, elegiac and finally supremely glorious in its finale. Thank you very much for posting.
Oftentimes, as a fine music lover, I may feel to be the only one left in the world. But then I click such favorite channels as KuhlauDilfeng2, listen to such (new, for me)gems as this symphony by Parry, and then read the comments below....and then I don't feel quite so alone. Cheers!
This is a fantastic community of music lovers on You Tube. We have learned from and absorbed the lessons of the Canon of Austro-German workaholic school of music. We are committed to discovering the rest of all of it. Just loving it all here.
I can do without a fair amount of Parry, but these 5 symphonies are in a different class altogether. They are up there with the symphonies of Elgar, RVW & Bax. And so incredibly English. I love them to bits.
Thank you for sharing so many great works that many of us have never heard before. I hadn't realised that were so many English composers of symphonies!
I've known this work since Sir Adrian Boult's recording of the piece on the EMI label back in 1978. I haven't heard it in a while, but I'm glad I came back to it. It is a beautiful example of Edwardian symphonic music, and for all the influence of Brahms in this work, it's hard to imagine it being written by any other than an Englishman.
Very lyrical and very Brahmsian. I had previously only thought of Parry in terms of "Jerusalem" and a few sacred pieces like "I Was Glad". I will look out for other instrumental works by him in future.
Fulvio Polce -- Nice hearing from you again Commendatore! How is life inside The Vatican? Are you able to leave now and then? Con i Migliori Auguri di Buona Salute .... da San Agustinillo, Oaxaca!
Sorry! Can't hear any similarity between Elgar's Second Symphony and this. A friend of Elgar even called Elgar's Second Symphony his "Snarl Symphony" . If I wanted to relax, i would put on this symphony, not Elgar's second symphony.
I don't know why Elgar's 2 symphonies get played reasonably frequently (in the U.K. at least) while Parry's get totally ignored. There have been many revivals of neglected first class works over the past 20 years, perhaps it's time for Parry to be re-assessed?
His output is a real treasure trove. I have not heard a single work that I didn't at least like, and quite a few which I consider neglected masterpieces.
I totally disagree - this symphony is very professional for sure with some really great moments but lacks Nielsen's individuality and brilliance. However, music is both objective and subjective and we respond to composers in our own way, that's the great thing about great music!
Un pò in ritardo (1912),una bella sinfonia che sarebbe stata composta trent'anni prima. Il riferimento è Brahms ,che entra praticamente in tutti i movimenti.
Funny that such works live in relative obscurity. So many good ideas worked on so tirelessly by an obviously brilliant man... beautiful and sublime.
Parry should be considered one of the great "unknown" composers. His work is eloquent, stately, and inspiring to many of us. Thank you for posting this!
Michael Patterson -- Yes, EXACTLY! Bravo from San Agustinillo !
I just walked across the garden over the morning dew on the grass. One late, adventitious sunflower waved stately at me in the breeze from its crack in the terrace. Then I came back to my study and wrote to the accompaniment of Parry. Life can be great!
I'd agree-in fact,I'd even go so far as to say Life can be wonderifically fantastilubrious!
What a great and very underrated symphony. At various times uplifting, lyrical, elegiac and finally supremely glorious in its finale. Thank you very much for posting.
Oftentimes, as a fine music lover, I may feel to be the only one left in the world. But then I click such favorite channels as KuhlauDilfeng2, listen to such (new, for me)gems as this symphony by Parry, and then read the comments below....and then I don't feel quite so alone. Cheers!
Do not ever feel alone my friend. we are many and happy friends;)
Compared to the Descapito lovers we may be few, but we exist, no doubt about it.
This is a fantastic community of music lovers on You Tube. We have learned from and absorbed the lessons of the Canon of Austro-German workaholic school of music. We are committed to discovering the rest of all of it. Just loving it all here.
@@kaybeenullenvoyde9196 This stream made me happy. Love the music on TH-cam and love the folks who explore and enjoy.
Hi, Paul. Listen to another great British composer: William Alwyn. I am addicted to his 3rd symphony.
I can do without a fair amount of Parry, but these 5 symphonies are in a different class altogether. They are up there with the symphonies of Elgar, RVW & Bax. And so incredibly English. I love them to bits.
"I Was Glad," in fact VERY glad, that Sir Hubert brought us this masterpiece!
Hmm,interesting. But I think I can top that-I was very very very very VERY EXTREMELY GLAD,MASSIVE TIDAL WAVES OF GLADNESS pouring out of every pore!😎
What a touching piece of music with a chamberish melodism like that.
It's not often I want to listen to a symphony for a second time straight away. This one is the case.
Thank you for sharing so many great works that many of us have never heard before. I hadn't realised that were so many English composers of symphonies!
I've known this work since Sir Adrian Boult's recording of the piece on the EMI label back in 1978. I haven't heard it in a while, but I'm glad I came back to it. It is a beautiful example of Edwardian symphonic music, and for all the influence of Brahms in this work, it's hard to imagine it being written by any other than an Englishman.
abdul7591 Absolutely!
I love Hubert Parry Musjc Please Put More Parry Music On TH-cam, Expecially His Cantatas, And Oratorio's R. K.
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Not only amazing musical finds here, but great artwork too! Thanks.
Ajhfllyer
Often reflecting Parry's love of yachting and the sea.
Very lyrical and very Brahmsian. I had previously only thought of Parry in terms of "Jerusalem" and a few sacred pieces like "I Was Glad". I will look out for other instrumental works by him in future.
What beautiful music!
My favorite is the second movement. It seems to convey a noble yearning for something or someone.
Very nice symphony, well scored in late Romantic style and with own contribution too.
Good performance of the LPO.
Thank for up load.
Fulvio Polce -- Nice hearing from you again Commendatore! How is life inside The Vatican? Are you able to leave now and then? Con i Migliori Auguri di Buona Salute .... da San Agustinillo, Oaxaca!
@@steveegallo3384 fatti i cazzi tuoi..
GENIUS!
A fine work. Thank you.
Maravilloso!!!
Clearly Sir Hubert had attended Sir Edward's 2nd symphony premiere in 1911. Elgar's spirit and passion cross-pollinated this sublime music.
Sorry! Can't hear any similarity between Elgar's Second Symphony and this. A friend of Elgar even called Elgar's Second Symphony his "Snarl Symphony" . If I wanted to relax, i would put on this symphony, not Elgar's second symphony.
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spirit and passion the man said
If the Heaven exists,this kind of music will be there.
Wonderful comment.
I don't know why Elgar's 2 symphonies get played reasonably frequently (in the U.K. at least) while Parry's get totally ignored. There have been many revivals of neglected first class works over the past 20 years, perhaps it's time for Parry to be re-assessed?
Definately. Him and Standford are the two composers I'd like to see performed as frequently at least as Mendelssohn.
There is a 3rd Elgar symphony. 2nd is my fave, dating back to '76.
@@Quotenwagnerianer Stanford is a huge fave of mine. Also those irish rhapsodies!!!
His output is a real treasure trove. I have not heard a single work that I didn't at least like, and quite a few which I consider neglected masterpieces.
I definitely wouldn't stand for bashing of Elgar's two (they're fantastic), but the neglect of Parry is much more than it should be.
Marvellous!
Is it just my imagination, or is this last last symphony less "English" than the other four?
Hello! This painting is amazing...do you know its name please?
This is certainly better than Neilson's 3rd Symphony!
I totally disagree - this symphony is very professional for sure with some really great moments but lacks Nielsen's individuality and brilliance. However, music is both objective and subjective and we respond to composers in our own way, that's the great thing about great music!
They are different kinds of excellent. Nielsen's 3rd has and continues to provide many ecstatic moments for me...ever since 1981 or so,
I can't understand why anyone comparatively ranks composers. Art is not a competition.
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Agreed! But my father likes Nielson's symphonies and I don't think he is as keen on this.
@@sherlockholmeslives.1605 But remember, it's Nielsen.with an "e".
whats the painting.
_Funeral Procession_ (1848) by Francis Danby.
thanks.
Un pò in ritardo (1912),una bella sinfonia che sarebbe stata composta trent'anni prima.
Il riferimento è Brahms ,che entra praticamente in tutti i movimenti.
Well, it beats the hell out of C.V. Stanford. At least that's something to be said in its favor.