Dyson: Symphony in G / Overture, At the Tabard Inn / In Honour of the City
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GEORGE DYSON
Dyson: Symphony in G / Overture, At the Tabard Inn / In Honour of the City
London Symphony Chorus / City of London Sinfonia / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor
[ Chandos Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 3 May 2005
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'This is a very fine recording, beautifully set in the glowing acoustic of the Blackheath Hall.'
- Gramophone on In Honour of the City and At the Tabard Inn
'An exceptionally fine work, with an unexpected richness of orchestration… unlike any other English symphony of its time… Hickox conducts a splendid performance…'
- The Daily Telegraph on the Symphony in G
'Hickox and his CLS forces do Dysons immensely personable music proud, and the sound is warm and true to match.'
Hi-Fi News on the Symphony in G
In June 1939, a few months before the outbreak of World War II, Dyson conducted a performance of his Symphony in G at Canterbury Cathedral. A critic remarked on the unforgettable impression which the work made on him:'of something strong, purposeful and high, of which the austerities and richnesses, the firm lines and jewelled colours, were so much in harmony with the character of the Cathedral it was as if one could hear the great building… It was, too, an experience of England…' Within a few years, the music of George Dyson - traditional and optimistic - was seen as out of touch and totally neglected. It was the rediscovery of Dyson's music by the late Christopher Palmer in the early 1980s which led to Chandos' fine series of recordings, through which this music has gradually been restored to circulation.
