Brian: Agamemnon & Symphonies Nos 6 & 12

With Havergal Brian's 'Agamemnon' and Symphonies Nos 6 & 12, Martyn Brabbins and his English National Opera forces pay tribute to one of the great mavericks of British music. All three works belong to Brian's immensely productive old age and display the composer's powerfully individual voice at its most concentrated: the earliest work recorded here (Symphony No 6) was composed in 1948 when he was 72 (with a further 26 symphonies to be written), while the single-act opera 'Agamemnon' and Symphony No 12, both from 1957, ushered in the final phase of an extraordinarily long creative life.