Frederic Cliffe, Symphony 1 and "Cloud and Sunshine" symphonic poem.

ID: CDS1055-2 (EAN: 7393338105527)  | 1 CD
Released in: 2003

LABEL:

Sterling Records

Collection:

World Premiere Recording

Subcollection:

Romantic Music

Composers:

CLIFFE, Frederic

Ensembles:

Malmö Opera Orchestra

Conductors:

FIFIELD, Christopher

Other info:

Languages of Booklet Text: English, French, German

Malmö Opera orchestra, Conductor Christopher Fifield. First English romantic on the Sterling label. Cliffe, who wrote very few works, was an intensely Bruckner-inspired composer with the same fondness of beautifully crafted theme work. The third movement is truly heaven. Cloud and Sunshine -is also a quite interesting work -the beginning really sounds as if it could be played by an organ!

First English romantic on the Sterling label. Cliffe, who wrote very few works, was an intensely Bruckner-inspired composer with the same fondness of beautifully crafted theme work. The third movement is truly heaven. Cloud and Sunshine is also a quite interesting work - the beginning really sounds as if it could be played by an organ! "The opening two-note motif that forms the symphony's rhythmic underpinning recalls Beethoven's Fifth; the jocular scherzo brims with Mendelssohnian exuberance, and the slow Ballade resounds with Wagnerian overtones. Grand Brucknerian brass chorales make startling appearances in the outer movements--really, something for everyone." - ClassicsToday