Magnificent, simply magnificent. That it should still have been possible to compose a traditional modernist symphony in 1990; that it should still have been possible to write a large-scale work that follows in the tradition of Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Nielsen, Sibelius, and Shostakovich; that it should still have been possible to write soaring melodies and wrenching harmonies set within monumental structures and driven by propulsive rhythms; that anyone should still have been capable of doing such a thing is ...
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Magnificent, simply magnificent. That it should still have been possible to compose a traditional modernist symphony in 1990; that it should still have been possible to write a large-scale work that follows in the tradition of Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Nielsen, Sibelius, and Shostakovich; that it should still have been possible to write soaring melodies and wrenching harmonies set within monumental structures and driven by propulsive rhythms; that anyone should still have been capable of doing such a thing is nearly unimaginable. That he should do it so well is truly unimaginable.And yet here is the proof: Robert Simpson's Symphony No. 11 from 1990 coupled with his Nielsen Variations from 1983 performed by the London Sinfonia conducted by Matthew Taylor. In these superb performances, both works grip the listener from the first notes and doesn't let him/her go until the end, taking him/her through music that is in the tradition and that extends the tradition. In his Symphony No. 11, Simpson...
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