Following his stupefyingly huge Symphony No. 1 in D minor, "The Gothic" (which is famous and infamous for being the most massively scored symphony in history), Havergal Brian's immense Symphony No. 2 in E minor seems quite modest in comparison and almost reasonably laid out, though it was composed for a full-size post-Romantic orchestra and ...
Havergal Brian's "Gothic" Symphony is the biggest, grandest, and most monumental symphony ever written. Composed in two gargantuan parts of three huge movements each, the Gothic's opening instrumental movements get progressively wilder and his closing choral orchestral setting of the Te Deum gets progressively weirder. Draped in gaudy colors and ...
Due to legends surrounding Havergal Brian's prolific output and the extraordinary demands he places on performers and listeners, his music is much discussed but seldom played or heard; indeed, few labels have committed the necessary resources to promote his work, so much of his daunting oeuvre remains a subject of idle speculation. But in the ...
Here again at last is the first fully professional recording of the music of Havergal Brian: Myer Fredman and the London Philharmonic's Lyrita coupling of his Sixth and Sixteenth symphonies. When first released on LP in 1973, listeners did not know what to make of it. And who can blame them? A protégée of Elgar and contemporary of Vaughan Williams ...
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