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Both symphonies contain some attractive ideas, they're beautifully scored and carefully worked out, and they make enjoyable listening… David Lloyd-Jones certainly makes a strong case for both,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Oct 2007
Catalogue No: 8570289
Label: Naxos
Series: Stanford Symphonies
Length: 74 minutes

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Stanford: Symphony No. 2 in D minor 'Elegiac'

Work length34:47

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones

I. Allegro appassionato

Track length10:22

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II. Lento espressivo

Track length9:01

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III. Scherzo. Allegro con fuoco

Track length4:31

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IV. Adagio - Allegro

Track length10:53

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Stanford: Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 56, "L'Allegro ed il Pensieroso"

Work length39:40

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones

I. Allegro moderato

Track length9:40

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II. Allegretto grazioso

Track length6:30

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III. Andante molto tranquillo

Track length10:43

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IV. Allegro molto

Track length12:47

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November 2007

Both symphonies contain some attractive ideas, they're beautifully scored and carefully worked out, and they make enjoyable listening… David Lloyd-Jones certainly makes a strong case for both, and the excellent Bournemouth players respond with collective discipline and solo expressivity.

2010

Although labelled Elegiac and prefaced with lines from Tennyson's In memoriam, Stanford's Second Symphony (1880) wears a largely untroubled demeanour. In fact, it's a thoroughly congenial, skilfully scored creation, with frequent glances of approval towards Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms and Dvorák, yet it received just two performances in 1882 and 1883 before falling into oblivion. Vernon Handley revived it with the Ulster Orchestra in 1990 and went on to record it a year later as part of his pioneering Stanford symphony cycle (Chandos). Like Handley, David Lloyd-Jones proves an undisruptive, clear-headed guide, while the playing of the Bournemouth SO has an extra finish, buoyancy and lustre that tip the scales in his favour.
Honours are more evenly divided in the altogether meatier Fifth Symphony of 1894, which derives its subtitle and inspiration from Milton's twinned poems L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. Lloyd- Jones's bright-eyed approach is especially effective in the first two movements (the rustic Scherzo gambols along most winningly), whereas it's Handley who better captures the more thoughtfully restrained character and inexora- ble grandeur of the work's second half. Moreover, Chandos's 1987 Ulster Hall production has the estimable advantage of an organ in situ for the symphony's heady apotheosis (its initial entry on the Naxos disc is too discreet – the sound is otherwise very pleasing). Tiny grumbles aside, Lloyd-Jones's remains a strongly recommendable pairing and should be snapped up without delay.

David Lloyd-Jones proves an undisruptive, clear-headed guide, while the playing of the Bournemouth SO has an extra finish, buoyancy and lustre that tip the scales in his favour.

December 2007

In memoriam, Stanford's Second Symphony… wears a largely untroubled demeanour. Like Handley, David Lloyd-Jones proves an undisruptive, clear-headed guide, while the playing of the Bournemouth SO has an extra finish, buoyancy and lustre that tip the scales in his favour.

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