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William Wallace - Creation Symphony, Pelleas & Melisande | Hyperion - Helios CDH55465

William Wallace - Creation Symphony, Pelleas & Melisande

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Label: Hyperion - Helios

Cat No: CDH55465

Barcode: 0034571154657

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st September 2014

Contents

Artists

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Martyn Brabbins

Works

Wallace, William Vincent

Creation Symphony
Pelleas and Melisande: Suite
The Eumenides: Prelude

Artists

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Martyn Brabbins

About

Prior to the making of this recording in 1997 it seems that no one had performed Wallace’s Creation Symphony for nearly a hundred years and yet, in the history of the symphony in Britain, it is unprecedented in its scope and daring. The work guides us through the first few verses of the Book of Genesis, but not in the literalistic manner of, say, Haydn’s Creation - Wallace conjures up intense emotions as a response to the contemplation of such poetic symbolism (many fascinating aspects of this symbolism are detailed by John Purser in the accompanying booklet, including strands interweaving Wallace’s own life with the business of Creation).

Wallace’s Pelléas and Mélisande Suite predates the compositions by Debussy and Sibelius on the same theme by several years. It is a work of extravagantly heart-on-sleeve passion, and yet both this Suite and the equally rewarding Prelude to The Eumenides remain virtually unknown.

Another Hyperion winner’ - Gramophone

It is incredible that a composer of this strength has been so overlooked. On the evidence of this recording alone he should be treated as a national treasure’ - The Scotsman

Three superb romantic scores. The symphony is a major discovery’ - Yorkshire Post

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