Daniel Jones - Symphonies Nos. 4, 7 & 8

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Groves, conductor
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra
Bryden Thomson, conductor

Label: Lyrita
Copyright: 2007 Lyrita Recorded Edition, England
Catalogue number: SRCD.329
UPC/EAN: 5020926032928
Format: CD
Analogue / Digital recording: ADD
Number of discs: 1
Total playing time: 78.05
Price: £ 14.99 (+ postage & packing)

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Daniel Jones was one ofWales’s leading composers in the post-1945 era and one of the most distinguished symphonists of his generation. He was born in Pembroke and brought up in Swansea, a city which became something of a magnet for Jones throughout his life, and it was in his home town’s university that he took a first in English before later being awarded an MA for his work on the Elizabethan Lyric (and later still an honorary D Litt). It was also here that he met, and struck up lasting friendships with, Dylan Thomas, Vernon Watkins, Alfred Janes and other "free spirits" who shared Jones’s zest for life.

Symphony No. 4 (1954) (In memory of Dylan Thomas) Daniel Jones (1912 - 1993) 31.35
1 1. Maestoso 11.06
2 2. Allegro capriccioso 9.35
3 3. Adagio - moderato - adagio 10.54
Symphony No. 7 (1972) Daniel Jones (1912 - 1993) 21.54
4 1. Risoluto 5.13
5 2. Espressivo 7.21
6 3. Scherzando 2.13
7 4. Solenne - 5. Con brio 7.07
Symphony No. 8 (1972) Daniel Jones (1912 - 1993) 24.32
8 1. Misterioso - agitato - misterioso 5.49
9 2. Scherzando - serioso - scherzando 6.12
10 3. Capriccioso 3.01
11 4. Doloroso 6.08
12 5. Con brio ma sempre nobilmente 3.22