Credits:

LLOYD-JONES, ROYAL SCOTTISCH NO

Description:

Bucks Symphony No. 6 captivates the listener from the very beginning of its powerful and heroic first movement. The subsequent development is also magnificent, and the brilliance of the orchestrationwhich combines power and delicacycould even be described as reaching the pinnacle of fulfillment. Throughout the piece, rich musical ideas emerge one after anothersuch as the folk-inspired sounds in the middle of the second movement and the overwhelming climax in the third movement, with its unique structure of slow-fast-slowand one is amazed by their inexhaustible variety. The two short pieces included on this recording excel particularly in their lyrical expression; the meltingly sweet interpretation in At Twilight, for example, gives the impression of a poem brought to life by the orchestra.