Payne - Visions and Journeys: Orchestral Works
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Label: NMC Recordings
Cat No: NMCD281
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Expected Release Date: 17th May 2024
Contents
Works
Half-Heard in the StillnessOrchestral Variations 'The Seeds Long Hidden'
Visions and Journeys
Artists
BBC Symphony OrchestraConductors
Martyn BrabbinsAndrew Davis
Works
Half-Heard in the StillnessOrchestral Variations 'The Seeds Long Hidden'
Visions and Journeys
Artists
BBC Symphony OrchestraConductors
Martyn BrabbinsAndrew Davis
About
Among the remarkable generation of British composers born in the 1930s, Payne is probably best known for his masterful realistion of the sketches Edward Elgar left behind for an unfinished Third Symphony. Recorded by the BBC Symphony Orchestra for release by NMC in 1998, and described by The Times as "a landmark in the history of British music," this work quickly became NMC's bestselling album of all time (a title it holds to this day).
"For a time its huge success dominated his life, and he found it unexpectedly difficult to return to his own music," recalls Colin Matthews. "Visions and Journeys, completed in 2002, marked his return to large-scale composition". Here, a BBC Proms recording of the album's title work, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis, is paired with exceptional studio recordings of two other works, again played by the BBCSO, this time conducted by Martyn Brabbins.
In the programme note for The Seeds Long Hidden (1992-94), Payne details the transcendental feeling he experienced when hearing Brahms's First Symphony for the first time as a child. In this set of Orchestral Variations, he charts this important moment in his musical life, as well as several "other formative encounters with composers who have helped to shape my view of things." Payne describes Half-Heard in the Stillness (1987) as a tone poem, which "somehow draws together the sonorous 'objets trouvés' which float into the mind during intense contemplation of a still landscape".
A vital part of NMC's work is to provide a platform for works of the giants of the twentieth century which have not yet been released. We are pleased to be releasing this album during our 35th anniversary year, and are grateful to all who have made this important project possible.
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