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CLASSICO The British Symphonic Collection
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Catalogue Number: CLASSCD204
Price: £13.50
TEMPORARILY OUT OF PRINT

The British Symphonic Collection Volume 1

GORDON JACOB 1895-1984
SYMPHONY NO. 2 ~ WORLD PREMIERE
A LITTLE SYMPHONY ~ WORLD PREMIERE
A FESTIVAL OVERTURE ~ WORLD PREMIER

Munich Symphony Orchestra

conducted by Douglas Bostock
For reasons not easy to understand Gordon Jacob has been left out of the recording and concert repertoire for some considerable time so this CD brought out by the Danish label, Classico, is more than welcome. Both symphonies on this disc are unmistakably English in character and well worth getting to know. The CD booklet comes with an excellent set of notes on the music and includes the composer's own comments on his music.

REVIEWS OF CLASSCD204

….Douglas Bostock directs the first in a new series of British music from this very enterprising Danish label. The playing of the Munich orchestra is absolutely splendid…"

David Denton - Yorkshire Post, Nov. 1998

“Jacob was an immensely skilful composer and in these two symphonic works not a note sounds out of place..."

Terry Barfoot - BBC Music Magazine, Nov. 1998

"Bostock and the Munich Orchestra greatly at ease in the idiom…..very warmly recommended……the disc comprises a set of recording premieres."
Rob Barnett - Classical Music on the Web, January 1999