H WOOD Snapshots of London. Egypta
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Composer or Director: Haydn Wood
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Dutton Epoch
Magazine Review Date: 02/2019
Media Format: Super Audio CD
Media Runtime: 77
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CDLX7357
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Festival March |
Haydn Wood, Composer
BBC Concert Orchestra Gavin Sutherland, Conductor Haydn Wood, Composer |
Snapshots of London: Suite |
Haydn Wood, Composer
BBC Concert Orchestra Gavin Sutherland, Conductor Haydn Wood, Composer |
Cities of Romance |
Haydn Wood, Composer
BBC Concert Orchestra Gavin Sutherland, Conductor Haydn Wood, Composer Nathaniel Anderson-Frank, Violin |
Egypta: An Egyptian Suite |
Haydn Wood, Composer
BBC Concert Orchestra Gavin Sutherland, Conductor Haydn Wood, Composer |
Three Famous Cinema Stars: Suite |
Haydn Wood, Composer
BBC Concert Orchestra Gavin Sutherland, Conductor Haydn Wood, Composer |
Royal Castle: Suite |
Haydn Wood, Composer
BBC Concert Orchestra Gavin Sutherland, Conductor Haydn Wood, Composer |
Manx Countryside Sketches |
Haydn Wood, Composer
BBC Concert Orchestra Gavin Sutherland, Conductor Haydn Wood, Composer |
Author: Andrew Mellor
The sun is always shining in Haydn Wood land and his landscapes are often indistinguishable, from the clipped green meadows of Windsor to the windswept ruggedness of the Isle of Man. Where Wood does manage to evoke the particulars of a certain place, the results tend towards off-the-shelf caricature, as in his musical portraits Cities of Romance (Budapest, Venice, Seville) and An Egyptian Suite – the latter sounding just as you’d expect it to from a mid-century Englishman.
Wood pushes his expression a little more in depictions of Ivor Novello from Three Famous Cinema Stars and of Caernarfon from the Royal Castles suite, with the hint of something personal wanting to express itself in the latter (both are proof that he could step out of dandy mode and deliver something almost heartening). Wood’s orchestration is consistently effective, if not groundbreaking, and the playing here radiates enjoyment, but we hear a few vocal instructions from conductor Gavin Sutherland that puncture the atmosphere.
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