PROVOCATIVE THOUGHTS: 
The late Patric Standford may have written these short pieces deliberately to provoke our feedback. If so, his success is reflected in the rich range of readers' comments appearing at the foot of most of the pages.
Havergal Brian: Symphonies 7 & 16; Tinker's Wedding Overture
8.573959 (Naxos, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 61'58"
Tracks: 6
Booklet pages: 6
© 2019 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Main country of recording: RU
Country of manufacture: DE
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Havergal Brian: Symphonies 7 & 16; Tinker's Wedding Overture published on 3 June 2019
Listen: Havergal Brian: Symphony No 16 (track 6, 9:31-10:25)
Nikolai Savchenko, violin (tracks 4 and 5)
New Russia State Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Walker, conductor
Havergal Brian (1876-1972):
1 The Tinker's Wedding: Overture (1948)
Symphony No 7 in C (1948)
2 Allegro moderato
3 Allegro moderato ma maestoso
4 Adagio - Allegro moderato - Adagio
5 Epilogue: 'Once upon a time' (Moderato)
6 Symphony No 16 (1960)
Recorded 16-19 January 2018 in Studio 5, Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow, Russia