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Sawyers: Symphony No 4; Hommage to Kandinsky
NI 6405 (Nimbus Alliance, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE (5 June 2020)
Playing time: 64'39"
Tracks: 4
Booklet pages: 16
© 2020 Wyastone Estate Ltd
Main country of recording: UK
Country of manufacture: UK
Reviewer: Giuseppe Pennisi
Review of Sawyers: Symphony No 4; Hommage to Kandinsky published on 27 August 2020
Listen: Philip Sawyers: Adagio (Symphony No 4) (track 3, 4:22-5:22)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Nick Whiting, leader
Kenneth Woods, conductor
Philip Sawyers (born 1951):
Symphony No 4 (2018)
1 Moderato
2 Presto - Moderato - Presto
3 Adagio
4 Hommage to Kandinsky (2014) - A Symphonic Poem for orchestra
Recorded 15-16 January 2020 at Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK