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William Boughton, English SO - Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne and Froissart Overtures (1989)

Posted By: Designol
Date: 4 Oct 2023 16:43:38
William Boughton, English SO - Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne and Froissart Overtures (1989)

Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Cockaigne and Froissart Overtures (1989)
English Symphony Orchestra, conducted by William Boughton
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 229 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 158 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Nimbus Records | # NI 5206 | Time: 01:00:26

There are basically two ways in which conductors may approach the Enigma Variations. Either they can take the music at its face value, treating the set of variations as a symphonically developed whole; or they can treat the work as a series of miniature character sketches of Elgar’s “friends pictured within”, highlighting the personalities of the miscellaneous collection of individuals involved. William Boughton in this reading opts for the second option, and the result bubbles with life.
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English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton - Handel: Messiah (2003)

Posted By: tirexiss
Date: 17 Apr 2023 07:40:05
English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton - Handel: Messiah (2003)

English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton - Handel: Messiah (2003)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:23:42 | 688 MB
Genre: Classical, Choral | Label: Nimbus Records | Catalog: NI 5709/10

With so many fine-to-great Messiah’s already available, who stands to benefit from this lackluster, hardly serviceable offering? William Boughton’s conducting is pedestrian at best–the performance lumbers along politely, ignoring every one of Handel’s many opportunities to soar. This is especially excruciating in the choruses: rarely have “And he shall purify”, “Lift up your heads, O ye gates”, and “Let all the angels of God worship him” not to mention “Hallelujah” advanced with such leaden, dispassionate propriety.
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Harriet Mackenzie, BBC National Orchestra of Wales feat. William Boughton - Maw: Orchestral Works (2020)

Posted By: varrock
Date: 7 Feb 2020 13:27:12
Harriet Mackenzie, BBC National Orchestra of Wales feat. William Boughton - Maw: Orchestral Works (2020)

Harriet Mackenzie, BBC National Orchestra of Wales feat. William Boughton - Maw: Orchestral Works (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 280 MB | Tracks: 19 | 72:44 min
Style: Classical | Label: Lyrita

Nicholas Maw’s most fervent desire was to communicate directly with his audiences and produce material which performers would enjoy playing and Spring Music, written with the express purpose of diverting and entertaining an audience, finds the composer at his most uninhibited and freely expressive. Fresh, colorful and vibrant, this score has the exotic, open-hearted spirit of a curtain-raiser by William Walton or Alan Rawsthorne. In its final, slimmed-down version, it rapidly became one of Maw’s favorite pieces among his own output and he once described the long-breathed cello-led melody as ‘one of the best tunes I think I’ve actually ever written’.
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