artist profile: NYOW O.A. Hughes
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artist profile: NYOW O.A. Hughes |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: LONDON SYMPHONY The NYOW is one of the longest established youth orchestras in the world, and depite often being overshadowed in terms of press coverage, there is no doubt that it is also one the finest orchestras of any kind in Europe. This scintillating performance of the London Symphony belies the youth of the players with an interpretation of immense depth, character and musicianship. Also included is the world premier recording of William Mathias's Celtic Dances - all at mid price. |
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| playing time: 58.47 direct sale price: £8.50 audio sample: London Symphony - Scherzo (extract) |
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tracks: Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 2 Mathias: Celtic Dances, op. 60 ALSO FROM NYOW and O. A. HUGHES: |
review extracts: for full reviews click here | ||
| “Extremely well-played and impressive performances... the London symphony opens with a great sense of atmosphere... brilliantly performed... admirable technical playing. An excellent disc” – Em Marshall (Musicweb) | |||
| “William Mathias’s Celtic Dances proves a very likeable There are four dances and all are engagingly delivered here by the National Youth Orchestra of Wales under Owain Arwel Hughes.” – Andrew Aschenbach (Gramophone) | |||
| “a world class reading, this is simply a good recording that was made to tickle your ears... the talent might astound you, this is well worth checking out for a well spent hour of prime classical listening.” - Chris Spector (MidWest Record) | |||
| “Hughes' young players give as characterful a versions as any subsequent to the 1952 Boult and '56 Barbirolli” «««« - ‘CB' (HiFi News) | |||
| “Utterly professional sound...there isn't a weak link... polished and virtually flawless. The NYOW is probably collectively better now than ever it was.” – Marc Rochester (International Record Review) | |||
| “For a youth orchestra as fine as this one, Vaughan Williams' ‘London' Symphony is a canny choice: Under Hughes, memorable things happen; the ‘London' Symphony's finale is here as powerful and moving as you'll hear anywhere.” - Michael Hayes (Classic FM Magazine) | |||
| “The NYOW... has delivered a neatly produced performance... the NYOW is also fully convincing in its performance of the ‘Celtic Dances'. Youthful brilliance and full, mid-voice strong sound coloring characteristic of a completely unique weighting of the symphony [which] sets it apart from other performances to date. The visionary epilogue can be heard so delicately as one can experience it in only a few other recordings, [In the Mathias] the NYOW shines with playful verve, rhythmic brilliance of the percussionists and horns with marked contours. This is a fortuitous publication.” – Klassik.com | |||
| “Very fine young Welsh players. The Celtic Dances is pretty well projected by conductor and orchestra” – Paul Ingram (Fanfare) | |||