“Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra remain excellent guides to the score's closely-worked wonders…you can only regret that life didn't allow Chagrin any time for a Symphony No. 3” --BBC Music Magazine, April 2016 ****
“the First Symphony impresses by dint of its solid craftsmanship, tasteful restraint and enviable sense of purpose…[the Second] proves another sinewy and rewarding utterance, skilfully orchestrated, uncompromisingly defiant in spirit…collectors with a fondness for, say, Alan Rawsthorne [or] Lennox Berkeley…should waste no time in investigating these two compositions” --Gramophone Magazine, April 2016
“the First Symphony impresses by dint of its solid craftsmanship, tasteful restraint and enviable sense of purpose…[the Second] proves another sinewy and rewarding utterance, skilfully orchestrated, uncompromisingly defiant in spirit…collectors with a fondness for, say, Alan Rawsthorne [or] Lennox Berkeley…should waste no time in investigating these two compositions” --Gramophone Magazine, April 2016
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Francis Chagrin described himself as ‘Romanian by birth, British by nationality and cosmopolitan by inclination’. A student of Paul Dukas and Nadia Boulanger, Chagrin wrote prolifically for films but composed for most genres. The two symphonies are among his most important orchestral works. Both are dramatic, even passionate—not least in the beautiful slow movements—and full of contrasts, both within and between movements. Undeservedly neglected, they reveal Chagrin’s mastery of form and colour.
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Francis Chagrin described himself as ‘Romanian by birth, British by nationality and cosmopolitan by inclination’. A student of Paul Dukas and Nadia Boulanger, Chagrin wrote prolifically for films but composed for most genres. The two symphonies are among his most important orchestral works. Both are dramatic, even passionate—not least in the beautiful slow movements—and full of contrasts, both within and between movements. Undeservedly neglected, they reveal Chagrin’s mastery of form and colour.
Album Reviews
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