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557599rear Bax EU 12/5/05 6:36 pm Page 1 CMYK NAXOS NAXOS Arnold Bax composed several symphonic poems during the second and third decades of the 20th century, when he was at the peak of his creative powers. The most popular and famous of these is Tintagel, a vivid, opulent depiction of ‘the castle-crowned cliff of Tintagel, and more especially, of the long distances of the Atlantic, as seen from the cliffs of Cornwall’. November Woods is both a vivid depiction of a dank and stormy Buckinghamshire wood in late autumn as well as a reflection of the DDD BAX: BAX: composer’s own troubled experiences of the period. Evocative of the wild landscapes in Norway and the West of Scotland, The Tale the Pine Trees Knew culminates in a magical evocation of Celtic mists. 8.557599 Symphonic Poems Symphonic Poems Playing Time Arnold 74:11 BAX (1883–1953) 1 Tintagel (1919) 14:33 2 The Garden of Fand (1916) 16:32 3 The Happy Forest (1921) 9:39 4 The Tale the Pine Trees Knew (1931) 16:38 Naxos RightsInternationalLtd. www.naxos.com Made intheEU Booklet notesinEnglish•KommentaraufDeutsch 5 November Woods (1917) 16:48 1997–2003 & Royal Scottish National Orchestra David Lloyd-Jones Ꭿ Recorded in the Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow (2-5) and the Royal Scottish National Concert Hall (1) 2005 from 21st to 22nd August, 2002 (1); 31st January, 1996 (2-3); 31st June, 1996 (4) and August 1995 (5). Producer and Engineer: Tim Handley • Editor: Phil Rowlands • Booklet Notes: Keith Anderson Previously released coupled with the Bax Symphonies on Naxos 8.553525, 8.553608, 8.554093, 8.557599 8.554509 and 8.557145 • Publisher: Chappell Music Ltd. 8.557599 Cover Photograph: Stream (Comstock Images / Getty Images) NAXOS RADIO 70 Channels of Classical Music • Jazz, Folk/World, Nostalgia www.naxosradio.com Accessible Anywhere, Anytime • Near-CD Quality.

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