John McCabe: Symphonies 2 & 3 and Cello Concerto album review – writing of enormous scope and colour
BBCSSO/Woods/WallfischSignumThe late pianist and composer deserves a wider audience for the edgy, lucid soundworld of his compositionsJohn McCabe, who died in 2015, made some important recordings of other people’s music – he championed Carl Nielsen, and his survey of the complete Haydn piano sonatas has held its place in the Decca catalogue for half a century – but when it comes to his own works there are still gaps to be filled. Alongside the Symphony No 2, completed in 1971,…
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