Tag: Molly McGurk
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Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915, Symphony No. 1, Essays Nos. 1 & 2, Night Flight & Music for a Scene from Shelley
“This reissue from several Unicorn [LPs] is very welcome not least for Measham’s wonderful reading of the First Symphony, which deservedly won 3 stars in the Penguin Guide. It reminds us how well Measham empathised with Barber’s music. Night Flight, the slow movement of the Second Symphony, uncannily captures the inky-black sky and atmosphere of…