Simpson: Symphonies Nos 2 & 4

All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set The Complete Symphonies of Robert Simpson: ‘One of the outstanding recording projects of our time … this Hyperion series deserves to stand as a monument while other more superficially glamorous ventures rise and fall around it. If it does not do so, and if it does not eventually force Simpson’s breakthrough into the orchestral repertoire, there will truly be no justice’ (Gramophone).

CDA66505  74 minutes 27 seconds
GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE
‘Exemplary performances in superb sound’ (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)
‘Full of wonderful orchestral effects which this purist, beautifully laid back and believable recording seems merely to mirror without any signs of compression or clouding … I rejoice to hear the ...
‘A stunning coupling … I can't think of a better introduction to Simpson’ (The Independent)