COMPOSERS: Moeran; D'Indy; Berners
LABELS: Samm-Beecham
WORKS: Moeran: Sinfonietta; D'Indy: Jour d'été à la montagne; Berners: The Triumph of Neptune
PERFORMER: Royal PO; BBC SO/Thomas Beecham
CATALOGUE NO: 24 (1946-51)
Try to ignore the dire, murky sound quality, and relish instead the ultra-vivid music-making conjured by Beecham from the then newly formed RPO. The D’Indy is a fine and substantial work. Malcolm Hayes