Despite being reticent in speech, William Wordsworth often gave his compositions titles suggesting discourse, such as 'Conversation', 'Dialogue', 'Conversation Piece', and 'Symposium'.
Performer Biography
Florian Arnicans, the cellist on this album, received his first artistic training at the Belvedere Music School in Weimar and later studied at the Franz Liszt University of Weimar for highly gifted talents.
Composer's Artistic Vision
William Wordsworth believed that music only truly exists when written symbols are translated into an aural experience that matches the composer's original imagination.
Performer Biography
John Gibbons, the conductor, has led most major British orchestras, including the BBC Symphony and London Philharmonic, and is known for his adventurous programming of neglected works.
Performer Biography
The Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, also known as The Amber Sound Orchestra, is the oldest symphonic ensemble in the Baltic states, founded in 1881 by Hanss Hohapfel.
Composer Biography
William Wordsworth was a pacifist and conscientious objector during the Second World War, working on the land as agriculture became his primary claim on time.
Composer Biography
William Wordsworth (1908-88), the composer, was a great-great-grandson of Christopher Wordsworth, who was the brother of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth.
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