Musical Spirit
Berlioz overtures -
heard by HOWARD SMITH'... commendable intuition and skillfulness ...'
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To list Sir Andrew Davis' encyclopedic qualifications here would be tiresome and unhelpful for many readers. It's sufficient to note that Hertfordshire-born Davis has worked with Chicago Lyric Opera, the Toronto Symphony, BBC Symphony, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and guested with Santa Fe Opera, Canadian Opera, The Met, plus Rotterdam Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, the Royal Opera, and symphony orchestras of Montreal, Cleveland, Chicago, La Scala, Bayreuth, the Berlin Phil and Concertgebouw.
His numerous recordings on major labels include a treasure trove of British music and works as diverse as music by York Bowen, Tippett, Beethoven and Janácek. Today he records exclusively for Chandos...
Copyright © 19 May 2013
Howard Smith, Masterton, New Zealand
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