Cyril Scott: Neptune, symphonic poem (1933 rev. 1935)

BBC Philharmonic conducted by/dirigida por Martyn Brabbins.
Cyril Scott is regarded by many as the forgotten British Impressionist, mostly obscured by his contemporaries Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan-Williams. His symphonic poem Neptune is a revised version from Disaster at Sea, a musical honoring to the sinking of RMS Titanic, which happened on April 15, 1912 far of the coast of Newfoundland and certainly fractured the spirit of absolute certainty the British Empire fostered as one of its staunchest principles. In this revised version, Scott omitted most of the programmatic elements and replaced them with abstract imagery and reminiscences of tunes. However, there is a general sense of impending doom against the will and power of Neptune, the unrelenting God of Sea.
Cyril Scott es visto por muchos como el Impresionista británico olvidado, opacado más que nadie por sus contemporáneos Gustav Holst y Ralph Vaughan-Williams. Su poema sinfónico Neptune es una versión revisada de Desastre en Altamar, un homenaje musical al hundimiento del RMS Titanic, el cual ocurrió el 15 de Abril de 1912 lejos de la costa de Terranova y que ciertamente fracturó el espíritu de absoluta certidumbre que el Imperio Británico tenía por estandarte. En esta versión revisada, Scott omitió casi todos los elementos programáticos y los remplazó con imágenes abstractas y reminiscencias de canciones conocidas. No obstante, hay un sentido generalizado de destino funesto ante la voluntad y el poder de Neptuno, el implacable dios del Mar.
Image/ imagen: The Titanic Sinking. Date and artist unknown. / El hundimiento del Titanic. Artista y fecha desconocidos.

[@julianopianaro4544]

VERY GOOD! CYRIL SCOTT,GREAT!

[@licenselessrider4486]

such fantastic harmonies, incredibly unique

[@paulprocopolis]

Extraordinary - based on my (limited) knowledge of his other works, this is not what I would have expected from this composer. Gripping, colourful music!

[@galas062]

thank you!

[@RKupyr]

Other-worldly. Captivating. Reminds me strongly of Holst's Planets. Just the style of the times or.... one very, very influenced by the other?

Fantastic!!

[@MedievalRichard]

Splendid.

[@maxhollick6178]

awsome

[@stkmce]

My love for Exotica and it's roots (Lotus Land) has drawn me, or drawn me back to Cyril Scott. This would be an embarrassing statement, were I an embarrassable being. It would also seem a ludicrous pun to speak of the "depth" this piece has, but like a number of the early 20th Century, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist compositions, it has a great deal of it.

[@klop4228]

It's interesting to think that, if we take this as a piece about the Titanic (originally it was one, more or less), it was written about a tragedy that happened about 20 years before. Cyril Scott was in his 40s when the Titanic sank, and in his 60s when he wrote this.
Politics notwithstanding, something comparable might be writing a piece about 9/11 nowadays. And, in the other direction, imagine how 9/11 might be viewed in another 90 years.

[@richardmeredith6569]

This is a wholly satisfying performance of one of Scott's very best works (essentially written around 1920, though first performed in the 1930s). Of his orchestral works only (I think) the first movement of his 'Symphony: The Muses' shows comparatively mastery of the medium.

[@tiosav6251]

title of composition suggests that theme has something to do with water, to be more specific with see

[@obduliorincon6112]

The main protagonist: the sea

[@plonplon243]

sound like Stravinsky and Bartok

[@cannonrandom2407]

It's not all that good.

[@steveegallo3384]

Cannon Random - Loose Cannon -- Compared to What?

[@paullewis2413]

Good orchestration but the work is for me ultimately boring.

[@Enkaptaton]

I come here frome time to time to listen to the first five minutes