Visions and Journeys – orchestral works
1. Orchestral Variations ‘The Seeds Long Hidden’
2. Half-heard in the Stillness
3. Visions and Journeys
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Andrew Davies, conductor
NMC D281
‘The fluctuating dramas in both scores [Orchestral Variations: The Seeds Long Hidden (1994) and Visions and Journeys (2002)] come vividly across, without any of the ponderousness that can seep into less sympathetic, more routine interpretations.’
Gramophone
‘in every case I sat engrossed by Payne’s unshowy ability to cast a spell and be modern and romantic at the same time’
The Times