Christopher Gunning: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9

1. Gunning: Symphony No. 8: I (11:28)
2. Gunning: Symphony No. 8: II (9:36)
3. Gunning: Symphony No. 8: III (8:18)
4. Gunning: Symphony No. 9: I (11:39)
5. Gunning: Symphony No. 9: II (7:00)
6. Gunning: Symphony No. 9: III (10:22)
7. Gunning: Symphony No. 9: IV (9:08)

Four-time BAFTA winning composer Christopher Gunning, has composed twelve symphonies as well as concertos for the piano, violin, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and guitar. Here the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Kenneth Woods, perform his eighth and ninth symphonies, recorded in Hoddinott Hall in March 2024. “Each scored for a moderatelysized or – chestra (the 8th has only one trumpet and no lower brass, while the 9th adds a second trumpet, a harp, and a small percussion section) and both [grapple], in Gunning’s highly individual way, with the legacy of classical symphonic form” – Richard Bratby