Composer: Arnold Griller
Performer: Emin Martirosian
Orchestra: Musica Viva Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Walker
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0460
Release: 2018
Size: 1.23 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Scherzoid
Symphony
02. I. With uncertainty – Resolutely
03. II. Playfully – With agitation – With uncertainty
04. III. Più mosso
05. IV. Meno mosso – Exuberantly
06. V. Searchingly
07. VI. Presto, frenzied
08. VII. Calmo
Introduction, Cakewalk and Allegro for Piano & Orchestra
09. Introduction
10. Cakewalk
11. Allegro
Rhapsody Concertante
12. I. Tempo I: quarter note = 168
13. II. Tempo II: quarter note = 120
14. III. Tempo III: quarter note = 132
15. IV. Tempo IV: quarter note = 144
16. V. Presto: half note = 108
The composer Arnold Griller (b. 1937), son of the violinist Sidney Griller, grew up in London, surrounded by some of the world’s best-known musicians. In spite of this propitious beginning to his career, his considerable output remains largely unknown. This second volume of orchestral pieces presents four major works, not least Griller’s only symphony. His music is highly individual: it absorbs a number of disparate influences, not least Milhaud (his main teacher) and late Stravinsky, shows an occasional touch of the surreal and the bizarre, and infuses the result with radiant lyricism, edgy humour and restless energy.