Composer: Christopher Wright, Nicholas Barton
Performer: Richard Watkins
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor: John Andrews
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0466
Release: 2022
Size: 1.41 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Barton: Accord
Wright: Horn Concerto (After the Silence)
02. I. Austere. Allegro deciso con bravura
03. II. Lyric. Adante sostenuto
04. III. Jazzy. Presto molto
Wright: Symphony (2015)
05. I Andante
06. II. Molto presto
07. III. Sempre lento e sostenuto
08. IV. Allegro moderato e deciso
This album brings together the music of two English composers who are also good friends – and both born in East Anglia: Nicholas Barton in Norfolk in 1950 and Christopher Wright in Suffolk in 1954. Moreover, they share a similar musical language: largely tonal, if loosely so, rhythmically alert, transparently but dramatically scored and with a natural feeling for symphonic argument and growth, and a powerful sense of scale.