Composer: Gregory Rose
Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved, Brendan Thomas, Lizzie Gutteridge, Kevin Earley
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Conductor: Gregory Rose
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0558
Release: 2020
Size: 1.05 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Birthday Ode for Aaron Copland
Red Planet
02. I. Valles Marineris
03. II. Syrtis Major
04. III. Olympus Mons
05. IV. Sirenum Fossae
06. V. Ascraeus Mons
Violin Concerto No. 1
07. Introduction
08. Episode No. 1, Calm
09. Episode No. 2, Fast
10. Episode No. 3, Fragile
11. Episode No. 4, Aggressive
12. Episode No. 5, Meditative
13. Episode No. 6, Agitated
14. Episode No. 7, Fast and Restless
15. Episode No. 8, Pensive
16. Episode No. 9, Fast and Restless
17. Cadenza & Coda
Suite pour cordes
18. I. Prélude
19. II. Vite
20. III. Chant
21. IV. Très fort
22. V. Finale
7 Dances from “Danse macabre”
23. No. 1, —
24. No. 2, —
25. No. 3, —
26. No. 4, —
27. No. 5, —
28. No. 6, —
29. No. 7, —
The English composer and conductor Gregory Rose (b. 1948) here presents a programme of some of his recent orchestral compositions, prefaced by a 90th-birthday tribute to Aaron Copland. Many of these pieces show the influence of Stravinsky in their angular melodies, brittle harmony, hieratic gestures and fondness for dance. Rose’s Violin Concerto, a single span of nine interlocking episodes, has a similar sense of implicit drama: it casts the soloist as the central character whom the instruments of the orchestra engage in dialogue as the work progresses.