Composer: Malcolm Henry Arnold
Performer: Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie
Orchestra: Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: John Gibbons
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0613
Release: 2021
Size: 975 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Grand Concerto Gastronomique, Op. 76
01. I. Prologue
02. II. Soup
03. III. Roast Beef
04. IV. Cheese
05. V. Peach Melba
06. VI. Coffee, Brandy
Symphony No. 9, Op. 128
07. I. Vivace
08. II. Allegretto
09. III. Giubiloso
10. IV. Lento
These two works present two sharply contrasting sides of Malcolm Arnold: his limitless resources of knockabout fun, and a sense of existential tragedy. But each score presents its own surprises: the jocularity of the Grand Concerto Gastronomique – written for a Hoffnung concert – conceals some seriously good (though not seriously serious) music; and the delicately scored Ninth Symphony, written after five years when its composer had, in his own words, ‘been through hell’, irradiates its emotional restraint and elegiac tone with moments of light and warmth.