Composer: Steve Elcock
Performer: Marine Kosterina
Orchestra: Siberian Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Dmitry Vasilev
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0616
Release: 2022
Size: 790 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 7, Op. 33
01. I. Adagio
02. II. Allegro moderato
03. III. Largamente
04. IV. Subito allegro moderato
05. V. Agitato
06. VI. Adagio
07. VII. A tempo
Manic Dancing, Op. 25
08. I. Allegro commodo
09. II. Largo
10. III. Tempo primo
Symphony No. 6, Op. 30 “Tyrants Destroyed”
11. I. Molto moderato
12. Ia. —
13. II. Allegro
14. IIa. —
15. IIb. —
This third volume of orchestral music by the Anglo-French composer Steve Elcock (b. 1957) features two symphonies and a quasi-concerto. Over the course of its two movements, the Sixth Symphony, subtitled Tyrants Destroyed, moves from grief to outrage, rising to a grimly triumphant conclusion. The one-movement Seventh – with some of its material derived from the words of a song Elcock heard in a dream – runs a gamut of emotion, from anger to heartbreak, in its impassioned narrative. Manic Dancing, a piano concerto in all but name, inhabits a complex world of driving rhythms, nostalgic flashbacks and hectic dance music – buoyant and good-natured, like Martinů on speed.