Peter Sheppard Skærved, Royal Ballet Sinfonia & Gregory Rose - Gregory Rose: Orchestral Music (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 269 MB | Tracks: 29 | 61:59 min
Style: Classical | Label: Toccata Classics
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 269 MB | Tracks: 29 | 61:59 min
Style: Classical | Label: Toccata Classics
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. Roses 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.