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London Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Robert Simpson Symphonies 5 & 6 – worth a listen

    Jul 19th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Andrew Davis, CD Review, Charles Groves, contemporary classical music, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Lyrita, Orchestral music, Robert Simpson

    I first became aware of Robert Simpson through The Symphony. This two-volume work, edited by Simpson, was a collection of essays about the great symphonists and their music. Simpson not only knew how to write about symphonies, he knew how to write them. This release features two of his eleven symphonies, both dating from the 1970s. […]

  • Arnold Rosner Requiem — Timeless

    Jan 18th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Arnold Rosner, CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Feargal Mostyn-Williams, Gareth Brynmore John, Kelley Hollis, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nick Palmer, Toccata Classics

    Toccata Classics has done a real service to music with this recording. It’s one of Arnold Rosner’s most substantial works. And, unfortunately, one most likely to only be heard through recording rather than live performances. The Requiem is a massive work. It contemplates death through a variety of traditions: Zen Buddhism, the Jewish Kaddish, the […]

  • Arnold Rosner Orchestral Music Vol. 3 – more, please

    Apr 22nd, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Arnold Rosner, CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nick Palmer, Orchestral music, Toccata Classics

    Toccata Classics continues their exploration of Arnold Rosner’s orchestral music. Volume Three presents three world premiere recordings. Each one a masterwork, and each (in my opinion) deserving more performances. Rosner was fascinated with Medieval and Renaissance music and often used pre-Baroque voice-leading and modal harmonies in his work. The 1978 Nocture is one such example. […]

  • Arnold Rosner Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    Jan 16th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Arnold Rosner, CD Review, Christopher Burchett, Classical music, contemporary classical music, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nick Palmer, Orchestral music, Toccata Classics

    This installment of Rosner’s orchestral music shows a wide range of emotional expression. The 1976 Five Ko-ans for Orchestra encapsulates the essence of Rosner’s style. The music’s mostly triadic, with chords resolving in delightfully unexpected ways. Rosner incorporated Renaissance modality and late Medieval counterpoint into his music. It’s no accident that the final movement of this work […]

  • Barbara Harbach – Portraits in Sound

    Feb 22nd, 2017 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Barbara Harbach, CD Review, contemporary classical music, David Angus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, MSR Classics, Orchestral music

    This volume brings listeners up to date with Barbara Harbach’s symphonic output. It features symphonies No. 7-10, composed between 2014 and 2015. Harbach is an economical symphonist — the works are uniformly short, focused, and efficiently orchestrated. All four symphonies follow a straight-forward 3-movement fast-slow-fast structure. Yet with all these constraints, Harbach shows a great deal […]

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