London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nick Palmer - Rosner: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4 (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist


01. Scherzo for Orchestra, Op. 29a
02. Concerto Grosso No. 2, Op. 74: I. Lento. Allegro
03. Concerto Grosso No. 2, Op. 74: II. Adagio
04. Concerto Grosso No. 2, Op. 74: III. Allegro molto
05. Variations on a Theme by Frank Martin, Op. 105: Theme
06. Variations on a Theme by Frank Martin, Op. 105: Var. 1, Grazioso
07. Variations on a Theme by Frank Martin, Op. 105: Var. 2, Adagio
08. Variations on a Theme by Frank Martin, Op. 105: Var. 3, Allegro
09. Variations on a Theme by Frank Martin, Op. 105: Var. 4, Adagio
10. Variations on a Theme by Frank Martin, Op. 105: Var. 5, Allegro
11. Canzona secundi toni, Op. 63
12. A My Lai Elegy, Op. 51

The musical language of the New York-based Arnold Rosner (1945–2013) clothes the modal harmony and rhythm of pre-Baroque polyphony in rich Romantic colours, producing a style that is instantly recognisable and immediately appealing. This fourth Toccata Classics album of his orchestral music opens with an engaging and energetic early Scherzo and a Concerto Grosso that has something of the dignified reserve of the Swiss composer Frank Martin, whom Rosner much admired – as the broadly expressive Variations on a Theme by Frank Martin go on to show. Rosner’s A My Lai Elegy, a symphonic poem inspired by a massacre of civilians in Vietnam, has few equals in the orchestral repertoire: it veers from profound sadness to wild, freewheeling anger – protest music at its grandest and most passionate.

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