Release Date: 04 February 2006
Label: NMC Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5023363011921
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Composer/Series: Edwin Roxburgh
Description
Roxburgh's Clarinet Concerto features soloist Linda Merrick in a work of symphonic scope and expressivity; she is accompanied by the Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer.
In Saturn - a tribute to Holst, Roxburgh's predecessor at the Royal College of Music - Roxburgh explores the mythical characters of its moons and satellites in a series of orchestral showpieces which culminates in the wild abandon, and percussive onslaught, of Saturn itself; Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra is conducted by Peter Stark.
'Saturn is an epic orchestral and electronic space-scape, effortlessly blending Roxburgh's understanding of Boulez and Stockhausen with a Birtwistle-like sense of ritual. An orbiting soprano saxophone beams down ideas to an orchestral underlay dominated by clattering percussion and mind-expanding electronics; this is an extraordinarily ballsy mission undertaken by HCYO.' The Wire, 2006
Tracklisting
Liza Lim, JACK Quartet, Jay Campbell, Rohan Dasika
Hannah Kendall, Ensemble Modern, Anne Denholm-Blair, Halle Orchestra, Jonathan Bloxham, Jonathan Mo
Philip Mead, Simon Emmerson, Zubin Kanga, Heather Roche, Carla Rees
Martin Iddon, Quiet Music Ensemble, Jack Adler-McKean
Clare O'Connell
Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
Martyn Brabbins, Daniel Pioro, Anna Dennis, Andrew Gourlay, Elena Schwarz
Freya Waley-Cohen, Manchester Collective, Heloise Werner, Katie Bray, Fleur Barron, Tamsin Waley-Co
Tine Thing Helseth; Bergen Philharmonic; Petr Popelka
Oslo Kammerakademi; David Friedemann Strunck
Julia Kogan; Britten Sinfonia; Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez
Sebastian Comberti; London Mozart Players; Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra; Jurgen Bruns
John Barbirolli / New York Phi
Soloists; Vogtland Philharmonie; Edelmann
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Sir Simon Rattle
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Sir Georg Solti
