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Doug Lofstrom: Music For Strings

Misha Rachlevsky & The Russian String Orchestra

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Format: CD

Cat No: OC33027

Release Date:  10 September 2021

Label:  Origin Classical

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  805553302720

Genres:  Classical  Contemporary Classical  

  • Description

    Chicago composer Doug Lofstrom has been writing prolifically since the 1970s, with his wide-ranging style reflecting ongoing involvement in dance, film, theater and symphonic music. He has been composer-in-residence for the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra and musical director of Chicago's Free Street Theater, while his works have been performed by numerous American Symphony Orchestras and chamber ensembles over the decades. Music for Strings is comprised of four pieces Lofstrom began work on in the late '70s, starting with the three movement composition by the same name, which was originally recorded in 1984 and premiered by the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra. Here, Lofstrom presents these pieces together for the first time with fresh interpretations by Moscow's Russian String Orchestra. Conducted by the orchestra's founder, Misha Rachlevsky, the ensemble is now in its 3rd decade.

    "Simply beautiful!" - The Intermezzo

    "An aesthetic risk-taker, Lofstrom straddles too many categories to be easily classified." - Chicago Reader

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Music For Strings - I
      • 2. Music For Strings - II
      • 3. Music For Strings - III
      • 4. Concerto For String Orchestra - I
      • 5. Concerto For String Orchestra - II
      • 6. Concerto For String Orchestra - III
      • 7. August Diary - I
      • 8. August Diary - II
      • 9. August Diary - III
      • 10. August Diary - VI
      • 11. Midsummer Passage