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Robin Stevens: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2

Stephane Rancourt; Alice Neary; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Paul Mann

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Format: CD

Cat No: TOCC0764

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Release Date:  06 March 2026

Label:  Toccata Classics - Cd / Toccata Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5060113447647

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Robin Stevens

  • Description

    The compositional career of Robin Stevens, Welsh-born (in 1958) and Manchester-based, is divided into two periods, separated by a period of illness. The first produced mainly chamber music and works for the church that employed him; restored to health, he found an appetite for larger forms, writing three substantial concertos and a number of other orchestral works. Stevens' big-boned, four-movement Cello Concerto is something of a younger cousin of Britten's Cello Symphony, casting the orchestra in kaleidoscopic discussion with the soloist, in moods that range from the humorous to the heroic. Here it sits between a charming orchestral miniature and a searching symphonic poem. In all three works Stevens' mastery of orchestral colour allows the musical discourse to unfold almost as wordless drama.