Elizabeth Wallfisch; Peter Holman: The Parley of Instruments
Release Date: 01 February 2008
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571152608
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
These four delightful concertos are the work of young men: Linley and Wesley were still in their mid teens when they wrote them, Shaw and Brooks probably not much older. It reminds us that artistic talent tended to be fostered and developed early at a time when lives were shorter and more uncertain than today. The work by Linley is the only survivor of his twenty violin concertos and strongly shows the influence of his Italian travels. The Wesley is similarly bold in the juxtaposition of apparently contrasting styles, here the Classical and the Baroque.
While Shaw and Brooks remain in rather greater obscurity (the latter not even earning a mention in Grove), their concertos are equally attractive and assured.
Tracklisting
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica
Laurence Perkins
Takacs Quartet, Marc-Andre Hamelin
English National Opera Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins
The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park
Steven Osborne
Stephen Hough, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo
Steven Isserlis, Philharmonia Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi
Tomas Vrana, Janacek Philharmonic Ostrava, Gabor Kali
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra|Riccardo Chailly
La Monnaie Chorus; La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra; Kazushi Ono; Jessica Niles; Lisa Willems; Sandrin
Kammerorchester Basel; Giovanni Antonini
Jascha Horenstein
Francois Leleux, Lisa Batiashvili, HR-Sinfonieorchester, Andres Orozco-Estrada
Daniel Ottensamer, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Christoph Traxler, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, St
Concerto Copenhagen, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tonu Kaljuste
