Gregory Rose: Orchestral Music
) | Label: TOCCATA CLASSICS Catalog: TOCC0558 Format: COMPACT DISC Earley, Kevin; Thomas, Brendan; Gutteridge, Lizzie; Sheppard Skærved, Peter; Rose, Gregory; Royal Ballet SinfoniaThe English composer and conductor Gregory Rose (b. 1948) here presents a programme of some of his recent orchestral compositions, prefaced by a 90th-birthday tribute to Aaron Copland. Many of these pieces show the influence of Stravinsky in their angular melodies, brittle harmony, hieratic gestures and fondness for dance. Rose’s Violin Concerto, a single span of nine interlocking episodes, has a similar sense of implicit drama: it casts the soloist as the central character whom the instruments of the orchestra engage in dialogue as the work progresses.  Price: $27.98 |