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Soloist(s): Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Esther Ingham (flute) John Turner (recorder)
Label Name: Naxos
Catalogue Number: Naxos 8.572640
Recording Year: 2011
Release Date: 01 September 2011

Contents

Work Title Composer
Cello Concerto Malcolm Arnold
Concertino for Flute and Strings, op.19a Malcolm Arnold
Fantasy for Recorder and String Quartet Malcolm Arnold
Symphony for Strings Malcolm Arnold

Reviews

  • The Cello Concerto of 1998 is a vintage example of Arnold's late manner - almost wilfully easy on the ear, yet somehow disturbed and haunting, and relentlessly laced with irony. The opening movement, chirpily chasing its own tail, is followed by a much darker slow one; [...] The other outstanding work is the Recorder Fantasy of 1990, its five movements and four sizes of recorder between them encompassing an ear-catching range of sounds. The Symphony for Strings remains one of his most impressive creations, restlessly and probingly inventive. All the performances are excellent, each of them palpably savouring the composer's diamond-sharp craftmanship.
    Malcolm Hayes, BBC Music Magazine, 01 November 2011

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