Challenge Classics > Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic

James MacMillan: A Deep but Dazzling Darkness; Veni, Veni, Emmanuel / Colin Currie: percussion, Gordan Nikolic: violin

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: James MacMillan: A Deep but Dazzling Darkness, for solo violin, ensemble & tape; I (A Meditation on Iona), for orchestra & percussion; Veni, Veni Emmanuel, concerto for percussion & orchestra
Performers: Currie, Colin; Nikolic, Gordan
Conductors: MacMillan, James
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic

Financial Times, July 2012
Veni, Veni gives the lie to the argument that percussion concertos are dependent on visual impact. MacMillan's is an aural blockbuster, and...continue...
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Uptown/Downtown: An Urban Panorama in six movements / John Snijders, piano; Celso Antunes

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Richard Rijnvos: NYConcerto, for piano & chamber orchestra; Manhattan Square Dances, for 2 identical orchestras
Performers: Snijders, John
Conductors: Antunes, Celso
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

As Morton Feldman said, "The less ideas a composition has, the stronger it gets." This is Richard Rijnvos' beloved motto. With the utmost precision he...continue...
Recording information: Studio 5, Muziekcentrum van de Omroep, Hilversum, The N....continue...