Simon Bainbridge: Fantasia for Double Orchestra

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…the Viola Concerto (1976) remains an astonishingly assured work from one then in his early twenties, not least in the subtle control of tension and textural ingenuity over its two sizeable movements,... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2006 More…

Release Date: 11th Sep 2006
Catalogue No: NMCD126
Label: NMC
Length: 54 minutes

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Bainbridge: Fantasia for Double Orchestra

Work length18:24

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$5.15

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Simon Bainbridge

Bainbridge: Viola Concerto

Work length19:24

$3.55

$9.00

Walter Trampler
London Sinfonietta
Michael Tilson Thomas

I. —

Track length8:02

$1.50

$3.85

II. —

Track length11:22

$2.05

$5.15

Bainbridge: Concertante in moto perpetuo

Work length16:16

Album only

$2.60

Nicholas Daniel
Composers Ensemble
Simon Bainbridge

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Fantasia for Double Orchestra, in three continuous movements, was written for two identical "mirror-image" orchestras, which are placed to the left and right of the performance area. Much use is made of percussion, with the timpani player placed in the centre of the two orchestras, creating an unusual and constantly varying kaleidoscopic effect in the music.

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November 2006

…the Viola Concerto (1976) remains an astonishingly assured work from one then in his early twenties, not least in the subtle control of tension and textural ingenuity over its two sizeable movements, and many others ought to have followed in Walter Trampler's admirable stead. Concertante in moto perpetuo (1983) makes pointed and engaging play with minimalist traits, while the Fantasia for double orchestra (1984) is an imaginative take on the spatial concepts underlying several post-war masterpieces...

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