Mark-Anthony Turnage: Orchestral Works Vol. 3
Lawrence Power (viola), Michael Collins (clarinet), Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Markus Stenz, Marin Alsop, Vladimir Jurowski
The three most substantial works on this CD are concertos in all but name, each a valuable addition to the repertoire...[On opened ground] finds Power making wonderful sense of Turnage’s alternately...
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Orchestral Works Vol. 3
Lawrence Power (viola), Michael Collins (clarinet), Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Markus Stenz, Marin Alsop, Vladimir Jurowski
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The three most substantial works on this CD are concertos in all but name, each a valuable addition to the repertoire...[On opened ground] finds Power making wonderful sense of Turnage’s alternately...
About
British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage is widely admired for his distinctive blending of jazz and contemporary classical traditions, high energy and elegiac lyricism. His music is colourful, rhythmic and always distinctive, with an innate dramatic sense.
Powerful in its contrasts, his music and texts hold up a mirror to the realities of modern life and make a broad appeal to an enquiring contemporary audience.
Turnage was the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Composer in Residence from 2005–10, during which time the Orchestra released two highly acclaimed CDs of his orchestral music. This is the third and final volume of Turnage’s music to be released on the LPO Label. It features five works recorded for the first time, including the world première peformance of his violin concerto Mambo, Blues and Tarantella with soloist Christian Tetzlaff. The CD also features performances by soloists Lawrence Power (viola) and Michael Collins (clarinet).
Recorded at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall: On Opened Ground 19 October 2011, Texan Tenebrae 17 April 2010, Riffs and Refrains 13 Feb 2008, Mambo, Blues and Tarantella 24 September 2008. Lullaby for Hans recorded at Snape Maltings, 1 April 2007.
Contents and tracklist
Awards and reviews
15th December 2012
The three most substantial works on this CD are concertos in all but name, each a valuable addition to the repertoire...[On opened ground] finds Power making wonderful sense of Turnage’s alternately jagged and rhapsodic language...Vivid performances by the LPO
February 2013
The performances...are all unfailingly attuned to this often visceral music, which also applies to the conducting...All in all, as fine a selection of Turnage's recent music as could be wished
1st November 2012
The whole disc provides an impressive demonstration of Turnage's fluency and orchestral imagination, especially in the works with soloists here. On Opened Ground is a dark-hued, often anguished viola concerto, played with real intensity by Lawrence Power, while Riffs and Refrains expertly puts solo clarinettist Michael Collins through his extrovert paces.
