David Hackbridge Johnson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3

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Two orchestral tone poems, Aspens, op. 362, and Ziggurats, op. 251, display a coolly Sibelian demeanor. Both are soundscapes that unfold with Johnson’s usual skill in coloring, and manipulating... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

Release Date: 29th Mar 2019
Catalogue No: TOCC0456
Label: Toccata Classics
Length: 68 minutes

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Johnson, D H: Aspens, Op. 362

Work length10:34

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Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann

Johnson, D H: Ziggurats, Op. 251

Work length11:06

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Kārlis Catlaks (clarinet in E flat), Kristaps Catlaks (bass clarinet)
Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann

Johnson, D H: Elegies (2) for Strings & Harp, Op. 159

Work length10:36

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Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann
Recorded: 15-16 June 2017
Recording Venue: Amber Concert Hall, Liepāja, Latvia

No. 1, Locrian Ground

Track length4:42

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No. 2, Semper Dolens

Track length5:54

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Johnson, D H: Symphony No. 15, Op. 361 No. 3 'Where the Wind Is Born'

Work length30:22

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$14.00

Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann
Recorded: 03-04 December 2018
Recording Venue: Amber Concert Hall, Liepāja, Latvia

I. Drift. Scorrevole dolcemente

Track length10:50

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II. Storm. Allegro con fuoco

Track length8:20

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III. Chorales. Lento

Track length11:12

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Johnson, D H: Valse mérovingienne, Op. 77a

Work length6:14

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Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann

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The first two Toccata Classics volumes of the orchestral music of the English composer David Hackbridge Johnson (b. 1963) presented three mighty symphonies, conceived on a large scale and powerful in their utterance. The Fifteenth Symphony, tone-poems and other works offered here show a change in focus: an engagement with the natural world, reflecting the poetry of changing light and shifting winds, with man’s impermanent presence dwarfed by the implacable grandeur of nature. Here Paul Mann, a frequent Toccata Classics artist, conducts the orchestra of the very town – Liepāja, on the coast of Latvia – that inspired the Fifteenth Symphony.

This is Paul Mann’s fourteenth recording for Toccata Classics. He is a regular guest-conductor with many orchestras throughout Europe, the USA, Australia and the Far East, and is famous for his collaboration with the legendary rock group Deep Purple With Toccata Classics he has embarked on a series devoted to the music of contemporary British symphonists, recording the Ninth and Tenth and Thirteenth Symphonies of David Hackbridge Johnson and the Third by Steve Elcock, each accompanied by smaller works, as well as the Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 and tone-poem Distant Nebulae by Rodney Newton.

The Liepāja Symphony Orchestra is the oldest symphonic ensemble in the Baltic States: it was founded in 1881. This is the eighth of a series of recordings planned with Toccata Classics, featuring the music of the late Norwegian composer Leif Solberg (recorded for his 100th birthday), the Scottish Romantic Charles O’Brien, the German Josef Schelb, Finnish Fridrich Bruk and English-born, Scottish-based William Wordsworth.

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January/February 2020

Two orchestral tone poems, Aspens, op. 362, and Ziggurats, op. 251, display a coolly Sibelian demeanor. Both are soundscapes that unfold with Johnson’s usual skill in coloring, and manipulating thematic motifs...Paul Mann’s conducting is exemplary, drawing polished performances from the Latvian orchestra.

June 2019

The disc is wonderfully played and recorded and its presentation is ideal. Buy it!

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