Simon Bainbridge: Fantasia for Double Orchestra

Simon Bainbridge: Fantasia for Double OrchestraThis Ancora re issue features Simon Bainbridge's Viola Concerto commissioned by soloist Walter Trampler; the Fantasia for Double Orchestra, scored for two identical 'mirror image'; orchestras placed to the left and right of the stage; and the energetic Concertante in Moto Perpetuo for ten players, featuring oboist Nicholas Daniel. BBC Symphony Orchestra Composers Ensemble Simon Bainbridge conductor Walter Trampler viola London Sinfonietta Michael

a celebrated Wagnerian who rides the thick orchestration with ease' Presto Classical

TRYGGVI TRYGGVASON & ANDREW HALLIFAX Recording Engineer

accompanied by Quartet X

Recording Producer & Engineer: DAVID LEFEBER

performed by the venerable Hallé Orchestra

Release Date: 1 February 1997

‘Splendid portrait disc in NMC’s new strand of debuts…’ BBC Music Magazine

This collection of Stephen Montague's music for piano explores his roots in the Southern USA - including spirituals such as Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen - and the legacy of American experimental composers such as Charles Ives and John Cage with wit and energy

(P) 2017 NMC Recordings Ltd© 2017 NMC Recordings LtdCatalogue number: NMC D220Release Date: 24 February 2017

Aube was recorded at the same venue on 26 February 2008

with soloist Michael Collins

but little of that paid tribute to the loss of so many young lives