Dmitry Vasiliev

Marina Kosterina, Siberian Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Vasiliev – Elcock: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:03:47 minutes | 678 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Toccata Classics

This third volume of orchestral music by the Anglo-French composer Steve Elcock (born 1957) features two symphonies and a quasi-concerto. Over the course of its two movements, the Sixth Symphony, which bears the title “Tyrants Destroyed”, moves from grief to outrage, rising to a grimly triumphant conclusion. The one-movement Seventh – with some of its material derived from the words of a song Elcock heard in a dream – runs a gamut of emotion, from anger to heartbreak, in its impassioned narrative. Manic Dancing, a piano concerto in all but name, inhabits a complex world of driving rhythms, nostalgic flashbacks and hectic dance music – buoyant and good-natured, like Martinů on speed.
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