John Casken: Darting the Skiff
Heinrich Schiff (cello)
Northern Sinfonia, John Casken
This well-filled disc deserves success. It is the perfect way to get to know some truly inventive and stimulating music by one of our most important contemporary composers. It should be snapped...
John Casken: Darting the Skiff
Heinrich Schiff (cello)
Northern Sinfonia, John Casken
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This well-filled disc deserves success. It is the perfect way to get to know some truly inventive and stimulating music by one of our most important contemporary composers. It should be snapped...
About
Casken's lyrical Cello Concerto is coupled with Maharal Dreaming, a vivid orchestral fantasy derived from his opera Golem; the glittering showpiece for strings, Darting the Skiff; and the theatrical and exuberant Vaganza, with its echoes of Petrushka.
Contents and tracklist
- Northern Sinfonia
- John Casken
- Recorded: 3-6 September 1994
- Recording Venue: St Nicholas Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Northern Sinfonia
- John Casken
- Recorded: 3-6 September 1994
- Recording Venue: St Nicholas Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Heinrich Schiff
- Northern Sinfonia
- Recorded: August 1992
- Recording Venue: St NiCholas Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Northern Sinfonia
- John Casken
- Recorded: 3-6 September 1994
- Recording Venue: St Nicholas Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Awards and reviews
This well-filled disc deserves success. It is the perfect way to get to know some truly inventive and stimulating music by one of our most important contemporary composers. It should be snapped up by anyone who cares about the modern British music scene.
