With three world-premiere recordings of works from three different points in his career, this disc provides an overview of the music of English composer Kenneth Leighton. It opens with his Vaughan Williams-esque Symphony for Strings, written when its composer was not quite 20. It closes with his Bartókian Concerto for String Orchestra, written when he was a bit past 30. And in the middle is his sui generis Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra, and Timpani written when he was a bit past 40. Always tonal, usually lyrical, ...
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With three world-premiere recordings of works from three different points in his career, this disc provides an overview of the music of English composer Kenneth Leighton. It opens with his Vaughan Williams-esque Symphony for Strings, written when its composer was not quite 20. It closes with his Bartókian Concerto for String Orchestra, written when he was a bit past 30. And in the middle is his sui generis Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra, and Timpani written when he was a bit past 40. Always tonal, usually lyrical, and often dramatic, Leighton's music fits comfortably into the more conservative side of the postwar English modernist world, and will likely appeal to listeners who enjoy Arnold, Berkeley and Rawsthorne.These performances will likewise likely stand as definitive for the foreseeable future. Conductor Richard Hickox has demonstrated both his understanding of and his sympathy for postwar English modernism in his dozens of recordings of composers ranging from Alwyn to Vaughan...
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