British Music for Strings IV

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Label
CPO
Release Date
August 15, 2025
Format
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Alan Bush, Thomas Dunhill, Armstrong Gibbs, Imogen Holst, Gordon Jacob, Thomas Pitfield
    • PERFORMER
      Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 15, 2025
    • UPC
      761203545223
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555452-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE

The fourth volume of this diverse and instructive series presents itself as a "group portrait with a lady". In this installment, Douglas Bostock and the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim continue their exploration of British string music history. Representing the "fairer sex" among her colleagues is Imogen Holst, daughter of the renowned composer of The Planets. Of all the composers featured, she employs the most advanced musical language. Nevertheless, they are all united by a shared artistic ethos: they creatively follow in the footsteps of the old masters, devising various ways to bridge the spirit of past centuries with their own time. This may take shape as variations or as a musical monument, but more often than not, it unfolds "en suite" - with refined taste and that distinctly British sense of conservatism.