Toccata
Mihkel Kerem: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2
$20.99
Details
- Composer
- Mihkel Kerem
- Artist
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Toccata
- Released
- Mar 06, 2026
- Catalog #
- TOCC0776
- UPC
- 5060113447760
About
The Estonian composer Mihkel Kerem - born in Tallinn in 1981 and Joint Assistant Leader in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra since 2015 - used the Covid lockdown to produce no fewer than four symphonies, two of them, his Seventh and Eighth, conceived as a contrasting pair. Kerem's dark and ominous Seventh Symphony, like that of Sibelius, plots a huge sonata-form arch, growing from and back into it's opening material. It's soundworld sits somewhere between Sibelius and Schnittke, combining a sense of natural symphonic growth with dramatic twists of kaleidoscopic textural variety. No. 8, which also nods to Sibelius' Seventh by quoting it's celebrated trombone theme, is a vast, unhurried accelerando, it's three linked movements tapping into the Nordic-Baltic tradition of using the controlled power of the orchestra to suggest the vastness of nature.
Tracklist 4 tracks
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1 Symphony No. 7 25:21
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Symphony No. 7
- Duration
- 25:21
- Composer
- Mihkel Kerem
- Ensemble
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Andrew Manze
-
2 I. Mesto 14:24
- Track
- 2
- Title
- I. Mesto
- Duration
- 14:24
- Composer
- Mihkel Kerem
- Ensemble
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Andrew Manze
-
3 II. Comodo 06:08
- Track
- 3
- Title
- II. Comodo
- Duration
- 06:08
- Composer
- Mihkel Kerem
- Ensemble
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Andrew Manze
-
4 III. Volante 06:23
- Track
- 4
- Title
- III. Volante
- Duration
- 06:23
- Composer
- Mihkel Kerem
- Ensemble
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Andrew Manze