Robin Stevens: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
March 13, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Robin Stevens
    • PERFORMER
      Alison Murray, Christopher Gough, Martin Murphy, Benjamin Hartnell-Booth, Adam Richardson, Katherine
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 13, 2026
    • UPC
      5060113447586
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0758
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Dona nobis pacem: A Prayer for Peace

      Composer: Robin Stevens

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Performer: Christopher Gough, Martin Murphy

      Conductor: Paul Mann

    2. Disrupted Chorale

      Composer: Robin Stevens

    3. I. Moderato con moto

      Composer: Robin Stevens

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Performer: Adam Mackenzie

      Conductor: Paul Mann

    4. II. Lament: Adagio non troppo

      Composer: Robin Stevens

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Performer: Adam Mackenzie

      Conductor: Paul Mann

    5. III. Finale: Allegro amicabile

      Composer: Robin Stevens

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Performer: Adam Mackenzie

      Conductor: Paul Mann

    6. I. Mouvemente à la mode: Moderato, ben marcato

      Composer: Robin Stevens

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Paul Mann

    7. II. Berceuse: Adagio con moto

      Composer: Robin Stevens

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Paul Mann

    8. III. Gigue: Allegro vivo, alla danza

      Composer: Robin Stevens

      Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

      Conductor: Paul Mann


The compositional career of Robin Stevens, Welsh-born (in 1958), and Manchester-based, is divided into two periods, separated by a period of illness. The first mainly produced chamber music and works for the church that employed him; restored to health, he found an appetite for larger forms, writing three substantial concertos and a number of other orchestral works - all now recorded for Toccata Classics. This first album sets his expansive Bassoon Concerto, amid three shorter works, each of them revealing how his command of orchestral colour and melodic line can suggest landscapes and narratives. In the slow movement of the Concerto in particular, there are passages of deep feeling and intensity, but Stevens also has a healthy sense of fun, which often emerges unexpectedly to energise his music.