Toccata
Robin Stevens: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1
$21.99
Details
- Composer
- Robin Stevens
- Artist
- Alison Murray, Christopher Gough, Martin Murphy, Benjamin Hartnell-Booth, Adam Richardson, Katherine
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Toccata
- Released
- Mar 13, 2026
- Catalog #
- TOCC0758
- UPC
- 5060113447586
About
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.
Tracklist 8 tracks
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1 Dona nobis pacem: A Prayer for Peace 03:56
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Dona nobis pacem: A Prayer for Peace
- Duration
- 03:56
- Composer
- Robin Stevens
- Performer
- Christopher Gough, Martin Murphy
- Ensemble
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Conductor
- Paul Mann
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2 Disrupted Chorale 03:45
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Disrupted Chorale
- Duration
- 03:45
- Composer
- Robin Stevens
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3 I. Moderato con moto 14:46
- Track
- 3
- Title
- I. Moderato con moto
- Duration
- 14:46
- Composer
- Robin Stevens
- Performer
- Adam Mackenzie
- Ensemble
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Conductor
- Paul Mann
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4 II. Lament: Adagio non troppo 14:46
- Track
- 4
- Title
- II. Lament: Adagio non troppo
- Duration
- 14:46
- Composer
- Robin Stevens
- Performer
- Adam Mackenzie
- Ensemble
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Conductor
- Paul Mann
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5 III. Finale: Allegro amicabile 12:11
- Track
- 5
- Title
- III. Finale: Allegro amicabile
- Duration
- 12:11
- Composer
- Robin Stevens
- Performer
- Adam Mackenzie
- Ensemble
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Conductor
- Paul Mann
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6 I. Mouvemente à la mode: Moderato, ben marcato 04:06
- Track
- 6
- Title
- I. Mouvemente à la mode: Moderato, ben marcato
- Duration
- 04:06
- Composer
- Robin Stevens
- Ensemble
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Conductor
- Paul Mann
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7 II. Berceuse: Adagio con moto 02:24
- Track
- 7
- Title
- II. Berceuse: Adagio con moto
- Duration
- 02:24
- Composer
- Robin Stevens
- Ensemble
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Conductor
- Paul Mann
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8 III. Gigue: Allegro vivo, alla danza 01:56
- Track
- 8
- Title
- III. Gigue: Allegro vivo, alla danza
- Duration
- 01:56
- Composer
- Robin Stevens
- Ensemble
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Conductor
- Paul Mann