Roxburgh's Clarinet Concerto features soloist Linda Merrick in a work of symphonic scope and expressivity; she is accompanied by the Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer.
In Saturn - a tribute to Holst, Roxburgh's predecessor at the Royal College of Music - Roxburgh explores the mythical characters of its moons and satellites in a series of orchestral showpieces which culminates in the wild abandon, and percussive onslaught, of Saturn itself; Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra is conducted by Peter Stark.
Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra
Peter Stark conductor
Linda Merrick clarinet
Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra
Edwin Roxburgh conductor
AUDIO
REVIEWS
'Saturn is an epic orchestral and electronic space-scape, effortlessly blending Roxburgh's understanding of Boulez and Stockhausen with a Birtwistle-like sense of ritual. An orbiting soprano saxophone beams down ideas to an orchestral underlay dominated by clattering percussion and mind-expanding electronics; this is an extraordinarily ballsy mission undertaken by HCYO.' The Wire, 2006
FUNDERS
This album was made possible by funding from the Royal Northern College of Music and Hertfordshire County Council.
RECORDING CREDITS
Clarinet Concerto was recorded at Royal Northen College of Music, Manchester on 9 October 2005
DAVID LEFEBER Engineer/ Producer
Saturn was recorded at Haileybury College, Hertford on 6-7 April 2005
GARETH E WILLIAMS Engineer
GARETH E WILLIAMS, MATTHEW DILLEY Producers
DAVID LEFEBER Mastering
Catalogue number: NMC D119
Release Date: 1 February 2006