St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Tamami Honma, piano, Donatas Katkus

Ensemble:	St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra
Soloist(s):	Tamami Honma, piano
Label Name:	Dutton Laboratories Epoch
Catalogue Number:	CDLX7133
Conductor:	Donatas Katkus

Work Title	Composer
Concertante Variations on a Theme of Nicholas Maw	John McCabe
Piano Concerto No. 2 'Sinfonia Concertante'	John McCabe
Six-Minute Symphony	John McCabe
Sonata on a Motet	John McCabe

Reviews

'…intriguing orchestral programme of pieces dating mostly from the 1970s. Despite the disparity in dates there is remarkable stylistic consistency…the 'Concertante Variations…why this later work is not better known amazes me, frankly…The largest piece, by virtue of its internal cohesion and gravitas rather than mere duration, is the Second Piano Concerto…Listen past the dissonance of the opening minute: what emerges, like order from chaos, is one of the finest post-war piano concertos. Tamami Honma…plays brilliantly, as do the splendid St Christopher Chamber Orchestra of Vilnius under Donatas Katkus's smart direction. Excellent sound, too. Very strongly recommended.'
Guy Rickards, Gramophone, 01 March 2004

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