Galina Ustvolskaya - Symphonies Nos. 1-5

Galina USTVOLSKAYA (1919-2006)

Symphony No. 1 for two boys’ voices and orchestra (1955-1956)

Symphony No, 2 True and Eternal Bliss for male reciter and small orchestra (1979)

Symphony No. 3 Jesus Messiah, save us!  for male reciter and small orchestra (1983)

Symphony No. 4 Prayer for contralto, piano, trumpet and tamtam (1985-1986)

Symphony No, 5 for male reciter, oboe, trumpet, tuba, violin and percussion (wooden cube)

Oliver Barlow and Arlo Murray (boy trebles), 

Barbara Kozelj (contralto), 

Sergej Merkusjev (reciter), 

Joonas Ahonen (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Christian Karlsen

rec. 2023, Henry Wood Hall, London, UK

Toru Takemitsu - Spectral Canticle; To the Edge of a Dream

Tōru TAKEMITSU (1930-1996)

Spectral Canticle for guitar, violin and orchestra (1995)

To the Edge of Dream for guitar and orchestra (1983)

Vers, l’arc-en-ciel, Palma for oboe d’amore, guitar and orchestra (1984)

Twill by Twilight (1988)

Jacob Kellerman (guitar)

Viviane Hagner (violin) 

Juliana Koch (oboe d’amore)

BBC Philharmonic

Christian Karlsen

rec. 2022, Philharmonic Studio, Media City UK, Salford, UK