Works for String Orchestra
17 years after the release to wide critical acclaim of David Joseph’s album Selected Works Volume 2. Now, Works for String Orchestra presents previously un-released recordings gloriously remastered for this new album.
Michael Kieran Harvey piano
Spiros Rantos conductor
Zagreb Soloists ensemble
Ripieno Kammerorchester ensemble
Urs Walker violin
Howard Griffiths conductor
More than a walk down memory lane, these recordings present works that have not been previously released to the public and amply demonstrate Joseph’s evocative and vivid compositional style.
In 1990 David Joseph was introduced to Spiros Rantos who invited David to write a work for the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra for which Spiros was then the Musical Director. Spiros suggested Michael Kieran Harvey to be soloist in the proposed Chamber Concerto. This association with Michael resulted in two further works: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1996) commissioned by the MSO, and a solo piano work Rhapsody (1998) written for the Albert H Maggs Award.
Written in 1991/92, the Chamber Concerto is comprised of three movements, performed here by the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Spiros Rantos (conductor), and Michael Kieran Harvey (piano) which is the opening piece on the album. It is followed by Scheherazade written for the Zagreb Soloists at the invitation of the Zagreb International Music Biennale in 1999, and Dialogues (1992) for solo Violin and Strings, written at the invitation of Urs Walker for the Ripieno Kammerorchester of Winterthur in Switzerland.
Artist
David Joseph
Born in Melbourne in 1954, David Joseph showed no early musical aptitude. Early childhood musical influences, however, came from Russian music - Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev, the Red Army choir, Russian folk music and art. These influences remained all through life, and engendered a great love of Russian schools, especially Stravinsky, Borodin, Rachmaninov and the like.
Track Listing
- Toccata
- Poem of Love-Meditation
- Scheherezade David Joseph
- Dialogues David Joseph
Chamber Concerto for Piano and Strings David Joseph
Performers
- Melbourne Chamber Orchestra · tracks 1 and 2
- Michael Kieran Harvey · tracks 1 and 2
- Spiros Rantos · tracks 1 and 2
- Zagreb Soloists · track 3
- Ripieno Kammerorchester · track 4
- Urs Walker · track 4
- Howard Griffiths · track 4
Where to listen
Works for String Orchestra is available for streaming through Spotify and Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
Works for String Orchestra is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
Product details
- Catalogue number
- MD 3460
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Release date
- 1 Apr 2023
- Musical work
copyright - © 2022 David Joseph
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 2022 Move records
- Categories
- Australian, Classical
- Barcode
- EAN 9314574346022
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