Misha Rachlevsky & The Russian String Orchestra
Release Date: 10 September 2021
Label: Origin Classical
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805553302720
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Description
Chicago composer Doug Lofstrom has been writing prolifically since the 1970s, with his wide-ranging style reflecting ongoing involvement in dance, film, theater and symphonic music. He has been composer-in-residence for the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra and musical director of Chicago's Free Street Theater, while his works have been performed by numerous American Symphony Orchestras and chamber ensembles over the decades. Music for Strings is comprised of four pieces Lofstrom began work on in the late '70s, starting with the three movement composition by the same name, which was originally recorded in 1984 and premiered by the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra. Here, Lofstrom presents these pieces together for the first time with fresh interpretations by Moscow's Russian String Orchestra. Conducted by the orchestra's founder, Misha Rachlevsky, the ensemble is now in its 3rd decade.
"Simply beautiful!" - The Intermezzo
"An aesthetic risk-taker, Lofstrom straddles too many categories to be easily classified." - Chicago Reader
Tracklisting
arx duo
Naama Liany
Michael Waldrop
Josh Nelson
Jim Gailloreto's Jazz String Quintet & Cheryl Wilson
Emi Meyer
Dan Dean
Corey Christiansen
Nikolaus Heyduck
Ostrava New Orchestra, Owen Underhill, Ostravska Banda, Petr Kotik, Elision Ensemble, Arditti Quartet, Switch~ Ensemble, Jason Thorpe Buchanan
Gavin Bryars
Ilse Eerens, Tomoko Kasai, Mayumi Miyata, Masanori Oishi, Saori Oya, Naoko Yoshino
L'Itineraire, Leo Margue
Hashtag Ensemble
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis
Joel-Francois Durand
