Since you are interested in Harris: Symphony No. 4, "To the memory of Mahinārangi Tocker" / Cello Concerto, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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Harris: Violin Concerto / Symphony No 5 Ilya Gringolts (violin), Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano) / Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Eckehard Stier & Garry Walker [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] "orchestral tone and clarity is smooth and clean" (MusicWeb) |
Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker [ Sony Music / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] Leonard Cohen, acclaimed composer of 'Hallelujah', has released an album of haunting new songs at the age of 82. This great artist continues to astonish us. Uncompromising and urgent, "You Want It Darker" is the latest chapter in Leonard's... |
JACK BODY
Poems of Love and War Robert Easting (narrator) David Greco (bar) Somara Ouk, Budi Putra (vocals) Martin Riseley (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Young [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2014 ] "works of immense skill and real communication that in these fabulous performances will give him a worldwide audience. Even the splendid Meditations on Michelangelo for violin and strings really catches the ear. Don't pass on thjis." (John Button) |
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Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 Madeleine Pierard (soprano) / Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Marko Letonja [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] Described as "often beautiful and sometimes frightening" (NZ Listener), Ross Harris's Symphony No 2 is a setting of poems on the subject of New Zealand soldiers shot for desertion in World War One. |
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Harris: Face / Symphony No. 6 'Last Letter' Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Giordano Bellincampi, Antony Hermus [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] In Symphony No. 6 'Last Letter', Ross Harris explores settings of four poems by Vincent O'Sullivan, interlinking them with three musical interludes. The darkness of the subject matter draws from the composer music of powerful and at times despairing... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / ROBERT VOLKMANN
Schumann / Volkmann: Cello Concertos (with works by Richard Strauss & Max Bruch) Daniel Müller-Schott (Violoncello) / NDR Sinfonieorchester, Christoph Eschenbach [ ORFEO / CD - released 30/Aug/2013 ] "Daniel Müller-Schott's mellow cello timbre and emotional sensibility are key factors in this warmhearted disc of four Romantic works" (Daily Telegraph) |