FOULDS, JOHN: ORCHESTRAL WORKS (2 CDs)

“A missing link between Edwardian opulence and the avant-garde, Foulds wrote rampaging, adventurous, iridescent music, splendidly championed by Oramo and the CBSO.”

Foulds:
Three Mantras (from Avatara), Op. 61B
Dynamic Triptych (Piano Concerto)
Mirage, Op. 21 (1910)
Lyra Celtica, Op. 50 (c. 1925)
Apotheosis, Op. 18 (1909)
Music-Pictures Group III, Op. 33
April-England, Op. 48 No. 1
Song of Ram Dass
Keltic Lament

Susan Bickley (mezzo), Peter Donohoe (piano) & Daniel Hope (violin)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo