专辑简介:
The concerto for group and orchestra was a quite unusual step for the apparently opposed styles of music that it involves. One must also bear in mind the context in which it was written ie 1969 a period of some social change and even upheaval.Having said that the concerto is i think a strong and balanced work. It is in three movements the first seems to be something of a contest where the group and orchestra sound very much like antagonists untill having tested each other out they come to a sort of resolution or at least a meeting of equals. The second movement works around the protagonists treatment of two seperate tunes with a blues based exposition of one of them. It draws to an elegant and quite subtle end with a short stinged segment. The final movement has a strong rhythmicdrive the group and orchestra seem to again spar with each other untill it all comes to a final powerful chord and an ending which is symptomatic of a work which i have always found to be a success. The involvement of malcolm arnold lends the work authority and style .My own feelings after hearing it again are that it remains a strong and surprisingly enduring work. 曲目列表:
1. Hard Road (Wring That Neck)
2. Child in Time
3. First Movement: Moderato-Allegro
4. Second Movement: Andante
5. Third Movement: Vivace - Presto 试听: