Out of the Silence: Orchestral Music by John McLeod (2018)

The music of Scottish composer John McLeod has an attractive quality of seeming to be neo-Romantic but then turning out to be something else altogether. This derives partly from the variety of influences to which he has pointed: Shostakovich on the one hand, and Witold Lutoslawski on the other. The latter is evident in the centerpiece of this release, featuring the great Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who premiered McLeod's Percussion Concerto in 1987 and confidently reprises it here, with McLeod himself, aged well ... Read More

The music of Scottish composer John McLeod has an attractive quality of seeming to be neo-Romantic but then turning out to be something else altogether. This derives partly from the variety of influences to which he has pointed: Shostakovich on the one hand, and Witold Lutoslawski on the other. The latter is evident in the centerpiece of this release, featuring the great Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who premiered McLeod's Percussion Concerto in 1987 and confidently reprises it here, with McLeod himself, aged well over 80, on the baton. It's a fascinating work that overlays Lutoslawski's controlled improvisation on a Bartókian five-movement arch shape. Particularly interesting is the constantly changing role of the percussion soloist, and it is a real pleasure to hear Glennie in music that exploits her powers to the fullest. Elsewhere there is more music rooted in the past but not of it: The Shostakovich Connection, which uses music from the Symphony No. 5, Op. 47, and the String Quartet No.... Read Less

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