This world premiere recording of British composer Nigel Clarke’s symphony for violin and orchestra The Prophecies of Merlin is inspired by the 12th-century text De gestis Britonum by Geoffrey of Monmouth, and it casts the soloist as the maddened Merlin, in a score brimming with rhythmic drive and bravura orchestration. Clarke's music can aso be heard on 8.570429 (Samurai • Black Fire • The Miraculous Violin) and 8.574097 (Mysteries of the Horizon).
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Reviews
“… This is an interesting and challenging release.”
Martin Novak – Fanfare – January/February 2024
“… With its themes of madness and apocalypse, it’s an ominous and violent work in which Skærved’s fleet-footed violin defies the growling mass of orchestral voices.” ****
Charlotte Smith – BBC Music magazine – August 2023
5*
Remy Franck – Pizzicato.lu – 3 July 2023
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