Debussy/ London Violin Sound - London Violin SoundA unique demonstration of massed instrumental playing, featuring no less than 48 violinists under the baton of Geoffrey Simon. Three of London's finest sections drive the concept of the violin ensemble to new heights in these innovative, hugely sonorous treatments of repertoire from Debussy to Gershwin. "Monti's Csardas of course sounds appropriately passionate: and when it gets going the 48 players clearly enjoy their own virtuosity: the result is

we can highlight: "Hold Back The River" (James Bay)

a rite of passage in which adolescent boys are initiated into manhood by journeying into the wilderness alone

but also with it's fragility

All are answered in this funny yet dark comedy in the vein of 'Raising Arizona' and 'Leaving Las Vegas'

other artists may wish to record one or more of these

Dmitri Kabalevsky was one of the "Big Four" of Soviet music

Besides his activity as a performing artist he is professor at Hochschulzentrum am Horn in Weimar

This album - released to coincide with their major US tour in early 2018 - includes tracks from eight of their most popular albums

the girls of Jitro lovingly offer the songs and stories of their people to all who listen

Claude-Paul Taffanel

Vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket

It is Franz Schubert