Robin Holloway : Violin Concerto & Horn Concerto

Holloway's rhapsodic, romantic Violin Concerto was inspired both by the Tiffany stained glass of a New York mansion, and by a Fauré song; the accompanying Horn Concerto combines neo-classicism with a darker, Mahlerian mood.

"The rich romanticism of Holloway's writing in these concertos will confound those who think of contemporary classical music as ditchwater dull or ridiculously complex... Echoes of Richard Strauss, British light music, Alban Berg and Fauré emerge from the fabric of both works, leaving the strong individual flavour of Holloway’s writing intact."
Music Week 2003

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Track Listing	Track Time	MP3
Violin Concerto: Opening	2'13
Violin Concerto: Windows I-II	3'15
Violin Concerto: 1st Scherzo & Window IV	2'55
Violin Concerto: Trio & Window V	2'29
Violin Concerto: Window VI	1'57
Violin Concerto: Slow movement	5'31
Violin Concerto: Continuation	1'36
Violin Concerto: 2nd Scherzo	1'54
Violin Concerto: Window VII	1'25
Violin Concerto: 2nd Scherzo, Part 2	2'34
Violin Concerto: 2nd Scherzo, Part 3	2'29
Violin Concerto: Climax & Fall	2'15
Violin Concerto: Window IX	2'10
Violin Concerto: Cadenza	4'12
Violin Concerto: Coda	2'05
Horn Concerto: I - Sonata	12'52
Horn Concerto: II - Adagio	8'22
Horn Concerto: II - Cadenza	2'58
Horn Concerto: III - Rondo	9'43

Composers on this disc

Robin Holloway