Mantovani: Concerto for Two Violas; Time Stretch; Finale – review

Zimmermann/Tamestit/Liège Royal PO/Rophé(Aeon)These three orchestral works bridge the gap in Bruno Mantovani's music between his two operas, L'Autre Côté of 2006 and Akhmatova, first performed at the Paris Opéra in March this year. Though only one of them is explicitly labelled as a concerto, Mantovani sees all three pieces as explorations of concertante writing, with a solo clarinet featuring in Time Stretch and a solo flute in Finale, though their roles are significantly less important t...

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