Jon Lord-BOOM OF THE TINGLING STRINGS-CD - 2008 EMI Classics/EMI Records Ltd. - 094639052820-300 grn
EMI Classics are pleased to release two symphonic works by Jon Lord, better known as a founder member of one of the all-time great rock groups, Deep Purple. Lords new Piano Concerto, Boom of the Tingling Strings, is performed by Nelson Goerner with the Odense Symfoniorkester under conductor Paul Mann, concertos dedicatee. Lords Suite for String Orchestra, entitled Disguises, completes the programme. Parallel to his rock career, Jon Lord has composed music for orchestra for nearly forty years. Sometimes described as classical cross-over, Lords compositions reflect his many musical enthusiasms, which, in addition to orchestral music and rock, include jazz and folk music. While still a member of the band, Lords Concerto for Group and Orchestra was recorded by Deep Purple with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Malcolm Arnold, selling hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. Since leaving the re-formed Deep Purple in 2002, Jon has focused his attention on composing. EMI have previously released a number of his works to critical acclaim, including Pictured Within and Beyond the Notes. Former EMI Debut series artist Nelson Goerner, "player of exalted poetic verve" (Gramophone), is the soloist in Boom of the Tingling Strings. He rises admirably to the technical challenges of the work, particularly the fiendishly difficult last movement and, at the recording sessions, he moved the composer to tears with his deftness of touch and musical sensitivity. Disguises is a suite in three movements, each a portrait of someone who has inspired the composer. Lord originally conceived the work for string quartet but later expanded it for string orchestra. The first movement, M.A.s.q.u.e., is a portrait of Sir Malcolm Arnold, seminal influence on Jon Lords musical life. The second, MUSIC for MIRIAM, is a portrait of the composers late mother. The final movement, IL BUFFONE (G.C.) is for an old friend, big bustling man who brings Lord occasional benign madness and hilarity when I most need it, but whose joviality can disguise a certain wistfulness. When Disguises was completed in 2006, Jon Lord decided to dedicate it to Sir Malcolm Arnold, and received word that the great English composer, delighted to be the dedicatee, looked forward to hearing the work. Sadly, Sir Malcolm never heard it as he died four days later.
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