Marin Alsop, one of the conductors on this album, is the only conductor to have received a MacArthur Fellowship, an award for exceptional creative work.
Recording & Production
The London Philharmonic Orchestra established its own record label in 2005, and these recordings are mainly taken from live concerts.
Composer Biography
Turnage's international career was kick-started by Hans Werner Henze, a German-born, Italian-based composer, who commissioned an opera for the 1988 Munich Biennale festival.
Composer Biography
Mark-Anthony Turnage, a composer widely admired for blending jazz and contemporary classical traditions, began inventing music to enliven his childhood piano practice.
Composition History
The violin concerto 'Mambo, Blues and Tarantella' was specifically designed for violinist Christian Tetzlaff, whom composer Mark-Anthony Turnage greatly admires.
Performer Biography
Michael Collins, the clarinet soloist, received the Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist of the Year Award in 2006 for his role in expanding the clarinet repertoire.
