Paul Silverthorne, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Woods - Steve Elcock: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4 (2026)

Steve Elcock – UK-born (in 1957) but long since based in France – was recently hailed by a fellow composer in the American magazine Fanfare as ‘the greatest living symphonist’. All eleven of the symphonies he has composed to date are, in various ways, concerned with the large-scale accumulation and dissipation of tension, rather in the manner of the later Nielsen symphonies – the half-hour span of his Fourth Symphony also reconciling tonality and atonality in its wild and energetic arch. Elcock is fond of bringing popular elements into his music, and a folk-like dance duly animates his Viola Concerto. These major works are book-ended here by two big-hearted orchestral showpieces that could become audience favourites.

Tracklist
01. Hammering, Op. 15
02. Viola Concerto, Op. 29: Tempo commodo
03. Viola Concerto, Op. 29: Doppio movimento
04. Viola Concerto, Op. 29: Largo
05. Viola Concerto, Op. 29: Moderato
06. Viola Concerto, Op. 29: Subito allegro molto - Un poco meno mosso - Allegro molto - Più allegro
07. Symphony No. 4, Op. 19 A Golden Rose Fallen from the Flat Sea of Time: Largo (1)
08. Symphony No. 4, Op. 19 A Golden Rose Fallen from the Flat Sea of Time: Allegro (1)
09. Symphony No. 4, Op. 19 A Golden Rose Fallen from the Flat Sea of Time: Letter G
10. Symphony No. 4, Op. 19 A Golden Rose Fallen from the Flat Sea of Time: Letter H
11. Symphony No. 4, Op. 19 A Golden Rose Fallen from the Flat Sea of Time: Allegro (2)
12. Symphony No. 4, Op. 19 A Golden Rose Fallen from the Flat Sea of Time: Largo (2)
13. Symphony No. 4, Op. 19 A Golden Rose Fallen from the Flat Sea of Time: Allegro (3)
14. Symphony No. 4, Op. 19 A Golden Rose Fallen from the Flat Sea of Time: Pesante
15. Symphony No. 4, Op. 19 A Golden Rose Fallen from the Flat Sea of Time: Lento
16. Symphony No. 4, Op. 19 A Golden Rose Fallen from the Flat Sea of Time: Allegro (4)
17. Symphony No. 4, Op. 19 A Golden Rose Fallen from the Flat Sea of Time: Largo (3)
18. Fermeture, Op. 38: Allegro
19. Fermeture, Op. 38: Un poco più mosso
20. Fermeture, Op. 38: Tempo I