The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra (is) another vital brick in the ever-increasing wall of Australian musical brilliance…The orchestra’s latest offering (at the moment available only as a digital download), features three of the late 19th, early 20th century’s greatest composers, Max Bruch, Benjamin Britten and Pyotr Tchaikovsky…played by the ARCO with all the attention to detail that the orchestra is famous for.
Modifications of tempo and rhythm, coupled with various expressive devices of the time, were used by Britten to bring certain accents to his songs, all based on the poems of the French writer Arthur Rimbaud and Rachael Beesley has faithfully followed these. This is a real treat for Britten lovers.
Michael Morton-Evans, 2MBS-FM Fine Music
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