The Boston Symphony Orchestra has a long tradition of commissioning and performing important new music, and the four works on this album were commissioned and premiered by the orchestra and it's conductor Andris Nelsons during the first years of his tenure. Eric Nathan takes us on a journey through a series of interconnected worlds whereas George Tsontakis marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in a series of Sonnets for English horn and orchestra. Timo Andres carries on 'conversations' with composers of the past while Sean Shepherd has been inspired by five giants of artistic modernism.

Tracklist:

The Space Of A Door
Sonnets: No. 1, Sonnet 30 "When To The Sessions Of Sweet Silent Thought"
Sonnets: No. 2, Sonnet 12 "When I Do Count The Clock That Tells The Time"
Sonnets: No. 3, Sonnet 60 "Like As The Waves Make Towards The Pebbled Shore"
Sonnets: No. 4, Sonnet 75 "So You Are To My Thoughts As Food To Life"
Everything Happens So Much
Express Abstractionism: I. Dense Bubbles, Calder, The Origin Of Life On Earth
Express Abstractionism: II. Richter, The Rainbow Inside A Bolt Of Lightning
Express Abstractionism: III. Kandinsky, And Marble, And Krasner
Express Abstractionism: IV. The Sun, The Moon, Mondrian

UPC: 636943987421
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 11.8.19
Format: CD

Andres / Boston Symphony Orch / Nelsons - Boston Symphony Commissions (CD)