Maksimal brings together three major works by Daniel Temkin, music shaped by vivid physical images and a search for the forces that connect experience, memory, and place. At it's center is the violin concerto Maksimal, written for and performed here by Francisco Fullana with Ryan McAdams and the Maksimal Ensemble. Bright, agile, and rhythmically charged, the three movements balance solo virtuosity with quicksilver ensemble dialogue, nodding to Baroque concerto principles while stretching them into larger, continuous arcs. Dreamed Landscapes turns to the piano, with Ryan MacEvoy McCullough tracing three impressionistic studies inspired by galaxies, glaciers, and canyon horizons. Rather than literal depiction, the music focuses on colour, resonance, and the inner sensation of inhabiting these spaces. Completing the program is Ocean's Call, performed by the Aizuri Quartet, a work inspired by California's Pacific coast. From misty harmonics and brittle wind textures to expansive, storm-driven waves, the piece unfolds as a meditation on nature's power and calm. Recorded across Houston and New York, Maksimal is Temkin's second solo album on Orchid Classics: a focused, immersive portrait of a composer drawn to sound as landscape, motion, and shared human experience.

Tracklist:

Temkin: Maksimal I. White Heat
Temkin: Maksimal II. Continuum
Temkin: Maksimal III. Circle Games
Temkin: Dreamed Landscapes I. Starfield
Temkin: Dreamed Landscapes II. Glaciers crumbling, assembling
Temkin: Dreamed Landscapes III. Echoes of the Horizon
Temkin: Ocean's Call I. Hanging Cliffs, Rising Mist
Temkin: Ocean's Call II. The Bitter Salt of the Sea
Temkin: Ocean's Call III. Lullaby Waves

UPC: 5060189564743
Label: Orchid Classics
Release Date: 5.8.26
Format: CD

Francisco Fullana / Maksimal Ensemble - Maksimal (CD)