Divertissement In A Minor;

On this fascinating disc of world premiere recordings, distinguished soloists and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore the music of American composer Charles Martin Loeffler. Violinist Lorraine McAslan brilliantly rises to the music's very considerable technical demands - velvet-toned in the Une Nuit de Mai, a sumptuous musical picture of a spring night in the Ukraine, and powerfully virtuosic in the Divertissement in A minor. Prizewinning saxophonist Amy Dickson delights in the charming Divertissement Espagnol for saxophone and orchestra. The program is completed with the vivid symphonic fantasy La Villanelle du Diable.