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preparing us for the soloist’s entry. Violinist Randall Goosby’s charisma makes the
music sing, and he’s given lush support from Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s

Philadelphians. There’s a lovely moment seconds before the close of the finale,
Goosby suddenly dangling in space over a fruity chord, judged to perfection here.
Concerto No. 2 is in a single 15-minute movement, and you wish it was longer; Price’s
orchestration is more distinctive (I wish she’d made more of those startling celesta flourishes in
the opening tutti) and it’s structurally tidier. Goosby is terrific, and similarly magnetic in a lovely
transcription of Price’s little Adoration, a late organ piece arranged here for violin and strings by
Jim Gray. Plus, Bruch’s G minor Violin Concerto, one of those warhorses which is both a decent
work and incredibly popular. Goosby’s exuberance is matched by Nézet-Séguin; this
performance really moves. Decca’s engineering, the three concertos recorded during live
performances last October, is excellent.

George Crumb: Dream Sequence, Cello Sonata, Vox Balaenae Ensemble Dreamtiger, with
Rohan de Saram (cello) (FHR Remasters)