Karl Jenkins: Quirk - The Concertos Including Palladio (EMI Audio CD)

London Symphony Orchestra
Gareth Davies (Flute)
Carmine Lauri (Violin)
Marat Bisengaliev (Violin)
Catrin Finch (Harp)
Neil Percy (Percussion)
John Alley (Piano)
David Alberman (Violin)


Quirk The Concertos by Karl Jenkins features world premiere recordings of four recent concertos: Over The Stone, a double harp concerto; La Folia for marimba; Quirk, a concertante for flutes, keyboards, percussion and Sarikiz, a violin concerto. The album is rounded off with the re-recording of the first movement of Palladio, a concerto grosso that Jenkins composed in 1996.

The performers include London Symphony Orchestra Principals Gareth Davies (piccolo, flute, alto flute and bass flute), John Alley (piano, harmonium, celeste, honky-tonk piano) and Neil Percy (xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, whistle, bamboo chimes, rainstick, temple blocks, various drums and cymbals), as well as harpist Catrin Finch and violinist Marat Bisengaliev with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by K