Ny Philharmonic/Gilbert - Rouse: Symphonies 34

This album presents four world premiere recordings of works by Christopher Rouse (b. 1949), the New York Philharmonic's second Marie-Jos�e Kravis Composer-in-Residence, three of them composed for the Orchestra and Music Director Alan Gilbert. Taken together, the Fourth Symphony, Prospero's Rooms and Odna Zhizn bear witness to a remarkable period of artistic collaboration between the legendary Orchestra, its celebrated Music Director, and one of America's most evocative composers. Chris Rouse is one of the most important composers working today. He shapes the sound and the emotional flow of his music in a way that only great composers can... His music is very telling and thoughtful about the human condition in a way that is fairly unique today - Alan Gilbert.