Arnold: Orchestral Music Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie, Liepāja Symphony Orchestra & John Gibbons

• Malcolm Arnold (1921 - 2006): Grand Concerto Gastronomique, Op. 76:
• 1 Arnold: Grand Concerto Gastronomique, Op. 76: I. Prologue 04:47
• 2 Arnold: Grand Concerto Gastronomique, Op. 76: II. Soup 00:56
• 3 Arnold: Grand Concerto Gastronomique, Op. 76: III. Roast Beef 02:25
• 4 Arnold: Grand Concerto Gastronomique, Op. 76: IV. Cheese 00:33
• 5 Arnold: Grand Concerto Gastronomique, Op. 76: V. Peach Melba 03:03
• 6 Arnold: Grand Concerto Gastronomique, Op. 76: VI. Coffee, Brandy 03:22
• Symphony No. 9 in D Major, Op. 128:
• 7 Arnold: Symphony No. 9 in D Major, Op. 128: I. Vivace 08:55
• 8 Arnold: Symphony No. 9 in D Major, Op. 128: II. Allegretto 08:25
• 9 Arnold: Symphony No. 9 in D Major, Op. 128: III. Giubiloso 07:14
• 10 Arnold: Symphony No. 9 in D Major, Op. 128: IV. Lento 17:57
• Total Runtime 57:37

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These two works present two sharply contrasting sides of Malcolm Arnold: his limitless resources of knockabout fun, and a sense of existential tragedy. But each score presents its own surprises: the jocularity of the Grand Concerto Gastronomique – written for a Hoffnung concert – conceals some seriously good (though not seriously serious) music; and the delicately scored Ninth Symphony, written after five years when its composer had, in his own words, ‘been through hell’, irradiates its emotional restraint and elegiac tone with moments of light and warmth.

Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie, soprano (track 5)
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
John Gibbons, conductor

Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie
Siberian born soprano Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie graduated with distinction from the Royal Academy Opera of the Royal Academy of Music in London. Anna also studied at the Royal College of Music in London and prior to that she gained her BA in International Relations from the Faculty of International Relations of the Ural State University in Yekaterinburg.

Anna’s engagements from 2018 to 2020 include Alcina in Handel’s “Alcina” in Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow (2018, 2019), Cleopatra in Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egypt” in Teatr Wielki Stanisława Moniuszki Opera Poznań. Anna also performed the title role in Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” with the Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn in Switzerland and in Opéra de Tours in France, Pamina in Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” in the Yekaterinburg State Opera House and Francesca in Rachmaninov’s «Francesca da Rimini» at the Ealing Festival of Music and Film.

From 2010 until 2017 Anna sang the role of Musetta in Puccini’s “La Bohème” at the Hungarian State Opera, the title role in “La Calisto” by Cavalli at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, Nymph in L. Auerbach’s “Gogol” in the Theatre an der Wien, the title role in “Le Rossignol” by Stravinsky in Lyon National Opera, Musetta in “La Bohème” at Theater an der Wien, Zhou in “Kommilitonen! (Young Blood!)” by P. Maxwell Davies and the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s «Die Zauberflöte» with the Royal Academy Opera, Madeline in “La chute de la Maison Usher” at the Welsh National Opera, the First Nymph in Dvořák’s “Rusalka” at Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, Katya in “The Passenger” at the Michigan Opera Theatre and the Florida Grand Opera in the USA.

Anna performed as a soloist with wide-ranging repertoire at such international venues and festivals as Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Varaždin International Baroque Evenings Festival, Herne International Festival of Early Music, Yekaterinburg State Philharmonics, Kremlin in Moscow, the 9th International Chamber Music Festival in Nuremberg, Bath International Music Festival, Ulverstone International Music Festival, London Handel Festival and cooperated with such orchestras and chamber orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, American Bach Soloists in San Francisco, Pratum Integrum, Moderntimes_1800.

Anna has won numerous awards including the First Prize and the Audience Prize at the First International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti in Innsbruck, Austria (2010) and the First Prize at the 42nd International Antonín Dvořák Vocal Competition in Czech Republic (2007).

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