Formidable Hurdles Music by George Rochberg - heard by HOWARD SMITH '... an eloquent performance, effectively recorded.'

George Rochberg (1918-2005) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. And like several prominent musicians of his generation he eventually veered away from the strictures / straightjacket of atonality. Most of his works are held in the archive of Paul Sacher's Foundation in Basel, Switzerland.

Métier's choice of artist is English violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved, a dedicatee of well over two hundred solo works, including Michael Finnissy, Paul Ruders and Hans Werner Henze. He regularly appears as soloist in over thirty countries...

GEORGE ROCHBERG

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA