This is Naxos’s fourth all-Higdon album in the American Classics series. The world premiere recording of Duo Duel for two pitched percussion instruments and orchestra is a double concerto of scintillating, high-speed virtuosity. Concerto for Orchestra demands the utmost in technical accomplishment from all members of the orchestra. Robert Spano conducts the Houston Symphony with percussion virtuosos Stev Stoyanov and Matthew Strauss.