This album marks the culmination of two special Hall� collaborations and includes four major pieces from one of the most distinctive of current British compositional voices. Delyana Lazarova (Hall� Assistant Conductor 2020-23) and composer Dobrinka Tabakova (Hall� Artist in Residence 2022-23) were both born in the historic city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Working together for the first time during their time with the orchestra they formed a strong musical connection in which the Hall� musicians displayed a close understanding of the intricacies and dialect of Tabakova�s musical language. This album contains two of Tabakova�s major orchestral works. The three-part Earth Suite, which the composer says was inspired by �the overwhelming force of Nature�, recently drew �exquisite playing� from the Hall� (Bachtrack, April 2023). Orpheus Comet features fast rhythmic material combined with atmospheric transparent orchestrations and a glorious climax featuring quotations from Monteverdi. The two significant concertos for strings and soloists included on this album solidified Tabakova�s reputation as an outstanding contemporary voice and display the composer�s close affinity with string instruments. Ukrainian-British Maxim Rysanov, is one of Tabakova�s longest collaborators who premiered the Concerto for Viola and Strings in 2004, a piece described as being �saturated with an inner, captivating and natural energy� (Culture Magazine, Nov 2004). The Concerto for Cello and Strings (whose score was described as �gorgeous� by the Daily Telegraph, Australia) is here performed by Guy Johnson, one of the most exciting British cellists of his generation.