Tomas Marco: Symphonies nos 2, 8 & 9 (Naxos Audio CD)  

Malaga Philharmonic • José Serebrier
* World Première Recordings

Madrid-born Tomás Marco is a multi award-winning and prolific composer whose compact Symphony No. 2 is a single ‘Espacio cerrado’ or ‘Closed Space’, expressed using a massive orchestra. As the subtitle ‘Gaia’s Dance’ suggests, the colourful and rhythmic Symphony No. 8 borrows elements of dances from different parts of the world. Marco’s Symphony No. 9 draws inspiration from the primeval sea spirit Thalassa’, and combines studies in sonority with medieval music sources to create a work which unfolds in a single, extended breath.