Peter Fribbins: Dances, Elegies and Epitaphs CD review – clear, sinuous melody

Philippe Graffin (violin), Christopher Hart (trumpet), RSNO/Šervenikas(Resonus)This refreshing recording takes its name from the subtitle of Peter Fribbins’s concerto for violin and orchestra, a showcase for Philippe Graffin and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra that brims with vitality and clear, sinuous melody. Fribbins (b1969) takes Purcell’s Sonata in G minor as a starting point to reimagine the dance forms of one age for our own era. It’s an immediately engaging