Composer Gabriella Smith conjures the spaces and sounds of California in the organ concerto Breathing Forests, performed here by James McVinnie. Igor Stravinsky depicts a festive, folk-inflected Slavic wedding in his ballet Les Noces, augmented by Steven Stucky’s orchestration.
Stravinsky’s Octet for Winds and Brass, a uniquely scored neoclassical work, was inspired by a late-night dream. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts.
