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Jeremy Pound Acting editor

utumn seems not to have had the decency to wait patiently for its turn this year, pushing its way rudely into line somewhere in the middle of August. Bowing to the inevitable, then, I’ve turneds gorgeous for violin and orchestra to set the mood for the months ahead. The work sets its seasonal stall out with a wistful opening from the violin soloist before cor anglais, bassoon and the lower strings reply in gloomy empathy. Few works capture the mood of grey skies and turning leaves so evocatively, particularly in the recording by violinist Pierre Amoyal and the Orchestre National de France conducted by Charles Dutoit.