DIRK-MICHAEL KIRSCH (b.1965): Azores for Flute, English Horn, Viola, Cello and Harp, Op. 35, Elegie for English Horn, Op. 23, 2 Impromptus for Harp, Op. 37, Trio Pastorale for Flute, Viola and Harp, Op. 12a, …one summer day… for Flute and Harp, Op. 9a, 3 Nocturnes for Alto Flute, Viola and Harp, Op. 6a, Pastorale for Oboe and Harp.

Description: If you think from the titles above that this is going to be a wallow in Gallic pastoralism, full of attractive tunes and dreamy, nearly filmic romanticism, well, you’d be right. Rachel Talitman (harp), Marcos Fregnani-Martins (flute), Heike Steinbrecher (eng hn), Laurent Houque (viola), Karolina Prieles (cello), Dirk-Michael Kirsch (harp).