And in the third movement string passages that are meant to blossom fell oddly flat.

Surprising, too, were string passages with an almost Mahlerian sweep, and combinations of strings, winds and percussion that yielded an irresistible shimmer.

The third movement is a Minuet full of rapid string passages, and includes the trumpets and timpani, but not during the Trio.

The final movement begins with very fast string passages with no barlines to express the sensation of flight.

Greg Pliska (Hem) arranged and conducted much of the album's gorgeous, transporting string passages.

There are a couple of difficult trumpet parts and some fast, chromatic string passages.

The fourth movement, Allegro molto, is composed of very rapid string passages.

Mr. Rautio created carefully phrased string passages here, and managed the tensions over long sweeps of melody quite well.

There was even a touch of pure Romantic portamento in some of the string passages, certainly an odd but not unwelcome touch.

Noisy fanfares and quiet string passages play over passacaglia-like bass lines and pedal points.