FLAC tracks +Booklet | Classical | 01:05:58 | 300 MbNext up are three works for piano and orchestra, with Jacob at the piano.

His clarity of tone is striking and the perfect fit for his own compositions.

For a 20th-century composer, Jacob’s music is surprisingly tonal.

The sound is unique and evocative; had Olivier Messiaen studied with Rachmaninoff, the Adagietto from Jacob’s Piano Concerto No.

2 might well be the result.

Epitaph (In Memoriam) is fittingly epic for its title and, in style, highly reminiscent of Shostakovich’s piano concertos.

A highlight of the album, however, appears in the form of the two-movement The Persistence of Memory, in which Jacob shifts his aim from the 20th to the mid-19th century.

After a modern introduction, the listener is greeted with a quotation of Schumann’s Fantasy Dance, and the beautifully lamenting solo cello contrasted with lyrical piano lines is a direct reminder of the German composer’s Piano Trio No.

2.

Tracklist:01. Symphony No. 5 (Dreamers): I. Rain, Lagrimas02. Symphony No. 5 (Dreamers): II. Fear, Grace03. Symphony No. 5 (Dreamers): III. Separation, Grief, Resolution, Triumph04. Sanctuary I05. Adagietto06. Epitaph (In Memoriam)07. The Persistance of Memory: I. Haunting, Pagan, Restless08. The Persistance of Memory: II. Misterioso, Resolution, Ecstasy09. Final Sanctuary