‘Maksimal’ brings together three major works by Daniel Temkin, music shaped by vivid physical images and a search for the forces that connect experience, memory and place. At its centre is the violin concerto Maksimal, written for and performed here by Francisco Fullana with Ryan McAdams and the Maksimal Ensemble. Bright, agile and rhythmically charged, the three movements balance solo virtuosity with quicksilver ensemble dialogue, nodding to Baroque concerto principles while stretching them into larger, continuous arcs.

Dreamed Landscapes turns to the piano, with Ryan MacEvoy McCullough tracing three impressionistic studies inspired by galaxies, glaciers and canyon horizons. Rather than literal depiction, the music focuses on colour, resonance and the inner sensation of inhabiting these spaces.

Completing the programme is Ocean’s Call, performed by the Aizuri Quartet, a work inspired by California’s Pacific coast. From misty harmonics and brittle wind textures to expansive, storm-driven waves, the piece unfolds as a meditation on nature’s power and calm.

Recorded across Houston and New York, ‘Maksimal’ is Temkin’s second solo album on Orchid Classics: a focussed, immersive portrait of a composer drawn to sound as landscape, motion and shared human experience.