And the orchestral writing and overall musical conception are distinguished.
The enormousness of the choral and orchestral writing can be thrilling.
But there are also some wonderful touches in the orchestral and vocal writing.
Strokes or rolls on the drums pp are a commonplace of orchestral writing.
Beethoven used blocks of dynamic levels in his orchestral writing.
As the work unfolds, there is an almost pictorial distinction between the piano and orchestral writing.
Rachmaninoff was to show better command of orchestral writing later on (or at least more interest in it).
The music itself is fascinating, especially in the orchestral writing.
It is not just the orchestral writing that is so impressive.
The work's orchestral writing is tense, colorful and often descriptive.