Release Date: 05 November 2012
Label: Asc Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7395748012273
Genres: Classical  Classical  
Composer/Series: Hywel Davies
Release Date: 05 November 2012
Label: Asc Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7395748012273
Genres: Classical  Classical  
Composer/Series: Hywel Davies
Description
On this self-titled album Hywel Davies, a composer, sonic artist and installation artist, reveals his most significant recent preoccupations as a composer - exploring the possibilities of 'white-note' music and music with controlled elements of chance.
A parallel creative life as a sonic installation artist and a concert music composer has resulted in captivatingly diverse works, presented gracefully in this release. Combining elegant string and piano writing with striking abstract themes, the album drifts from the softest of melancholia to rich and intense vibrancy. Such transitions are delicately effortless and slow, with thought and determination behind every note.
"Nothing in the classical canon quite prepares you for Hywel Davies." - The Wire
Personnel: Dan Carlson, David Wish, Linling Hsu (violin), Sigrid Keunen (viola), Emma Ferrand, Katarina Hunold, Will Martina, Becky Wenham (cello), Pavao Quartet, Adam Caird (piano), Martin Pyne (glockenspiel), Heledd Francis-Wright (flutes), London flutes
Tracklisting
Xuefei Yang, Johannes Moser, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Or
Kenneth Hamilton
The Choir of Robinson College, Cambridge & Will Sims
Laura Serra
Kenneth Hamilton
Duncan Honeybourne
Michael Cretu
Volante Opera Productions
Paul Griffiths; Jack Quartet
Late Aster
Andras Schiff
Geneva Lewis; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Gemma New
Mari Eriksmoen; Anna Lucia Richter; Zurcher Sing-Akademie; Florian Helgath; Tonhalle-Orchester Zuri
Nicolas Worms
Zachary Hatcher
Wroclaw Baroque Ensemble; Giovanni Antonini; Sheng-Fang Chiu; Andrzej Kosendiak; NFM Boys' Choir; M