Release Date: 01 January 2017
Label: Divine Art
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 809730856921
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Kevin Raftery
Description
Kevin Raftery is an American composer who has been working in the UK since 1989, and also plays bassoon and sings contemporary vocal music. His work is thoroughly modern, without classical limitations, but is also in turn lyrical, tuneful, dramatic and serene, giving ppeal to more than just fans of modernist music. In fact this is top-class post-modern work. While the Quartet and Quintet are formal works, the Pleasantries suite is full of wit, based on ‘figure of speech’ expressions. The three ensembles here are all celebrated in their own right: The Heath Quartet, quartet in residence at Middlebury College, Vermont, near to Metier HQ, have appeared at the BBC Proms, at Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center and have made several acclaimed recordings. The Berkeley Ensemble and Animare Ensemble were both formed to explore modern chamber music as well as more traditional material: both have flexible configurations and employ some of the UK’s top soloists and orchestral principals.
Tracklisting
Timothy Bentink; Niki Yan; New Music Players; Gerry Cornelius
Roderick Chadwick
Indre Petrauskaite
Yulia Vershinina-Mukhopadhyay; Chiahu Lee
The Kreutzer Quartet
SoXXI Percussion Group
Robert Sholl; Justin Paterson; Anna McCready; Andy Visser
Marsyas Trio; Lotte Betts-Dean; Joseph Havlat
Diego Caicedo
Diego Caicedo
Anna Netrebko; Yusiv Eyvazov; Sonya Yoncheva; Vittorio Grigolo; Roman Burdenko; Ferruccio Furlanett
Caitriona O'Leary; Boris Bergmann
Zuzana Ferjencikova
Zuzana Ferjencikova
Yajie Zhang; Narine Yeghiyan; Chor und Orchester der Berliner Operngruppe; Felix Krieger
Vincent Larderet
