Douglas Finch, Continuum Ensemble, Philip Headlam
Release Date: 11 April 2004
Label: NMC Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5023363008327
Genres: Classical Contemporary
Composer/Series: Roger Smalley
Description
The acclaimed Continuum Ensemble and pianist Douglas Finch in a selection of Roger Smalley's recent chamber and solo piano works: the disc includes the Piano Trio, Clarinet Trio, Chopin Variations, and piano quartet Crepuscule, togther with the Chopin mazurka and Brahms intermezzo which provided their inspiration.
'This collection of chamber pieces shows that Smalley has certainly made his peace with the great tradition that he and so many of his contemporaries rejected in their youth... But the result is never tired neo-romanticism, but far more bracing, for Smalley has refracted that harmonic and gestural world through his own principles of organisation, creating a genuine and highly personal tension between that background and his invention.' The Guardian
Tracklisting
Zoe Martlew, Ben Goldscheider, Lucy Schaufer, Huw Watkins, Mark Simpson, Alessandro Fisher, Lana Bo
Liza Lim, JACK Quartet, Jay Campbell, Rohan Dasika
Hannah Kendall, Ensemble Modern, Anne Denholm-Blair, Halle Orchestra, Jonathan Bloxham, Jonathan Mo
Philip Mead, Simon Emmerson, Zubin Kanga, Heather Roche, Carla Rees
Martin Iddon, Quiet Music Ensemble, Jack Adler-McKean
Clare O'Connell
Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
Martyn Brabbins, Daniel Pioro, Anna Dennis, Andrew Gourlay, Elena Schwarz
Nigel Price Organ Trio
Alan Barnes Quartet
Fred Hersch Trio
Noah Preminger
Harper Trio
Samuel Blaser
Anne Paceo
Robert Mitchell
