Cat No:
NMCD289
Release Date: 11 October 2024
Label: NMC Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5023363028929
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
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Description
RE:BUILD is the debut album from the multi-award winning trombone quartet, Slide Action. As a group at the forefront of new British chamber music, Slide Action's driving aim is to develop music for trombones, working with composers and artists to push the boundaries of performance and composition. Since their formation in 2018, the quartet have had multiple competition successes, in 2021-22 they were Britten Pears Young Artists and on their first European tour enjoyed six sold-out concerts.
This album of new sounds and ideas is a near-seamless experience for the listener, featuring specially commissioned music from world-renowned British composers. Sitting between these commissions are 'Interludes', arranged by Slide Action members to journey the audience from one piece to the next.
The album opens with an homage. Henry Purcell's (1659-1695) March from the Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860 pays tribute to early music written for brass. Familiarity and security do not last long, as the introduction of electronic manipulation builds to thrilling acoustic complexity. The first commission, C. Exigua by Ryan Latimer, takes the listener on a rollercoaster of colours and textures inspired by a parasitic isopod. Drawing heavily on jazz and folk traditions, in Laura Jurd's Swamped the group's sound becomes more compact with less symphonic depth, as they jaunt along to the silky smooth close. Emily Hall's Close Palms is relentless yet gentle. The historically oft-comedic glissando is now used as an instrument of tension throughout the piece. Back to organised chaos, Hairy Pony Estampie is Alex Paxton's maximalist tour-de-force headliner that breaks down every single barrier of what, why and how brass chamber music 'should' be. The album concludes with Joanna Ward's Playing Frisbee May 2022, a product of a partnership with Slide Action formed at Snape Maltings. Inspired by a video of the group playing frisbee, Joanna constructed a semi-notated graphic score where each page is a new game with an increasingly complicated set of rules.
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Tracklisting
- 1. 'March' from Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860
- 2. C. Exigua
- 3. INTERLUDE I - Smooth Place Cool Drink
- 4. Swamped
- 5. INTERLUDE II - Sit
- 6. Close Palms
- 7. INTERLUDE III - Flatt Consort in C Minor
- 8. Hairy Pony Estampie
- 9. Playing Frisbee May 2022
Disc 1
Side 1
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Tom Coult: Pieces That Disappear
Martyn Brabbins, Daniel Pioro, Anna Dennis, Andrew Gourlay, Elena Schwarz
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Waley-Cohen: Spell Book
Freya Waley-Cohen, Manchester Collective, Heloise Werner, Katie Bray, Fleur Barron, Tamsin Waley-Co
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Slide Action
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Letting the Light In
Siwan Rhys
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Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen
BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, Alice Farnham
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arcing, stilling, bending, gathering
Lisa Illean, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, GBSR Duo, Juliet Fraser, Explore Ensemble
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Visions and Journeys
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis
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Michael Zev Gordon: The Impermanence of Things
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, London Sinfonietta, Ryan Wigglesworth, Huw Wa
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Deep Dive
Kari Beate Tandberg
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Stephano Gervasoni: De Tinieblas
SWR Vokalensemble, IRCAM, Yuval Weinberg
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Lei Lang: Six Seasons
Marco Fusi
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Nimikry: Bird of Paradise
Klangforum Wien, Johannes Kalitzke, Bas Wiegers, Alessandro Baticci, Rafal Zalech
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Christopher Trapani: Noise Uprising
Sofia Burgos, Sofia Jernberg, Zwerm
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19 Piano Etudes
Andreas Skouras, Bela Bartok, Gyorgy Ligeti, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Pascal Dusapin, Unsuk Chin, Y
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Encounter
Mikael Rudolfsson, Olivier Vivares, Gerard Grisey, Luciano Berio, Eloain Lovis Hubner, Bernhard Gan
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Other Places
John Palmer, Delphine Henriet, Barbara Maurer, Hofer Symphoniker, Alinde Quartett, Johannes Klumpp,
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