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although Barrett's music is indeed dark, it is also many other things, often at the same time: playful, unnerving and often surprisingly transparent...Composer and performers seem wonderfully... —
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Elliott Carter: 103rd Birthday Concert
Rolf Schulte (violin), Fred Sherry (cello), Richard O'Neill (viola), Virgil Blackwell (bass clarinet), Bridget Kibbey (harp), Marie Tachouet (flute), Peter Evans (trumpet), Jim Pugh (trombone), Stephen Gosling (piano), Mike Truesdell (percussion), Peter Kolkay (bassoon), Mike Truesdell (marimba),...
The performances by a cast of Carter devotees are flawless —
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Philip Cashian: The House Of Night
Christopher Redgate (oboe), Darrett Adkins (cello), Sarah Nicholls (piano)
Northern Sinfonia, Sainsbury Royal Academy Soloists, Royal Academy of Music Cello Ensemble, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, London Sinfonietta
Always in Cashian, he bids for your attention with something striking, then takes you with him and makes you listen...Best of all is the Piano Concerto, which has drawn me back to it many times...terrific... —
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Howard, Emily: Zátopek!
Kris Belligh (baritone), Susanne Dymott (contralto), Wendy Dawn Thompson (mezzo-soprano), John McMunn (tenor), Peter Brathwaite (baritone), Rosie Coad (soprano), Toby Girling (baritone)
Ensemble 10/10, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir, Clark Rundell
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Mark Bowden: Sudden Light
Oliver Coates (cello), Hyeyoon Park (violin) & Huw Watkins (piano), Julian Warburton (percussion)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn
the systems Bowden sets up [in Sudden Light] generate climaxes of great power, and his confidence in handling such large orchestral forces is unmistakable. —
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Niraj Chag: You Run on Tracks, Not Roads (Live)
Priti Menon (vocals), Denyse Anyogu (vocals), Vikaash Sankadecha (percussion), Harvin Singh (drums), Niraj Chag (computer)
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Yann Seznec: Currents - EP
Yann Seznec (electronics), Hugh Jones (electronics), Sam Beste (electronics)
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Roxburgh - Reflets dans la glace
Sound Adventures for Piano
Waka Hasegawa, Joseph Tong, Thalia Myers, Hiroaki Takenouchi, Peter O’Hagan, Sally Mays, Karl Lutchmayer & George King
Music that requires great skill and insight finds it in these artists (several of whom are former Roxburgh pupils) ... Superbly detailed sound and informative notes from the composer. A disc... —
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On Memory (2003-04) is the big project here, a 12-movement suite that takes past musics, memories, associations and techniques and gently jumbles them up. Couperin emerges from blurred depths... —
