Sensations of Travel: Chamber music by Nigel Osborne

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This outstanding album brims with atmosphere and imagination…While Osborne’s modernist scores are uncompromising in their technical rigour, his music is nonetheless intensely human, radiating... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 22nd Feb 2019
Catalogue No: DCD34198
Label: Delphian
Length: 70 minutes

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Osborne, N: The Piano Tuner (Version with Soundscapes)

Work length16:07

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Sarvar Sabri (tabla), Nigel Osborne (vocals)
Hebrides Ensemble
Recorded: 6-8 February / 7 May 2018
Recording Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, UK

I. Prelude I. Tuning

Track length2:43

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II. Fugue I. Tetrachord, Hexachord

Track length1:28

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III. Prelude II. Sensations of Travel

Track length1:31

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IV. Fugue II. Sea Bird

Track length0:55

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V. Fugue III. Dragonfly

Track length1:05

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VI. Fugue IV. Tiger

Track length2:02

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VII. Prelude III. Song of Loss

Track length3:06

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VIII. Fugue V. Fractal Counterpoint

Track length3:17

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Osborne, N: Espionage

Work length10:10

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Zoë Beyers (violin)
Recorded: 6-8 February / 7 May 2018
Recording Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, UK

I. Et in Arcadia Ego "Broken Memories / Digital Surveillance"

Track length4:05

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II. The Triumph of the Poet "Shakespeare in the Kremlin"

Track length1:30

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III. A Dance to the Music of Time "The Art Historian and the Spy / A Sentimental Tune"

Track length4:35

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Osborne, N: Balkan Dances and Laments

Work length15:08

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Hebrides Ensemble

Osborne, N: Ecological Studies

Work length7:07

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Philip Moore (piano)
Recorded: 6-8 February / 7 May 2018
Recording Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, UK

I. White Bird

Track length1:07

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II. Kuda Kepang - Mudskipper Macaque

Track length1:13

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III. Osbornia - Makyung

Track length0:53

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IV. Egret - Kingfisher - Sandpiper

Track length3:54

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Osborne, N: Zone

Work length9:21

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Hebrides Ensemble

Osborne, N: My beloved, where are you going - Adagio for Vedran Smailovic

Work length4:52

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Nigel Osborne (vocals), Ruaraidh Osborne (guitar)
Hebrides Ensemble

Osborne, N: Preludio y canción

Work length7:32

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Hebrides Ensemble
Recorded: 6-8 February / 7 May 2018
Recording Venue: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, UK

I. Preludio

Track length2:50

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II. Canción

Track length4:42

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This third release from Hebrides Ensemble’s acclaimed recording partnership with Delphian pays tribute to the remarkable musical and human achievements of Edinburgh-based composer Nigel Osborne with a collection of solo and ensemble works.

Adagio for Vedran Smailović – performed here by the Ensemble’s director, cellist William Conway – was written in Sarajevo in the winter of 1992–3; Osborne visited the city several times during the Bosnian war, a period recalled in the 2001 Hebrides Ensemble commission Balkan Dances and Laments.

In Sarajevo and Mostar, Osborne developed a practice of music therapy for children that he has subsequently taken toward zones in Africa and the Middle East. Music’s ability to cross boundaries – to bridge nations and continents, to bear witness and to heal – lies at the heart of this album, on which Hebrides Ensemble’s eloquent advocacy is supplemented by soundscapes and sung interludes featuring the voice of the composer himself.

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May 2019

This outstanding album brims with atmosphere and imagination…While Osborne’s modernist scores are uncompromising in their technical rigour, his music is nonetheless intensely human, radiating warmth, colour and emotion.

March 2019

This new Delphian release is a welcome tribute to the far-reaching musicianship of Nigel Osborne…Osborne’s travels have become a kind of pilgrimage in search of relevance and responsibility that deserves serious attention, and these well-crafted recordings offer many different facets of an arrestingly contemporary music voice.

This generously filled CD is the third in a series of music by Scottish composers on the Delphian label … For me the most impressive and the work I shall most often return to, is the Balkan Dances and Laments, composed in quiet reflection six years after the end of the Bosnian war. It is clear that both in the melodic shapes and the rhythms, the strong inspiration of Balkan traditional music informs almost the entire piece. It is dramatic, especially at its busy and pugnacious climax half way, and then in the beautiful, keening oboe solo at c. 10’25’’ that enables the piece to achieve some kind of reconciliation … There is an excellent and helpful essay by Tim Rutherford-Johnson. The recording, made in quite a large church in the middle of busy Edinburgh, is beautifully balanced, quiet and focused.

17th March 2019

Osborne has spent time in war zones in the Balkans and in Syria, pioneering his own form of music therapy. Some of that experience is reflected here, each work a tiny drama capturing these far-off landscapes...The six-strong Hebrides Ensemble has immersed itself deeply and winningly in Osborne’s eclectic sound world.

Classical Music Daily

With programmes that are diverse, imaginative and inspiring, Hebrides Ensemble has established an enviable reputation as one of the foremost exponents of contemporary chamber music, and the beguiling and vivid performances on this issue certainly leave no doubt as to their exceptional ability on how to make difficult music acceptable even to the most squeamish.

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