Smith Quartet
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This is, finally, the memorial that all of us who were admirers of Steve Martland’s music have been waiting for…Anyone interested in the variety of British music of the 20th century should explore... —
Awards:
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Re-issue of the Month
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Special offer. Gerard McChrystal: Aria
Works for Saxophone
Gerard McChrystal (saxophone), Craig Ogden (Guitar) & Shiroma de Silva (piano)
Smith Quartet, Codetta & Trinity Laban String Ensemble
McChrystal excels in these mainly slow, reflective pieces —
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…Different Trains… is beautifully clear, and played with a rather touching delicacy which brings out the subtle poetry of the ending (Reich isn't often credited with a power to move, but he... —
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50 Minimalist Classics
Joby Burgess, Lara James, Daniella Ganeva, Ulrich Heinen, Soumik Datta, Claire Jones, Llŷr Williams, Sally Pryce, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Iain Burnside, Ailish Tynan, Jeremy Young, Julian Bliss, Christoph Denoth, The Zoo Duet, The Smith Quartet, Gareth Lubbe, Matthew Barley, City of Birmingham Symphony...
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This disc can sometimes feel as though you are reading three different books concurrently (not necessarily a bad thing). If you can accept the disparate styles, the music is meaningful, beautiful... —
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If success was measured according to output and sales units alone, Glass would be head and shoulders above his contemporaries. His compositions for conventional combinations, including the five... —
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The Smith Quartet's razor-sharp intensity is particularly suited to the evocation of macabre soundscapes, and there is plenty of it here, from the edgy agoraphobia opening Tim Souster's Hambledon... —
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With a smorgasbord of aesthetic approaches...some tracks inevitably appeal more than others. Finnissy's seditious upending of a classical minuet, with dance-steps forced to trip over themselves,... —
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Siegel: Devil's Golf Course / Eclipse / Tracking
Harry Sparnaay (clarinet)
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Singcircle, Smith Quartet, Gregory Rose
