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Harrison Birtwistle: The Axe Manual
Complete Piano Works
Nicolas Hodges (piano), Claire Edwards (percussion)
Though most of the items in this indispensable collection of Birtwistle's keyboard music last five minutes or less, two are on a scale commensurate with the orchestral Triumph of Time or Secret... —
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All are played with a flabbergasting combination of precision and sponteneity by the Brindisi Quartet —
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Howard Goodall: We Are The Burning Fire
Songs from a Small Planet
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Henry Bennett (treble), Stephen Darlington, Howard Goodall
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Piers Hellawell: Inside Story
Clio Gould (violin), Philip Dukes (viola), Vanburgh Quartet
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
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Birtwistle: Slow Frieze/Antiphonies
Nicolas Hodges (piano), Marcus Weiss (saxophone) & Christian Dierstein (percussion), Antonia Schreiber (harp)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Windkraft Tirol, Stefan Asbury, Martyn Brabbins, Kasper de Roo
A timely reminder that Birtwistle is no mere local hero: WDR Symphony Orchestra tackles the complexities of Antiphonies, while Windkraft Tirol deliver Panic with tremendous panache…Slow Frieze... —
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Central to this engrossing, extremely well-played survey of the last decade is the Sound Carvings trilogy: music of vivid colours, imaginative juxtapositions and elaborations —
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…these are essentially reimaginings of some of Gershwin's best-known songs in piano-transcription form. Finnissy has performed subtle surgery on the original material… there are shifts of emphasis,... —
