Special offer. Luke Bedford: Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale
Claire Booth (soprano), Jonathan Morton (violine), Lawrence Power (viola)
The Scottish Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, Fidelio Trio, London Sinfonietta, Sian Edwards, Oliver Knussen
A stimulating introduction to Bedford's sound-world. The title piece is a double concerto for violin and viola, yoked together by trying to break free. Vividly imaginative.
Special offer. Luke Bedford: Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale
Claire Booth (soprano), Jonathan Morton (violine), Lawrence Power (viola)
The Scottish Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, Fidelio Trio, London Sinfonietta, Sian Edwards, Oliver Knussen
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A stimulating introduction to Bedford's sound-world. The title piece is a double concerto for violin and viola, yoked together by trying to break free. Vividly imaginative.
About
The portrait CD of the Ernst von Siemens composer award winner 2012, with London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern and others.
Contents and tracklist
- Jonathan Morton (violine), Lawrence Power (viola), Claire Booth (soprano)
- The Scottish Ensemble
- Claire Booth (soprano)
- Ensemble Modern
- Sian Edwards
- Claire Booth (soprano)
- Fidelio Trio
- Claire Booth (soprano)
- Claire Booth (soprano)
- Claire Booth (soprano)
- London Sinfonietta
- Oliver Knussen
Awards and reviews
April 2013
A stimulating introduction to Bedford's sound-world. The title piece is a double concerto for violin and viola, yoked together by trying to break free. Vividly imaginative.
December 2012
There's an expressive immediacy, a forthrightness whose small-scale repetitions suggest some affinity with minimalism...simplicity...is to be found throughout but always (in admirably polished and persuasive performances) with a distinctive blend of energy and eloquence.
