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ID: SIGCD236 (EAN: 635212023624) | 1 CD | DDD Released in: 2011
- LABEL:
- Signum Records
- Collection:
- Instrumental
- Subcollection:
- Dance Music
- Composers:
- ADAMS, John | BATES, Django | CUTLER, Joe | DENNEHY, Donnacha | DUN, Tan | FINNISSY, Michael | FITKIN, Graham | JEGEDE, Tunde | KATS-CHERNIN, Elena | LORD, Jon Douglas | NYMAN, Michael Laurence | POPPY, Andrew | PROKOFIEV, Gabriel | VOLANS, Kevin
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Interprets:
- COOPER, Deirdre (violoncello) | HUMPHRIES, Ian (violin) | MORGAN, Darragh | PENDLEBURY, Nic (viola)
- Ensembles:
- The Smith Quartet
- Other info:
The Smith Quartet return on Signum with a new album of commissions and world premiere recordings, all centered on the theme of ‘Dance’. The featured programme is a veritable ‘whos-who’ of contemporary composition, including works from Michael Nyman, Graham Fitkin, Jon Lord, Michael Finnissy and Django Bates.
JEGEDE, Tunde (b. 1972) | | 1. | Dancing in the Spirit | 5:44 | | CUTLER, Joe (b. 1968) | | 2. | Folk Music (Daithi's Dumka) | 5:15 | | ADAMS, John (b. 1947) | | 3. | Pavane: She's so fine | 6:39 | | FITKIN, Graham (b. 1963) | | 4. | Informal Dance | 2:18 | | POPPY, Andrew (b. 1954) | | 5. | Definitely Disco | 5:54 | | FINNISSY, Michael (b. 1946) | | 6. | Minuet | 2:04 | | DUN, Tan (b. 1957) | | 7. | Black Dance | 1:58 | | VOLANS, Kevin (b. 1949) | | 8. | First Dance | 4:36 | | NYMAN, Michael Laurence (b. 1944) | | 9. | Tango | 3:37 | | LORD, Jon Douglas (b. 1941) | | 10. | Zarabanda Solitaria | 4:33 | | PROKOFIEV, Gabriel (b. 1975) | | 11. | Bogle Move | 4:05 | | KATS-CHERNIN, Elena (b. 1957) | | 12. | Naive Waltz | 2:09 | | DENNEHY, Donnacha (b. 1970) | | 13. | STAMP (to avoid erotic thoughts) | 7:25 | | BATES, Django (b. 1960) | | 14. | Peculiar Terms of Physical Intimacy | 3:12 | | "How long before the Kronos is labelled the 'American Smith Quartet'? ... they are ahead of the curve at generating new repertoire and taking the experimental back-catalogue seriously"
Classic FM Magazine
"Effortless class…"
BBC Radio 3: Andrew McGregor’s CD review
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