Piers Hellawell - Airs, Waters - Fidelio Trio

ID: DCD34114 (EAN: 801918341144)  | 1 CD | DDD - 24 b
Released in: 2012

LABEL:

DELPHIAN RECORDS

Subcollection:

Trio

Composers:

HELLAWELL, Piers

Interprets:

PLANE, Robert (clarinet)

Ensembles:

Fidelio Trio | RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

Conductors:

VALADE, Pierre-Andre

Other info:

Fidelio Trio
RTE National Symphony Orchestra
Robert Plane clarinet
Pierre-Andrew Valade conductor


Internationally-acclaimed composer Piers Hellawell makes his debut on Delphian with a diverse programme of premiere recordings. With sources of inspiration ranging from the self-immolation of Jan Palac to the lost Etruscan language and the sculptures of abstract expressionist David Smith, the full breadth and depth of Hellawell’s compositional preoccupations are represented in authoritative performances by some of his closest collaborators.


Track listing

Piers Hellawell
1-11 Agricolas (2008) for clarinet and orchestra
12 Airs, Waters and Floating Islands (1995) for piano
13-16 Etruscan Games (2007) for piano trio
17 Basho (1997) for piano
18 Degrees of Separation (2004) for orchestra
19 Jan Palac and the Flaming Skier (1992) for violin and piano

Total playing time [73:39]

'all swirling circles and colour and movement, with ideas shifting rapidl, a kind of impressionistic palette with riffs'
- reviewVancouver

'nothing leads to a clichéd or even familiar emotion'
- Irish Times