Fierce Tears
James Turnbull’s survey of new British music for oboe
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Composer or Director: Michael Berkeley, Tansy Davies, John Woolrich, Colin Matthews, James MacMillan, Peter Maxwell Davies
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Quartz
Magazine Review Date: 11/2011
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 69
Mastering:
Stereo
Catalogue Number: QTZ2081
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Forgotten Game (2) |
Tansy Davies, Composer
Claire Jones, Harp Huw Watkins, Piano James Turnbull, Oboe Tansy Davies, Composer |
(The) Kingdom of Dreams |
John Woolrich, Composer
Claire Jones, Harp Huw Watkins, Piano James Turnbull, Oboe John Woolrich, Composer |
(The) Turkish Mouse |
John Woolrich, Composer
Claire Jones, Harp Huw Watkins, Piano James Turnbull, Oboe John Woolrich, Composer |
Fierce Tears I |
Michael Berkeley, Composer
Claire Jones, Harp Huw Watkins, Piano James Turnbull, Oboe Michael Berkeley, Composer |
Fierce Tears II |
Michael Berkeley, Composer
Claire Jones, Harp Huw Watkins, Piano James Turnbull, Oboe Michael Berkeley, Composer |
Second Still Life for Oboe and Harp |
Michael Berkeley, Composer
Claire Jones, Harp Huw Watkins, Piano James Turnbull, Oboe Michael Berkeley, Composer |
In Angustiis II for solo oboe |
James MacMillan, Composer
Claire Jones, Harp Huw Watkins, Piano James MacMillan, Composer James Turnbull, Oboe |
Arabescos |
Tansy Davies, Composer
Claire Jones, Harp Huw Watkins, Piano James Turnbull, Oboe Tansy Davies, Composer |
Night-Spell |
Colin Matthews, Composer
Claire Jones, Harp Colin Matthews, Composer Huw Watkins, Piano James Turnbull, Oboe |
First Grace of Light for solo oboe |
Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer
Claire Jones, Harp Huw Watkins, Piano James Turnbull, Oboe Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer |
Author: Richard_Whitehouse
Tansy Davies is represented here by a pair of substantial pieces that view the oboe from two wholly different perspectives. Arabescos emerges slowly in terms of its emotional impact and also its dialogue with the piano, while Forgotten Game (2) focuses on a restricted range of notes and rhythms as these instruments attempt to outwit each other in a witty and inscrutable process. Of the Michael Berkeley pieces, the Fierce Tears brace pays homage to the oboist Janet Craxton and – more restrained yet no less intense in manner – the composer’s father. Huw Watkins is a model accompanist, with Claire Jones equally committed in the other-worldly Second Still Life. A notable debut for Turnbull, who also contributes an informative note and has been well recorded.
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