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Linda CATLIN SMITH
“Wanderer”
Finally the second batch of CDs in the highly-acclaimed Canadian Composers Series is here.
“Morning Glory” (2007). “Music for John Cage” (1990). “Stare at the River” (2010). “Knotted Silk” (1999). “Sarabande” (2010). “Velvet” (2007). “Wanderer” (2009). “Light and Water” (2010). Played by Apartment House: Philip Thomas (piano), Anton Lukoszevieze (cello), Mira Benjamin (violin), Heather Roche (clarinet), Nancy Ruffer (flute), James Opstad (double bass), Chloe Abbott (trumpet), Simon Limbrick (percussion), George Barton (percussion), Mark Knoop (piano), Jack Sheen (conductor).
Linda’s double CD Drifter, which opened the Canadian Composers Series, was described by Kate Molleson in The Guardian as “beautiful, poised and thoughtful”. The same words apply equally to Wanderer, which completes the Canadian series with eight chamber pieces realised by the ever-excellent Apartment House.
11,50€
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Linda Catlin SMITH
“Dirt Road”
An extraordinary journey for violin and percussion, stretching across 15 movements and over 68 minutes. Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith is one of the best-kept secrets of experimental music, and ‘Dirt Road’ is one of her few concert-length pieces. Brian Olewnick writes “this striking, gorgeous album from Linda Catlin Smith is wonderfully played by Mira Benjamin (violin) and Simon Limbrick (percussion)… definitely check it out.”
14,00€
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Linda CATLIN SMITH
“Drifter”
The first in the Canadian Composers Series of CDs is a double album of chamber works by Linda Catlin Smith, who was born in New York, but studied in Canada and has lived in Toronto for over 25 years. The album ‘Drifter’ contains ten pieces dating from 1995 to 2015 played by Quatuor Bozzini and Apartment House. In his introductory essay to the booklet accompanying the Canadian Composers CDs, Nick Storring says that “One of the primary tensions in Linda Catlin Smith’s music is between its equal and simultaneous drive toward abstraction and lyricism… Those who gravitate to the alluring melodic contours of Smith’s music and expect it to unfold along familiar lines will struggle when confronted with its lack of dramatic arc or formalised development. Conversely, those who are initially repelled by this same appearance are apt to be won over by its singular lucid-dream atmospherics.”
“Cantilena” (2013) by Emma Richards (viola), Simon Limbrick (vibraphone). “Piano Quintet” (2014) by Quatuor Bozzini with PhilipThomas (piano). “Drifter” (2009) by Philip Thomas (piano), Diego Castro Magas (guitar). “Gondola” (2007) by Quatuor Bozzini. “Moi Qui Tremblais” (1999) by Philip Thomas (piano), Mira Benjamin (violin), Simon Limbrick (percussion). “Ricercar” (2015) by Anton Lukoszevieze (cello). “Far From Shore” (2010) by Philip Thomas (piano), Anton Lukoszevieze (cello), Mira Benjamin (violin). “Galanthus” (2011) by Mira Benjamin (violin). “Poire” (1995) by Philip Thomas (piano). “Folkestone” (1999) by Quatuor Bozzini.
“Cantilena” (2013) by Emma Richards (viola), Simon Limbrick (vibraphone). “Piano Quintet” (2014) by Quatuor Bozzini with PhilipThomas (piano). “Drifter” (2009) by Philip Thomas (piano), Diego Castro Magas (guitar). “Gondola” (2007) by Quatuor Bozzini. “Moi Qui Tremblais” (1999) by Philip Thomas (piano), Mira Benjamin (violin), Simon Limbrick (percussion). “Ricercar” (2015) by Anton Lukoszevieze (cello). “Far From Shore” (2010) by Philip Thomas (piano), Anton Lukoszevieze (cello), Mira Benjamin (violin). “Galanthus” (2011) by Mira Benjamin (violin). “Poire” (1995) by Philip Thomas (piano). “Folkestone” (1999) by Quatuor Bozzini.
23,00€