Peter Sheppard Skaerved

Kreutzer Quartet

Roderick Chadwick

Peter Dickinson

As pianist, writer and academic, Peter Dickinson – Lancashire-born in 1934 – has been one of the mainstays of British musical life for decades. Alongside these activities he is also a highly regarded composer, whose music, reconciling modernism and tradition, speaks directly to its listeners. This album presents works from the earlier part of his career, with an expressive range between delicate lyricism and wild, freewheeling energy, animated by a keen sense of instrumental drama. This recording was made with the composer and performers in close collaboration.

Peter Dickinson: Chamber & Instrumental Music

I. Fast

II. Slow

III. Fast

Air (Arr. for Solo Violin)

Metamorphosis (Arr. for Solo Violin)

I. Allegro molto

II. Lento

III. Allegro misterioso

Fantasia for Solo Violin

Lullaby (Arr. for Violin & Piano)

I. Quarter Note = 50

II. Rag

Quintet Melody for Solo Violin

IIc. Tranquillo (Version for Violin & Piano)

Shir Victoria Levy

Olivier Messiaen

This album is built around Messiaen, birdsong and impressionism. First, we have book 1 of Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux, together with two newly written interludes and a postlude for two violins, transferring the song to the strings. Messiaen’s work is a journey towards sunlight, colour and company, from mountain to coastline, in the company of three feathered songsters. English composer David Gorton is best known for his uncompromising modernity but in his Ondine, he has produced a work much more accessible and although not specifically based on birdsong, it has many resonances with the Messiaen, and is an ideal partner to the earlier work; this is its first recording. With Szymanowski we reach the mainstream of 20th century writing, Romanticism hardening in light of the Great War and the October Revolution. This work, one of his greatest, is imbued with passion, longing, and in the words of Sorabji, “an elevated ecstasy of expression”. Roderick Chadwick, as both soloist and collaborator, has performed some of the most challenging works for piano; his recent Stockhausen disc was highly praised. He is a particular expert on Messiaen and in 2018 co-authored and published a book on the Catalogue d’oiseaux.

Peter Dickinson: Chamber & Instrumental Music

歌曲列表

Peter Dickinson: Chamber & Instrumental Music

更多 Peter Sheppard Skaerved