COMPOSERS: Bowen,Dodgson & Swann,Fulton,Gregson,Lennox Berkeley,Rubbra
LABELS: Upbeat
ALBUM TITLE: Collection: Shine and Shade
WORKS: Meditazioni; Sonatina
PERFORMER: Piers Adams (recorders), Julian Rhodes (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: URCD 150
Characterful melodies and melancholic moods of an unashamedly Romantic nature punctuate these 20th-century English recorder pieces, played by Adams with poignant rawness. All except for Rubbra’s Meditazioni and Berkeley’s Sonatina are premiere recordings, some more enlightening than others. Kate Sherriff
Fulton, Rubbra, Bowen, Lennox Berkeley, Gregson, Dodgson & Swann
Characterful melodies and melancholic moods of an unashamedly Romantic nature punctuate these 20th-century English recorder pieces, played by Adams with poignant rawness. All except for Rubbra’s Meditazioni and Berkeley’s Sonatina are premiere recordings, some more enlightening than others. Kate Sherriff
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