JOINT BEST PIANO CD OF 2007 - INTERNATIONAL PIANO MAGAZINE
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE RECOMMENDED RECORDING
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MUSIC BY DAVID EARL David Earl is a fine British composer whose music is at once traditional in its tonality but also absolutely individual and distinctive. This is the first recording of his Cello Sonata, played by cellist George Corbett with James Sherlock (piano); the composer himslef performs his exotic Piano Suite no. 3, a musical representation of Buddhist mandalas. |
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| playing time: 58.51 direct sale price: £12.00 audio sample: Cello Sonata - 2nd movement (extract) |
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tracks: Cello Sonata |
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| “Here is a strikingly original voice. [Earl’s music] is bursting with passion, its rhythms energising, its melodies soaring and searing… this disc will blow you away” –Joe Laredo (International Piano) JOINT BEST PIANO CD OF 2007 - INTERNATIONAL PIANO | |||
| ”The ambitious Cello Sonata… is a moving work and this performance is movingly done. The Third Suite is music that shimmers and flames. The composer is a fine advocate of his own music” - Rob Barnett (MusicWeb) | |||
| “For those who like their contemporary music tonal, substantial and individual, I suggest you investigate. David Earl is certainly a name to add to your list" - Jeremy Nicholas (Gramophone) | |||