February's releases from Delphian

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February 2007

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THE COLD DANCER: CONTEMPORARY STRING QUARTETS FROM SCOTLAND Edinburgh Quartet: Charles Mutter violin Philip Burrin violin Michael Beeston viola Mark Bailey cello DCD34038 * buy your copy now String Quartet No 4 (The Cold Dancer) [2005] Kenneth Dempster (b. 1962) * listen (1MB) String Quartet [1990] Judith Weir (b. 1954) * listen (1MB) String Quartet No 3 [2004] William Sweeney (b. 1950) * listen (1MB)	Rich and personal contributions to the quartet tradition from four contemporary Scottish composing voices, ranging from the lyrical profundity of Kenneth Dempster's meditation on a George Mackay Brown poem to a characteristically idiosyncratic and yet songful work by Judith Weir. Under their new leader Charles Mutter, the Edinburgh Quartet deliver blazing, committed performances celebrating the immense variety and vitality of work on offer. 'a bright sound with a ring of steel around it that is ideal for modern music' - The Daily Telegraph 'Delphian Records is to be congratulated for producing this powerful recording of contrasting quartets by Scottish composers – such a disc is long overdue. All the works except for the Judith Weir piece are première recordings.' - MMM Newsletter

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Designed by the blind organist Alfred Hollins, the Caird Hall instrument is one of the finest recital organs in the UK – as ideal a vehicle for Hollins’ music as Byram-Wigfield is an exponent of it. Hollins effortlessly combines keyboard pyrotechnics with a quasi-orchestral approach to sonority. These works bristle with vigour, their swaggering confidence complemented by their ingenuity and wit. The full colour booklet features an expansive essay written by Hollins authority Dr Jeremy Cull and full details on the Caird Hall instrument. ‘Byram-Wigfield's performances are superb; there's none of the shallow, showy musicianship one hears from a few international recitalists, but instead, carefully crafted interpretations played with consummate skill.’ - Gramophone There is delicacy, humour, drive, vigour, lightness of touch and heroic utterance here, to which these fine compositions respond by revealing their all. I love it! - Organists' Review		ALFRED HOLLINS ORGAN WORKS Timothy Byram-Wigfield, organ DCD34044 * buy your copy now Concert Overture in C major (1889) * listen (1MB) A Trumpet Minuet (1929) * listen (1MB)

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