David Braid: Chamber and Instrumental Music

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David Braid: Chamber and Instrumental Music

Catalogue Number: TOCC0149
EAN: 5060113441492
Release Date: 13 August 2012
Duration: 58:38

Morning for soprano and string quartet, Op. 3
Three Pieces for piano, Op. 8
Invention for violin and piano, Op. 11
Sonata for Quartet, Op. 13
Infinite Reminiscence for two pianos, Op. 4
Music for Dancers for piano trio, Op. 9
Postlude for piano, Op. 10

Grace Davidson, soprano
Peter Cigleris, clarinet
Yuri Kalnits, violin
Julia Morneweg, cello
John Paul Ekins, piano
Sergei Podobedov, piano
Jelena Laković, piano
Tippett Quartet, string quartet
Erato Piano Trio, piano trio
Rossitza Stoycheva and Mikako Hori, piano duo

The British composer David Braid, born in North Wales in 1970, studied in London, Oxford and Kraków, and his music shows something of that double inheritance, bringing together the lyricism of such English composers as Dowland and the dynamism of the Polish school of Lutosławski. This debut CD of his music presents chamber and instrumental works written between 2006 and 2011. Steve Reich described the raga-like Morning for soprano and string quartet – the Pablo Neruda setting which opens this disc – as ‘beautifully done – very honest stuff’; the other works here encompass a divergent range of moods, from the melancholy of Infinite Reminiscence to the energetic drive of Music for Dancers.

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Track No.	Track Title / Details	Duration

	DOWNLOAD COMPLETE ALBUM	58:38

1	Morning (Pablo Neruda) for soprano and string quartet, Op. 3 (2006) David Braid, composer Grace Davidson, soprano Tippett Quartet, string quartet (first recording)	12:33

2-4	Three Pieces for solo piano, Op. 8 (2008) David Braid, composer Sergei Podobedov, piano (first recording)	5:33
2	No. 1 Lyrical Toccata	1:24
3	No. 2 Aria	1:53
4	No. 3 Three-Part Invention	2:16

5	Invention for violin and piano, Op. 11 (2010) David Braid, composer Yuri Kalnits, violin Sergei Podobedov, piano (first recording)	9:18

6	Sonata for Quartet, Op. 13 (2011) David Braid, composer Peter Cigleris, clarinet Yuri Kalnits, violin Julia Morneweg, cello Sergei Podobedov, piano (first recording)	13:30

7	Infinite Reminiscence for two pianos, Op. 4 (2007) David Braid, composer Rossitza Stoycheva and Mikako Hori, piano duo (first recording)	4:47

8	Music for Dancers for piano trio, Op. 9 (2009) David Braid, composer Yuri Kalnits, violin Julia Morneweg, cello John Paul Ekins, piano Erato Piano Trio, piano trio (first recording)	6:42

9	Postlude for solo piano, Op. 10 (2010) David Braid, composer Jelena Laković, piano (first recording)	6:15