FOLKLORE - MICHAEL FINNISSY, piano

ID: MSVCD92010 (EAN: 0809730201028)  | 1 CD | DDD
Released in: 1998

LABEL:

METIER

Subcollection:

Folk Music

Interprets:

FINNISSY, Michael (piano)

Other info:

One of Britain's most accomplished, celebrated and prolific composers, Michael Finnissy here plays a programme of works based on folk music from several countries.For more music by Michael Finnissy on Metier and Divine Art visit the composer index.

tracks:Folklore IIThree dukes went a-ridingMy love is like a red red roseHow dear to meWillow willowVieux Noël, op. 59 no. 2Australian Sea Shanty, set 2, no. 1Australian Sea Shanty, set 2, no. 2Polskie Tance, op. 32:no. 1 Kujawiak - Kozakno. 2 Kozak - Drobnyno. 3 Kujawiakno. 4 ZbójnickiTerekkemeLylyly liSvatovac

“This is a sublime and vigorously enthralling disc of folk-inspired works from one of the most important living composers… the beauty of the playing and the music are never in doubt.” - Christopher Dingle (BBC Music Magazine)

“Often euphonious music - an ideal introduction to one of Britain's most important avant-gardists.” - Andy Hamilton (Classic CD)

“ a programme of subtle and absorbing sounds. Michael Finnissy's piano style…[transforms] folkish melodies into evocative vistas of colour.” - David Breckbill (BBC Music Magazine) “

[Folklore II] is elusive music, and the other folk-based pieces are useful primers for the greater sophistication and subtlety of the larger works.” - Andrew Clements (The Guardian)

“This is the first of several Finnissy discs planned by Metier and a fair taster of his sound-world and aesthetic outlook.” - Paul Driver (The Sunday Times)