Composer: David Braid
Performer: Grace Davidson, Sergei Podobedov, Yuri Kalnits, Peter Cigleris, Rossitza Stoycheva, Mikako Hori, Jelena Laković, Tippett Quartet, Erato Piano Trio
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0149
Release: 2012
Size: 242 MB
Recovery: +3%
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01. Morning, Op. 3
3 Works, Op. 8
02. No. 1. Lyrical Toccata
03. No. 2. Aria
04. No. 3. Three-Part Invention
05. Invention, Op. 11
06. Sonata for Quartet, Op. 13
07. Infinite Reminiscence, Op. 4
08. Music for Dancers, Op. 9
09. Postlude, Op. 10
The British composer David Braid, born in North Wales in 1970, studied in London, Oxford and Kraków. 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.