Composer: Harvey Brough, David Gordon, James van Heusen, Sting, Kurt Weill
Performer: Jacqui Dankworth, Brodsky Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN 20219
Release: 2022
Size: 1.35 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. MacManus: Rocking Horse Road
02. Weill: Speak low
03. Dankworth: Please Answer
04. trad.: The Sally Gardens
05. Arnold, Wobble, Björk: Play Dead
06. Dankworth: Narcisso
07. Krall: Narrow Daylight
08. Wood: Patience
09. Brough: Go Lovely Rose
10. Brough: The Triple Foole
11. Brough: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day
12. Livingston, Hoffman, Lampl: Close to You
13. Gordon: Time Takes Its Time
14. Wood: Reach Out for the Light
15. Vinson, Chatmon: Sittin’ on Top of the World
16. Heusen: Like Someone in Love
17. Sting: Fragile
“Rocking Horse Road” is the debut recording of Jacqui Dankworth and the Brodsky Quartet, bearing witness to a musical relationship that stretches back almost two decades. Jacqui Dankworth is one of the most highly regarded and celebrated vocalists in the UK. “The Sunday Times” called her “one of our finest singers, regardless of category”, whilst “The Guardian” noted she “exhibits a subtle control of dynamics and a voluptuous tonal richness that seems to make almost any material sound special”.
Formed in 1972, the Brodsky Quartet has given more than 3,000 concerts around the world, and recorded more than seventy albums, covering both the core classical repertoire and collaborations with artists from all walks of musical life. This album covers a wide range of material that this partnership has gathered and honed over the years: compositions by Harvey Brough, David Gordon, Charlie Wood, and Jacqui Dankworth herself sit alongside arrangements of songs by Björk, Sting, Diana Krall, and Elvis Costello.