Composer: Jane Stanley
Performer: Hermes Experiment, Red Note Ensemble
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Delphian
Catalogue: DCD34281
Release: 2024
Size: 1.14 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
The Indifferent
01. I.
02. II.
03. III.
04. IV.
05. V.
06. Cerulean Orbits
07. Helix Reflection
Suite
08. I. Density
09. II. Clarity
10. III. Drifting, Cascading
11. IIIa. Interlude
12. IV. Ostinato Study
13. V. Mechanical Birds
14. VI. Floating, Weightless
15. VI. Restless, Antagonistic
16. VIII. Effervescent, Soothing
Oneiroi
17. I. Dreamingly
18. II. Gold
19. III. Trembling
20. IV.
21. V. Enter no Silence
22. VI. Timelessly
23. VII. Lifting
This first portrait album dedicated to the music of the Australian-born, Glasgow-based composer Jane Stanley showcases pieces composed between 2013 and 2023 for different chamber combinations. In addition to some of her favourites among her existing works, Stanley took the opportunity to develop two new pieces: one for each of the two ensembles involved, and specially adapted to their particular talents. A song cycle for The Hermes Experiment moves Stanley’s music intriguingly towards the tonal, lyrical sound-world of that group’s two acclaimed recent Delphian albums, while sharing with the purely instrumental music of the rest of the album – performed by Red Note Ensemble, also acclaimed Delphian regulars – an audible preoccupation with gesture, intricately ornamented melodic patterning, and intertwining woven textures, balancing decoration with energetic directed motion.