Composer: John Pickard
Performer: Rupert Marshall-Luck, Sophie Harris, Matthew Rickard, Ian Mitchell
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0150
Release: 2012
Size: 335 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Trio
01. I. Quarter note = 144
02. II. Eighth note = 72
03. III. Quarter note = 144
04. Insomnia
05. Chaconne
Valedictions
06. I. ‘… Of Weeping’
07. II. ‘… Forbidding Mourning’
Violin Sonata
08. I. Allegro
09. I. Presto possibile
10. II. Adagio
11. Snowbound
Reviews of music by the English composer John Pickard (b. 1963) have stated that ‘he has the technique and the temperament to emerge as one of the great symphonists of the 21st century’, even that ‘his place among the greats is secure’.
This conspectus of his chamber music traces the evolution of his style over two decades, from the Piano Trio of 1990 to Snowbound of 2010.
These works revealing a powerful rhythmic drive, a feeling for toughly argued drama and a poetic sensitivity to atmosphere among the most prominent characteristics of Pickard’s music.