Composer: Malcolm Dedman
Performer: Nancy Lee Harper
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0649
Release: 2022
Size: 1.05 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Reformation
Piano Sonata No. 2 ‘In Search’
02. I. Vigoroso
03. II. Lamentoso
04. III. Spiritoso
Four Kinds of Love
05. I. Love of Man for Man (Unity of Spirits)
06. II. Love of Man for God (Divine Spirit)
07. III. Love of God for Man (Inexhaustible Graces)
08. IV. Love of God towards the Self (God Is Love)
Piano Sonata No. 3 ‘To the Memory of an Angel’
09. I. Struggle
10. II. Overcoming Difficulties
11. III. Spiritual Guidance
12. IV. Fulfilment (Into the Light)
A number of diverse influences have helped shape the musical language of Malcolm Dedman (born in London in 1948 but resident in provincial South Africa since 2007), among them Bartók and Messiaen, his Bahá’í Faith and, more recently, his new South African homeland. Points of contact with other composers can be heard, too, not least Debussy, Ravel, Barber and Ginastera. These piano works embody a wide range of moods, from gentle introspection to energetic, dissonant vigour.