Composer: Peter Dart
Performer: Daniel Herscovitch, Clemens Leske, Jenny Duck-Chong, Geoffrey Gartner, Alison Pratt, Sally Walker, Brad Gill
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0592
Release: 2021
Size: 688 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Triptych for 2 Pianos
01. I. Sirens
02. II. Circles
03. III. Poseidon
4 Short Songs
04. No. 1, This Is Just to Say
05. No. 2, Poem (As the Cat)
06. No. 3, The Locust Tree in Flower
07. No. 4, To
Traceries
08. I. Prelude (Cantilena & Arabesque)
09. II. Fugue
10. III. Tarantella
11. IV. Samba
12. V. Lullaby
13. Birdtalk
Of Heaven and Earth
14. No. 1, Here’s a Little Mouse
15. No. 2, From Spiraling Ecstatically
16. No. 3, I Am a Little Church (Aeterna Christi Munera)
17. No. 4, Nobody Loses All the Time
Painters sometimes talk about the intensity of the light they encounter in Australia. Peter Dart, born in Sydney in 1953, brings something of that brightness to his compositions, which are further animated by buoyant rhythms and a lively sense of humour, even mischief. They are, at the same time, anchored in a secure command of counterpoint, and given a timeless quality by his fondness for modal harmony. Most important of all, the technical mastery that gives these works their surefooted appeal is suffused with straightforward human warmth.