To a Walrus - the brass music of Andrew Powell (CD)
Tracklist:
1. Ritual
2. Variations Towards a Theme
3. To a Walrus
4. Plasmogeny II
5. Within Those Radiances…
This album of Andrew Powell’s ground-breaking music for solo and ensemble brass is long overdue. On the landmark of Andrew’s 75th birthday this tribute to one of Wales’s most important contemporary composers covers the music he has written over the past 25 years for his lifetime friend and collaborator, John Wallace.
John and his brass group, The Wallace Collection, are joined by the young quintet ‘Solstice Brass’ from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to give authoritative performances supervised by the composer.
Performances also include the composer on percussion and piano ('To a Walrus’) and both in that and the rest of the programme, on live electronics, supported by his wife, Kirsten Powell in the recording studio, and in the post-production process.
CD with card sleeve, from the Wallace Collection Label
