Oliver Coates - Mark Bowden: Sudden Light (2016) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Oliver Coates
Title: Mark Bowden: Sudden Light
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: NMC Recordings
Genre: Classical
Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC & booklet
Total Time: 1:18:52
Total Size: 332; 720 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Mark Bowden's passion for orchestral writing and exploring its enormous timbral range is evident on his debut album of works written over the last decade. The intoxicating Lyra (2011) for cello and orchestra was described 'as a richly allusive work of considerable scope and ambition' by Seen and Heard International and was Bowden's fi rst commission, as resident composer, for BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW).Title: Mark Bowden: Sudden Light
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: NMC Recordings
Genre: Classical
Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC & booklet
Total Time: 1:18:52
Total Size: 332; 720 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
The solo cello part calls for a blistering technique and was written for Oliver Coates, who performs on this recording. The work's title and inspiration has multiple references: a constellation of stars, a bass viol from the seventeenth century, a class of Russian nuclear-powered submarines and the lead character in Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials.
Heartland (2012), also commissioned by BBC NOW, was created as both a standalone percussion concerto and a ballet score for the National Dance Company Wales. The Times review of its World Premiere said that the work 'bubbles with fluid, spicy rhythms and pretty celestial ruminations ... watching Julian Warburton play it was a fascinating show in itself.
Sudden Light (2005) was inspired by Marcus du Sautoys book The Music of the Primes and explores the play of consonance and dissonance through the overtones of the harmonic series. As a contrast to the orchestral works on this album, Five Memos (2015) is a light, airy interplay between violin and piano, performed beautifully by Hyeyoon Park (violin) and Huw Watkins (piano).
Tracklist:
01. Oliver Coates - I. Allegro molto
02. Oliver Coates - II. Adagio e lontano
03. Oliver Coates - III. Vivo con anima
04. Hyeyoon Park - I. Lightness
05. Hyeyoon Park - II. Quickness
06. Hyeyoon Park - III. Exactitude
07. Hyeyoon Park - IV. Visibility
08. Hyeyoon Park - V. Multiplicity
09. Julian Warburton - I. Allegro con brio
10. Julian Warburton - II. Andante e oscuro
11. Julian Warburton - III. Allegretto ritmico
12. BBC National Orchestra Of Wales - Sudden Light