Terpsichore and Other Works

Jonathan Little (Composer) (Artist), Robert Ian Winstin (Conductor) (Artist), Tallis Chamber Choir (cond. Philip Simms) (Artist), String Soloists of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Artist), Vocal Soloists of the Sofia National Opera (Artist), Cardiff Percussion Duo (Artist), Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra (Artist), Jonathan Little (Composer), Robert Ian Winstin (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Robert Ian Winstin
• Composer: Jonathan Little
• Audio CD (January 7, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dilute Recordings
• ASIN: B0018O3MMA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #937,286 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Kyrie, Op.5 (SATB Double Choir and Soloists) 4:33

2. Sacred Prelude, Op.1 (String Quintet) 11:00

3. Fanfare, Op.3a (Brass and Percussion) 0:53

4. Terpsichore, Op.7 (Dance Poem for Large Orchestra) 14:14

5. Duo Sonata, Op.4 Mvt.I (Percussion Duo) 4:38

6. Duo Sonata, Op.4 Mvt.II (Percussion Duo) 5:43

7. Duo Sonata, Op.4 Mvt.III (Percussion Duo) 2:34

8. Duo Sonata, Op.4 Mvt.IV (Percussion Duo) 9:07

9. That Time of Year, Op.2 (SATBarB Vocal Quintet) 4:28

Editorial Reviews

Review

of TERPSICHORE: "[a] ground-breaking tour de force ... incandescent ... [unleashes] a positively dynamic musical palette, portraying the wild behaviour and dancing of Terpsichore in an astonishingly hypnotic range of musical sketches ... moving the listener irrevocably onward to a brightly illuminated plain of poetic splendour, rhythm and ecstasy." - --John Wheatley, in Tempo (January 2008), 62: 243, Cambridge University Press (UK)

Review

"Particularly here and in the next piece, Little's music sounds like no one else's. Not anyone's. He contrasts large and small forces, rhythmic and melodic fragments, in a manner consistently contrary to both academic formula and expected musical patterns. What sounds like the start of a development, for instance, rapidly fragments into shards of sound that float into space. What sounds incoherent and disconnected coalesces into a development section. Too much to say and too little space to say it; but why bother anyway? This is an aural experience, and to put it into words degrades the astonishing range of colors and moods he creates. ... Trust me, once you re about halfway through the title work, you won't be able to take it off. ... Mr. Little is quite a talent indeed." - --Lynn René Bayley, in Fanfare (May-June 2008), 31:5 (USA)

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