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CD copy of ‘Miniatures’.
Drawing their inspiration from such classical masters as Mendelssohn, Satie, Brahms and Bach, each beautifully-crafted piece guides the listener on a journey through its own individual sound-world. There is the cheeky playfulness of ‘Compost Frog’; the brooding menace of ‘The Longest Night’; the buoyant optimism of ‘Springs’; the heart-rending tenderness of ‘Parting Waves’… At times joyful and bombastic, at times serene and contemplative, this is an album that truly covers a vast emotional landscape.
Each piece has been recorded on an acoustic upright piano in a single long take*, lending them a level of intimacy that is all too often missing from the highly-processed recordings of today. And tying the whole album together is the sublime piano-playing of Jack Mitchell Smith, who with 10 fingers and 88 keys conjures forth a dazzling spectrum of musical colours.
This is music to get lost in.
This is ‘Miniatures’.
* With the exception of the final 12 bars of ‘The Longest Night’.
1) Compost Frog | 1:50 |
2) Vision of Triumph | 6:31 |
3) Affettuoso | 5:07 |
4) Cascades | 2:08 |
5) Lullaby | 4:25 |
6) Obfuscation | 3:46 |
7) The Longest Night | 7:12 |
8) The Prayer | 1:47 |
9) Breaking Outwards | 6:01 |
10) Empty Walls | 4:10 |
11) Springs | 4:02 |
12) Parting Waves | 4:44 |
Composer: Michael A. Grant
Piano: Jack Mitchell Smith
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