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~ Joanna MacGregor
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Track Listings
| 1. Neural circuits - Nitin Sawhney |
| 2. Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Arvo Pärt |
| 3. Ghanaian Siwe Bell Music |
| 4. Louange a l'eternite de Jesus from "Quartet for the end of time" - Messiaen |
| 5. Urban prophecies - Nitin Sawhney |
| 6. Concerto for piano and strings - Schnittke |
On this CD:
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Neural Circuits
Composed by Nitin Sawhney
Performed by Britten Sinfonia, Bash Ensemble
with Joanna MacGregor
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Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten
Composed by Arvo Pärt
Performed by Britten Sinfonia
Conducted by Joanna MacGregor
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Siwe Bell Music
Composed by Traditional
Performed by Bash Ensemble
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Nyive Iwa
Composed by Traditional
Performed by Bash Ensemble
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Urban Prophecies
Composed by Nitin Sawhney
Performed by Bash Ensemble
with Joanna MacGregor, Aref Durvesh, Play Ensemble
Conducted by Cameron Sinclair
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Concerto for Piano and Strings
Composed by Alfred Schnittke
Performed by Britten Sinfonia
with Joanna MacGregor
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Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Composed by Olivier Messiaen
with Christopher van Kampen, Joanna MacGregor
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Amazon.co.uk Review
For her own label, Sound Circus, pianist Joanna MacGregor always pulls something new out of the hat. Neural Circuits could have been a hotchpotch, but the imaginative vigour with which it's put together--and the intrinsic excellence of many of its tracks--lifts it onto a much higher plane. The most substantial piece is Schnittke's Concerto for Piano and Strings, in which the two opposed forces enjoy a productively combative relationship: Schnittke's trademark melange of styles is done with a light touch and with mercurial invention. The cello in the Messaien--a movement from Quartet for the End of Time--is in the hands of the late Christoher van Kampen, now sorely missed as MacGregor's sleeve note observes, and especially in music as movingly plangent as this. Arvo Pärt wrote his Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten--a canon for strings plus a single tolling bell--to celebrate the unusual purity of his music, and that phrase aptly describes his piece too. The other three items are typical MacGregor curiosities: Ensemble Bash playing Ghanaian village music as to the manner born, plus two pieces by Nitin Sawhney. Urban Prophecies is actually a delightful little number, full of vigour and pungency, for a combination of Eastern and Western instruments. It's simply a pity that he felt impelled to puff it with a sleeve note that, in its absurd grandiosity, is pure Pseuds' Corner. The indefatigable MacGregor plays and conducts--sometimes both at once--on every track. --Michael Church
For her own label, Sound Circus, pianist Joanna MacGregor always pulls something new out of the hat. Neural Circuits could have been a hotchpotch, but the imaginative vigour with which it's put together--and the intrinsic excellence of many of its tracks--lifts it onto a much higher plane. The most substantial piece is Schnittke's Concerto for Piano and Strings, in which the two opposed forces enjoy a productively combative relationship: Schnittke's trademark melange of styles is done with a light touch and with mercurial invention. The cello in the Messaien--a movement from Quartet for the End of Time--is in the hands of the late Christoher van Kampen, now sorely missed as MacGregor's sleeve note observes, and especially in music as movingly plangent as this. Arvo Pärt wrote his Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten--a canon for strings plus a single tolling bell--to celebrate the unusual purity of his music, and that phrase aptly describes his piece too. The other three items are typical MacGregor curiosities: Ensemble Bash playing Ghanaian village music as to the manner born, plus two pieces by Nitin Sawhney. Urban Prophecies is actually a delightful little number, full of vigour and pungency, for a combination of Eastern and Western instruments. It's simply a pity that he felt impelled to puff it with a sleeve note that, in its absurd grandiosity, is pure Pseuds' Corner. The indefatigable MacGregor plays and conducts--sometimes both at once--on every track. --Michael Church
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