Ferneyhough Chamber Works
An engaging double-bassist is among shining soloists on this attractive disc
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Genre:
Chamber
Label: Metier Sound & Vision
Magazine Review Date: 8/2009
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
Catalogue Number: MSV28504

Author: Fabrice Fitch
The most substantial ensemble work is Allgebrah for oboe and strings, whose almost claustrophobic density of material contrasts with the occasional sparseness of both Flurries and Incipits. Christopher Redgate is the soloist, and though there’s little to choose between his and Peter Veale’s rival reading with Ensemble Surplus under the late James Avery (Composers’ Art Label), the string ensemble is more incisive and more crisply recorded here. The same is true in Incipits, in which viola-player Bridget Carey and percussionist Julian Warburton excel as soloists. Redgate gives a characteristically nervy rendition of the early Coloratura for oboe and piano. Only the In nomine sounds less keenly observed than Ensemble Recherche’s version for Kairos. It’s the latest work on the disc, and shows signs of a marked change of direction. Taken overall, it’s an attractive package.
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