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New Music for a New Oboe volume 2 presents a number of works written for the Howarth-Redgate oboe, adding to those already recorded on New Music for a New Oboe volume 1 (Métier msv 28529). In addition to the recently developed Howarth-Redgate oboe, both recordings also include the lupophon, a recently designed bass oboe. Information about the two new instruments can be found on Christopher Redgate’s website www.21stcenturyoboe.com.
The works here were created through strong collaboration by artist and composers. The areas explored here include the extreme high range, various microtonal divisions and multiphonics – a repertoire of sounds and techniques for which the new instrument was designed with the intention, not only of meeting today’s demands, but also of building further potential into the instrument – and the results are fascinatingly varied. Truly cutting-edge music for today.
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Edward Cowie (b.1943):
- The Colours of Dark Light – I. Michael Berry – Sonic Portrait (7:34)
- The Colours of Dark Light – II. Random Ph(r)ases (7:09)
- The Colours of Dark Light – III. Tracking a Phase Singularity (6:39)
- The Colours of Dark Light – IV. The Colours of Dark Light (8:04) Paul Archbold (b.1964):
- Zechstein (6:36) Sam Hayden (b.1968):
- surface/tension – I
- surface/tension – II
- surface/tension – III Dorothy Ker (b.1965):
- Clepsydra (15:18) Christopher Fox (b.1955):
- Unlocking the Grid
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The Colours of Dark Light – I. Michael Berry – Sonic Portrait (7:34)
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The Colours of Dark Light – II. Random Ph(r)ases (7:09)
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The Colours of Dark Light – III. Tracking a Phase Singularity (6:39)
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The Colours of Dark Light – IV. The Colours of Dark Light (8:04)
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Zechstein (6:36)
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surface/tension – I
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surface/tension – II
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surface/tension – III
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Clepsydra (15:18)
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Unlocking the Grid
