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Night Fire Sun Silence – Music by John Casken

Catalogue No: MSVCD 92076
EAN/UPC: 5060054460255
Artist(s):
Andrew Ball Apollo Saxophone Quartet Clark Rundell Ensemble 10/10 Patricia Rozario Psappha RNCM New Ensemble RNCM Wind Orchestra

Composer(s):
John Casken

Release Date: April 1, 2004
Genres:
Chamber Music

Discs: 2
Total Playing Time: 131:48

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Night Fire Sun Silence - Music by John Casken

A very varied selection of fine chamber/orchestral music by one of Britain’s most accomplished composers.

    John Casken:
  1. Infanta Marina (14:14)
  2. Après un Silence (version for violin and piano) (17:11)
  3. Firewhirl (16:05)
  4. Piano Quartet (16:22)
  5. Après un Silence (ensemble version) (17:51)
  6. Salamandra (17:42)
  7. Amarantos (14:45)
  8. Distant Variations (16:23)

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Infanta Marina (14:14)
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  1. 01 Infanta Marina (14:14)
  2. 02 Après un Silence (version for violin and piano) (17:11)
  3. 03 Firewhirl (16:05)
  4. 04 Piano Quartet (16:22)
  5. 05 Après un Silence (ensemble version) (17:51)
  6. 06 Salamandra (17:42)
  7. 07 Amarantos (14:45)
  8. 08 Distant Variations (16:23)

  • The Sunday Times

    “

    Eight works by a composer whose craftsmanship is as fastidious as his imagination is spirited.

    ” —Paul Driver

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  • The Guardian

    “

    This useful survey of pieces by John Casken, all but one of them appearing on disc for the first time, covers more than 20 years of his development as a composer.

    ” —Andrew Clements

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  • Musical Pointers

    “

    Here is another useful compendium of music [by John Casken] , whose idiom is accessible-modernist. The recordings (1992 & 1993 in Manchester) are good and the production is of Metier’s usual high standard.

    ” —Peter Grahame Woolf

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  • Liverpool Daily Post

    “

    This approachable music is well played

    ” —Peter Spaull

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