Incantations: Chamber Music By Ross Edwards

One of Australia’s best known and most performed composers, Ross Edwards has created a distinctive sound world based on deep ecology and an awareness of the need to reconnect music with elemental forces and restore its traditional association with ritual. Throughout a long and storied career, Ross has written music that celebrates Australia - its cultural diversity, its natural environment, and its connection to the vast and diverse Pacific Rim region. Perhaps nowhere is this better demonstrated than in his chamber music, which allows for rich, detailed musical textures as well as an intense, focussed intimacy. Incantations celebrates Ross’s 75th birthday in December 2018 by presenting a collection of his chamber music performed by some of Australia’s finest musicians, many of whom commissioned or premiered the pieces included here. It contains four previously unreleased recordings and a number of others making their CD debut, as well as highlights from the ABC Classics catalogue. It features a tremendous array of Australian musicians, including the Goldner String Quartet, Riley Lee, Claire Edwardes, Karin Schaupp, New Sydney Wind Quintet, Apollo Trio, Enigma Quartet, Viney-Grinberg Piano Duo, Jason Noble, Melissa Doecke, Mark Isaacs, The Seymour Group, Alexandre Oguey, Bernadette Harvey, and the Australia Ensemble @UNSW.

Tracks

1~1~Animisms - Australia Ensemble @Unsw (Previously Unreleased Recording)
1~2~Sea Star Fantasy - Bernadette Harvey Piano
1~3~String Quartet No. 2 'shekina Fantasy' - Goldner String Quartet (Previously Unreleased Recording)
1~4~Djanaba - Claire Edwardes Marimba, Karin Schaupp Guitar
1~5~Incantations - New Sydney Wind Quintet
1~6~Piano Trio - Apollo Trio
2~1~The Laughing Moon - New Sydney Wind Quintet
2~2~Voice Of The Rain - Riley Lee Shakuhachi, Enigma Quartet (Previously Unreleased Recording)
2~3~Piano Sonata - Bernadette Harvey Piano
2~4~Water Spirit Song - Alexandre Oguey Cor Anglais (Previously Unreleased Recording)
2~5~A Flight Of Sunbirds - Viney-Grinberg Piano Duo
2~6~Binyang - Jason Noble Clarinet, Claire Edwardes Claves
2~7~Nura - Melissa Doecke Flute, Mark Isaacs Piano
2~8~Laika - The Seymour Group

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Various Artists
Release Date: 05 July 2021
Genre: Classical Music
Label: Abc Classic
Distributor: Rocket Group