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Martin Butler - American Rounds            | NMC Recordings NMCD120

Martin Butler - American Rounds

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Label: NMC Recordings

Cat No: NMCD120

Barcode: 5023363012027

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 14th May 2007

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About

‘[Butler’s] virtuoso skill at placing and displacing, nudging and manipulating rhythms creates a brilliant pattern of light and movement.’ The Times
One of the significant emerging voices in British composition, Martin Butler was born in 1960 and studied in the UK, at Princeton University (USA) where he received the Master of Fine Arts, and at Tempo Reale, Berio’s studio in Florence.
Butler’s work is vibrant with strong echoes of Copland—he describes himself as a harmonic composer and says that his rhythm owes much to Stravinsky. This disc brings together works written for the instruments of the piano quintet, either together or separately, performed by artists with whom he has been closely associated for many years.
American Rounds, written for the Schubert Ensemble, explores the qualities and characteristics of different types of American folk music, with each of its four movements concentrating on a different source. Sequenza Notturna -nocturnal in character, as the title implies - introduces a series of episodes which gradually expose a central melody, heard in its full, climactic version at the end of the piece. Also included on the disc is Funérailles—a substantial new work for piano with echoes of Liszt and Debussy—which was premiered in 2006 by William Howard.

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