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Track(s) taken from SIGCD260

Tide Harmonic

composer
2010

Unnamed orchestra, Jeremy Holland-Smith (conductor)
Recording details: August 2009
Air Studios, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Wyllie
Engineered by Tom Bailey
Release date: June 2011
Total duration: 72 minutes 20 seconds
 

Reviews

'The former Divine Comedian's latest project is an engrossing concept album about water, evoked in its various elemental states across a five-part suite bookended with a brief orchestral torrent supplanted by the resonant ringing of Tibetan temple bowls. In the opening Dew Point, these are augmented by harp, glockenspiel, vibes, piano and celeste, with strings seeping through eventually. Hadal Zone plumbs deeper, darker depths, with vibes and glockenspiel drifting down the scale over a steady bass monotone drone; and Algal Bloom pitches eerie strings against minimalist piano repetitions, before Confluence draws the various tributaries together' (The Independent)

'Joby Talbot's music is increasingly popular and its surface attractions help to explain why. His 2008 'water symphony', the 72-minute Tide Harmonic began existence as a dance score called Eau for a French production choreographed by the American, Carolyn Carlson. It was first performed in Lille in April 2008. This in turn generated the desire to record the work, which was duly carried out the following year' (MusicWeb International)» More
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