Skempton: Surface Tension

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Skempton: Surface Tension

Label:

Mode

Catalogue No:

mode61

Discs:

1

Release date:

6th Dec 2010

Barcode:

0764593006121

Medium:

CD
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Skempton: Surface Tension


Howard Skempton (accordion) & Sarah Leonard (soprano)

Ensemble HCD-Productions (Frankfurt)

CD

$17.00

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Originally issued in 1998, Skempton’s acclaimed Surface Tension is available again after being out of stock for several years. With its distinctly English vocabulary, witty turns, and spare yet memorable melodies, it offers a survey of Skempton's music in solo through quintet settings from the 1970s through the 90s. Here's what critics said of the original release:

“A typical Skempton miniature is at once a whimisical poem, an ultra-condensed technical study, and a tiny eclat. ... Deceptively bold and completely without self-pity, Skempton is the Webern among our minimalists.” Sunday Times, July 19th 1998

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