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Cowie: Streams & Particles / Miyabi Duo, Spectrum Quartet
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Cowie: Streams & Particles / Miyabi Duo, Spectrum Quartet

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Details

Composer
Edward Cowie
Artist
Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Saki Kato, Hugh Millington
Format
CD
Label
Metier
Released
Oct 14, 2022
Catalog #
MSV28612
UPC
809730861222

About

Edward Cowie is considered by many to be the greatest living composer directly inspired by the Natural World. His post-impressionist works, from the gigantic orchestral Leviathan (his first Proms commission) to his cycles of Bird Portraits and other chamber and instrumental pieces are drawing gasps of admiration from critics and audiences alike. This album focuses on Nature in the smallest sense - the subatomic building blocks of the Universe, and the conceptual realization of mathematical structures in art by the great symbolic abstract artist Kandinsky. Three works for guitar(s) - solo, duo and quartet - are bookended by a violin duo and an oboe solo in a collection which once again demonstrates Cowie’s genius and his place as one of today’s most inspired and inventive composers – a place which is being confirmed by critics more and more with each new album.

The performers are all leaders in their fields: Skærved and Trandafilovski are the two violinists with the Kreutzer Quartet as well as having varied successful careers as soloists, composers/arrangers and educators – with many Metier and Athene recordings to their names. Christopher Redgate is recognized as one of the world’s foremost oboists specializing in new music (and the inventor of the Howarth-Redgate oboe) while Saki Kato and Hugh Millington are creating a fine reputation for their championing of contemporary guitar music. They are also recording music by Trandafilovsky for a new Métier release in November. Overall this recording reinforces the brilliance of Cowie’s writing and shows his ability to create fine works for instruments he was not previously familiar with!

Tracklist 31 tracks

  1. 1 I. The Democritus Question 02:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. The Democritus Question
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved
  2. 2 II. Mendeleev's Table 03:13
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Mendeleev's Table
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved
  3. 3 III. Bequerel's Radioactivity 02:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Bequerel's Radioactivity
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved
  4. 4 IV. Rutherford's Nucleus and Thompson's Electron 02:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Rutherford's Nucleus and Thompson's Electron
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved
  5. 5 V. Positron to Muon 01:52
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Positron to Muon
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved
  6. 6 VI. Meson to Lepton 02:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Meson to Lepton
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved
  7. 7 VII. November Revolution 03:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. November Revolution
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved
  8. 8 VIII. Higgs Boson and Beyond 04:55
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Higgs Boson and Beyond
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved
  9. 9 Meditation No. 1 01:05
    Track
    9
    Title
    Meditation No. 1
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Ensemble
    Miyabi Duo
  10. 10 Meditation No. 2 01:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    Meditation No. 2
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Ensemble
    Miyabi Duo
  11. 11 Meditation No. 3 01:36
    Track
    11
    Title
    Meditation No. 3
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Ensemble
    Miyabi Duo
  12. 12 Meditation No. 4 01:09
    Track
    12
    Title
    Meditation No. 4
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Ensemble
    Miyabi Duo
  13. 13 Meditation No. 5 01:01
    Track
    13
    Title
    Meditation No. 5
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Ensemble
    Miyabi Duo
  14. 14 Meditation No. 6 01:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    Meditation No. 6
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Ensemble
    Miyabi Duo
  15. 15 Meditation No. 7 00:44
    Track
    15
    Title
    Meditation No. 7
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Ensemble
    Miyabi Duo
  16. 16 Meditation No. 8 02:31
    Track
    16
    Title
    Meditation No. 8
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Ensemble
    Miyabi Duo
  17. 17 Theme 01:35
    Track
    17
    Title
    Theme
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Saki Kato
  18. 18 Variation 1: The 1st Pool 00:27
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variation 1: The 1st Pool
    Duration
    00:27
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Saki Kato
  19. 19 Variation 2: The 1st Run 01:44
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variation 2: The 1st Run
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Saki Kato
  20. 20 Variation 3: The 2nd Pool 01:20
    Track
    20
    Title
    Variation 3: The 2nd Pool
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Saki Kato
  21. 21 Variation 4: The 2nd Run 01:38
    Track
    21
    Title
    Variation 4: The 2nd Run
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Saki Kato
  22. 22 Variation 5: The 3rd Pool 02:38
    Track
    22
    Title
    Variation 5: The 3rd Pool
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Saki Kato
  23. 23 Variation 6: The 3rd Run 04:25
    Track
    23
    Title
    Variation 6: The 3rd Run
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Saki Kato
  24. 24 Variation 7: The 4th Pool 03:04
    Track
    24
    Title
    Variation 7: The 4th Pool
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Saki Kato
  25. 25 Variation 8: The 4th Run 05:54
    Track
    25
    Title
    Variation 8: The 4th Run
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Saki Kato
  26. 26 I. Points 03:38
    Track
    26
    Title
    I. Points
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Ensemble
    Spectrum Guitar Quartet
  27. 27 II. Lines 04:54
    Track
    27
    Title
    II. Lines
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Ensemble
    Spectrum Guitar Quartet
  28. 28 III. Planes 05:16
    Track
    28
    Title
    III. Planes
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Ensemble
    Spectrum Guitar Quartet
  29. 29 I. Points 02:06
    Track
    29
    Title
    I. Points
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Christopher Redgate
  30. 30 II. Lines 04:25
    Track
    30
    Title
    II. Lines
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Christopher Redgate
  31. 31 III. Planes 04:58
    Track
    31
    Title
    III. Planes
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Edward Cowie
    Performer
    Christopher Redgate