Cowie: Streams & Particles / Miyabi Duo, Spectrum Quartet

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Label
Metier
Release Date
October 14, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Edward Cowie
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Spectrum Guitar Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Saki Kato, Hugh Millington
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 14, 2022
    • UPC
      809730861222
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      MSV28612
    • LABEL
      Metier
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. The Democritus Question

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved

    2. II. Mendeleev's Table

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved

    3. III. Bequerel's Radioactivity

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved

    4. IV. Rutherford's Nucleus and Thompson's Electron

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved

    5. V. Positron to Muon

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved

    6. VI. Meson to Lepton

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved

    7. VII. November Revolution

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved

    8. VIII. Higgs Boson and Beyond

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved

    9. Meditation No. 1

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Ensemble: Miyabi Duo

    10. Meditation No. 2

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Ensemble: Miyabi Duo

    11. Meditation No. 3

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Ensemble: Miyabi Duo

    12. Meditation No. 4

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Ensemble: Miyabi Duo

    13. Meditation No. 5

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Ensemble: Miyabi Duo

    14. Meditation No. 6

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Ensemble: Miyabi Duo

    15. Meditation No. 7

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Ensemble: Miyabi Duo

    16. Meditation No. 8

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Ensemble: Miyabi Duo

    17. Theme

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Saki Kato

    18. Variation 1: The 1st Pool

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Saki Kato

    19. Variation 2: The 1st Run

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Saki Kato

    20. Variation 3: The 2nd Pool

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Saki Kato

    21. Variation 4: The 2nd Run

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Saki Kato

    22. Variation 5: The 3rd Pool

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Saki Kato

    23. Variation 6: The 3rd Run

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Saki Kato

    24. Variation 7: The 4th Pool

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Saki Kato

    25. Variation 8: The 4th Run

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Saki Kato

    26. I. Points

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Ensemble: Spectrum Guitar Quartet

    27. II. Lines

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Ensemble: Spectrum Guitar Quartet

    28. III. Planes

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Ensemble: Spectrum Guitar Quartet

    29. I. Points

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Christopher Redgate

    30. II. Lines

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Christopher Redgate

    31. III. Planes

      Composer: Edward Cowie

      Performer: Christopher Redgate


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!