Gorb: 24 Preludes & Velocity / Hammond

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
March 4, 2022
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Adam Gorb
    • PERFORMER
      Clare Hammond
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 04, 2022
    • UPC
      5060113446206
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0620
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Prestissimo rit. throughout

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    2. No. 2. Coming Together: Lento

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    3. No. 3. Klezfest: Scherzando

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    4. No. 4. Madam I'm Adam: Prestissimo

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    5. No. 5. Tango for Two Saxophones and Broken Accordion: Andante pesante

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    6. No. 6. Siciliano: Andantino with a lilt

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    7. No. 7. Lift Off: Vivace energico -

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    8. No. 8. Childhood Memory: Adagio

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    9. No. 9. In the Cold Light of Day: Allegro pesante

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    10. No. 10. The Girl With the White Parasol: Poco vivace leggiero

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    11. No. 11. Edulerp: Gravissimo accelerando

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    12. No. 12. Drums: Allegro

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    13. No. 13. Sliding Doors: Allegretto vivace

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    14. No. 14. Adagietto

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    15. No. 15. Samatha: Gravissimo

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    16. No. 16. Survivor: Lento rubato

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    17. No. 17. Autumn Leaf: Allegro misterioso

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    18. No. 18. Globalisation: Lento recitativo

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    19. No. 19. Valse triste: Allegretto

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    20. No. 20. Ouverture française: Vivace con brio

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    21. No. 21. Prestissimo

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    22. No. 22. Mini Mambo: Allegro molto

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    23. No. 23. Birthday Bash: Prestissimo

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    24. No. 24. Fugue: Grandioso - Andante tranquillo

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond

    25. Velocity

      Composer: Adam Gorb

      Performer: Clare Hammond


The 24 Preludes of Adam Gorb (born in Cardiff in 1958 and a feature of musical life in Manchester for over two decades) follow the examples of Chopin and Shostakovich in describing a cycle of fifths – though his descend, whereas Chopin’s and Shostakovich’s go up. Like those earlier exemplars, as also the preludes of Debussy, Rachmaninov and others, Gorb’s are miniature studies of personality and mood – charming, brittle, perky, languorous, bat-flight fast, borderline violent or tender, as required. His Velocity does what it says on the can: it’s a wild, even manic, chase, over rhythmically dislocating ground.