Robert Mansell was born in London, England, where he started writing music almost as soon as he began to play the piano. Mansell’s music is quite traditional, never straying far beyond the bounds of conventional Romantic tonality. It is rich in chromatics, which makes it harder to play than it might appear. In addition to the instrumental works on this CD he has written an amount of religious music. He has also written much secular vocal and choral music and also some works for the stage – including ‘Marlene’, a musical based on the life and loves of Marlene Dietrich; and ‘Willm S’, based on the life and loves of William Shakespeare, which was premiered in Florida in 2005 and subsequently recorded as an Audio-book by Coolbeat (www.coolbeat.biz.) More recently he has written other non-musical plays including ‘Cosima - Wagner’s Widow’, which was premiered in a reading at the RADA Studio Theatre in 2015.

On this release, rising star of the piano David Malusà crafts stirring interpretations of Mansell's visions.