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Philip Cashian: Chamber Concertos

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Details

Composer
Philip Cashian
Artist
Plural Ensemble
Format
CD
Label
IBS Classical
Released
May 08, 2026
Catalog #
IBS-232025
UPC
8436597701150

About

Philip Cashian (born Manchester, 1963) is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British music, widely recognised for a style that combines rhythmic urgency with luminous harmonic writing. His music has been described as "an uncompromising reflection of the modern world," characterised by tightly worked motivic ideas, striking instrumental colour, and a constant tension between propulsion and stillness. Trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Oliver Knussen and Simon Bainbridge, and later with Lukas Foss at Tanglewood, Cashian has developed a language that is both intellectually rigorous and immediately physical in it's impact. This recording brings together key chamber and concertante works spanning nearly three decades, framed by the two Chamber Concertos (1995 and 2024), written twenty-nine years apart. Both pieces explore the rich possibilities of instrumental combination within a chamber ensemble, giving prominence to extended solo lines and concertante groupings. Between them appear two more intimate works: Dances and Nocturnes (2020), a single-movement piano quartet alternating kinetic rhythmic energy with reflective, nocturnal stillness, and The Distance of Night (2022), a restrained and deeply expressive solo piano work written in memory of Simon Bainbridge. Throughout the programme, Cashian's music reveals a fascination with visual art-particularly mid-20th-century British abstraction-as well as a highly refined sense of form and drama. The result is a compelling portrait of a composer whose music is at once rigorous, vivid, and emotionally direct.

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 I. Novemberscape 03:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Novemberscape
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Philip Cashian
    Ensemble
    Plural Ensemble
    Conductor
    Fabián Panisello
  2. 2 II. Coasting 04:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Coasting
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Philip Cashian
    Ensemble
    Plural Ensemble
    Conductor
    Fabián Panisello
  3. 3 III. Twilight 02:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Twilight
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Philip Cashian
    Ensemble
    Plural Ensemble
    Conductor
    Fabián Panisello
  4. 4 IV. Duets 05:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Duets
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Philip Cashian
    Ensemble
    Plural Ensemble
    Conductor
    Fabián Panisello
  5. 5 Dances and Nocturnes 13:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    Dances and Nocturnes
    Duration
    13:53
    Composer
    Philip Cashian
    Ensemble
    Plural Ensemble
    Conductor
    Fabián Panisello
  6. 6 The Distance of Night 07:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    The Distance of Night
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Philip Cashian
    Performer
    Duncan Gifford
  7. 7 Chamber Concerto 16:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    Chamber Concerto
    Duration
    16:54
    Composer
    Philip Cashian
    Ensemble
    Plural Ensemble
    Conductor
    Fabián Panisello