Released Oct 2011
Crossing Ohashi Bridge
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Geoffrey Poole's 20-minute string orchetral Crossing Ohashi Bridge lends its name to the latest disc from NMC, recorded at St Georges Bristol on the Goldberg Ensemble's UK Tour in 2004. Poole's highly praised Crossing Ohashi Bridge comes with fascinating works by Roger Marsh, Nicola Lefanu, and Tony Gilbert.
Released 2011
Birdsongs in Silence
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This has been described as a disc of intensely moving miniatures, composed by Beth Wiseman (1951-2007) and her husband Geoffrey Poole across their 30 year marriage, and after. Beautiful performances by Okeanos and John Turner / Lesley-Jane Rogers.
Released 2011
Landscapes in Sound
Various performers
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Poppy Records HXP013

Landscapes in Sound
David Simmonds Ashleworth - an Idyll for Piano
Jolyon Laycock selection from "Twelve River Preludes"
Sulyen Caradon 2 Lowland Airs
Andre Shlimon selection from "Five Bagatelles"
Jolyon Laycock selection from "Twelve Landscape Studies"
Frank Harvey The Deserted Cinema

Recorded by Poppy Records, at Clevedon Court, Somerset, and the Bristol Music Club in November 2010.
Released 2009
Intensely Pleasant Music
7 Airs & Fantasias and other piano music by John Pitts, performed by Steven Kings
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Read reviews at www.johnpitts.co.uk/reviews.htm

REVIEWS NEW AGE "Realmente un magnífico repertorio desbordante de calidad, belleza y de sumo interés."
MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL “This is a colorful and interesting set by a talented composer.... The playing by Steven Kings is technically and emotionally perfect."
ALL MUSIC GUIDE
THE INDEPENDENT "deftly impressive".....
MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL "brilliantly exciting"..."a colossal musical project that deserves admiration"..."Stunning and seriously impressive"......
NEW CLASSICS "beautifully played"
PIANO PROFESSIONAL "great character and emotional integrity...a thoroughly worthwhile project"
OPUSMUSICA "recomendable"
CLASSICALSOURCE "surely more than just 'intensely pleasant music'."
VENUE
INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW "...an overall idiom of considerable charm... 'Intensely pleasant music'? Most certainly."
CROSS RHYTHMS 9/10 "this album is beautiful, moving and relaxing"
MUSICAL OPINION "a sensitive and intelligent creative personality"


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Intensely Pleasant Music: 7 Airs & Fantasias and other piano music
John PITTS (b.1976)
Changes for 20 nifty fingers
Toccata "Blue Frenzy"
Air 1 "Gentle Interweaving"
Fantasia 1 "Clockwork 5 4"
Air 2 "After Satie"
Fantasia 2 "On the Westminster Chimes"
Air 3 "On an anagram"
Fantasia 3 "Parallel Octaves"
Air 4 "Sarabande"
Fantasia 4 "Wind Chimes"
Air 5 "Calmly Contented"
Fantasia 5 "Bells in 9 8"
Air 6 "Modal Twist"
Fantasia 6 "Half-Second-Hand"
Air 7 "Cantabile Mist"
Fantasia 7 "All in a chord"

Recorded by Jonathan Scott, Victoria Rooms, University of Bristol on 7, 14 and 21 August 2008.
Released 2005
A Recital by Two Pianists
Steven Kings and Christopher Northam

Dunelm Records DRD0243 [73:14]

A Recital by Two Pianists - Steven Kings and Christopher Northam

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959) Three Czech Dances (1949) [16:31];

David BEDFORD (b.1932) Hoquetus David (1987) [5:02];

John PITTS (b.1976) Changes (1995) [3:34];

Robin HOLLOWAY (b.1943) Gilded Goldbergs Suite (1997) [23:26];

Jolyon LAYCOCK (b.1946) Die! A1 Sparrow (2002) [11:51];

Francis POULENC (1899-1963) Élégie (1959) [6:15];

Witold LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994) Paganini Variations (1941) [5:50].

Recorded by Dunelm Records at a recital given in the Bristol Music Club,

76 St. Paul’s Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1LP, 14 May 2005.

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Released 2005
Severnside Composers’ Alliance
Inaugural Piano Recital
Peter Jacobs (piano)
Dunelm Records DRD0238 [78.22]
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"a required purchase for dedicated Gurney enthusiasts" Calum MacDonald, International Record Review, October 2005

"Do buy this admirable CD, which boasts fine recorded sound and

attractively illustrated presentation by Jim Pattison"

Peter Graham Woolf

Dunelm Records DRD0238  [78.22]

Severnside Composers’ Alliance - Inaugural Piano Recital

Geoffrey SELF (b. 1930) Sonatina 1 [6:41]

Ivor GURNEY (1890-1937) Preludes (first set) F #; A minor; D b; D # minor; D. (1921) [8:31]

Jolyon LAYCOCK (b. 1946) L’Abri Pataud [3:40]

Richard BARNARD (b. 1977) On Erin Shore [3:47]

Steven KINGS (b. 1962) Fingers pointing to the Moon [10:33]

Ivor GURNEY (1890-1937) Preludes 2nd set –Fragment; F minor; D; C; F # [4:19]

Susan COPPARD (b. 1937) Round and Around (1995} [2:29]

John PITTS (b. 1976) Aire 1; Fantasy 1; Fantasy 5. [9:41]

James PATTEN (b. 1936) Nocturne 3; Nocturne 4. [8:57]

Sulyen CARADON (b. 1942) Dorian Dirge [2:12]

Ivor GURNEY (1890-1937) Preludes 3rd set C minor; F sharp (unfinished). (1924) [4:16]

Raymond WARREN (b. 1928) Monody; Chaconne. [12:04]

Recorded by Dunelm Records on 23rd February 2005 Michael Tippett Centre, Bath.

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