{"product_id":"1119983","title":"Various - John Casken: Stolen Airs [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Stolen Airs' is a collection of chamber works featuring piano works by the eminent British composer John Casken, performed by various artists including the Gould Trio and Kenneth Hamiton. This is a release with strong Mancunian connections as John was professor of music at the university for many years.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe idea of creating a CD of his chamber music in which the piano features in every piece (although a piece for solo piano is hardly chamber music) was the composers  initial thought, and the range of pieces from 2002 (Piano Trio) to 2008 (Shadowed Pieces), to three more recent pieces featuring cello and then horn, as well as solo piano, created not only a nice sequence but also an interesting variety. The recordings took place in Cardiff University School of Music and at The University of Manchester in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, in which John Casken played a major role in creating nearly 20 years ago.  \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCRITICAL ACCLAIM\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Stolen Airs for cello and piano makes a superb, haunting single-movement sonata.  Serpents of Wisdom is an impressive invention for horn and piano; and Casken's Piano Trio is a powerful paraphrase of his Tolstoyan opera, God's Liar.' Paul Driver, The Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShadowed Pieces; Shadowed By The Blackened Tree\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby A Far-away Song\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby Shadows Past\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby A Quickening Moon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby Forgotten Voices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby The Harrowed Land\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStolen Airs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix Wooded Pieces; Haunting Bough (I)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwinging Bough\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaded Bough\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeathered Bough\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilvered Bough\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunting Bough (II)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSerpents Of Wisdom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiano Trio; Shadows\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStriding The Line\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDreams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDancing The Line\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemories\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55133586686337,"sku":"1119983","price":14.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51OolcNFJuL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767069131","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1119983","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}