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MacMillan / MacRae: Piano worksSUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO The debut of pianist Simon Smith in a programme of works by two leading Scottish composers. The disc includes the complete piano oeuvre to date of James MacMillan, and also features the world premiere recording of Stuart MacRaes Piano Sonata. In a rendering that the composer has called extraordinary, this performance spills forth in a fiery display of technical virtuosity. "an outstanding player with a huge

"There are some stunning young voices on display

percussion and high woodwind

and his fine partsong

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what art can teach"

There is delicacy

The restless beauty of Four Lyrical Pieces and strident romanticism of the Sonata offer remarkable counterpoint to his Suite for solo cello

the aging composer found improvisation leading him back to composition as he recovered from the exhausting labours that had produced his opera Saint François d’Assise

is of such strength

compelling in their enthusiasm but always secure and sensitive

Bryars’ music straddles worlds: classical and jazz

Jan Waterfield's harpsichord concerto sets the tone for an exalted yet humane celebration

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