Description
The Flautadors, recorder quartet
Catherine Fleming | Merlin Harrison | Celia Ireland | Ian Wilson
Digital release date: 5 January 2018
Physical release date: 27 October 2017
US release date: 5 January 2018
European release date: 8 December 2017
Recording date: May 2017,
Recording venue: St Jude-on-the-Hill, London, UK
Engineer, editor & producer: John Taylor
Mastering by David Murphy
Liner notes: The Flautadors
‘bavardage’
Scottish TRADITIONAL (arr. Ian Wilson)
1. Ca the yowes
2. Dandy Dancer
Maki ISHII (1936-2003)
3. Black Intention IV (1980)
Arvo PÄRT (1935-)
4. Arbos (1977) (7 recorders & 3 triangles)
David MURPHY (1970-)
5. Bavardage (2002, rev. 2016)
Scottish TRADITIONAL (arr. Ian Wilson)
6. Brose and Butter
Ryōhei HIROSE (1930-2008)
7. Idyll 1 (1976)
Leo CHADBURN (1978-)
8. De la Salle (2001)
Scottish TRADITIONAL (arr. Ian Wilson)
9. Niel Gow’s Lament
10. The Deil Amang the Tailors
Terry RILEY (1935)
11. In C (1964)
Peter Maxwell DAVIES (1934-2016) (arr. Ian Wilson)
12. Farewell to Stromness (1980)
with
Sophie Creaner, Tabea Debus and Mirjam-Luise Münzel recorders (tracks 4 & 11)
triangles (track 4)
tracks 1, 2, 6, 9, 10 & 12: première recording of arrangements • track 5 & 8: première studio/commercial recording
Press Quotes
“Bavardage is a recorder album in a class of its own, well thought-through and brilliantly played.” (West German Radio, WDR)