Description
Digital/streaming release: 6 September 2019
UK physical: 27 September 2019
Europe: 4 October 2019
SEIRENES [FHR87]
John CROFT (1971-)
1. Intermedio I [for bass flute and live electronics]
Richard Craig bass flute
2. Peisinoë (Seirenes Ia) [for viola]
Emma Richards viola
3. Ligeia (Seirenes Ib) [for flute]
Richard Craig flute
4. Duo (Seirenes II) [for viola and guitar)
Emma Richards viola
Diego Castro Magaš guitar
5. Trio (Seirenes III) [for bass flute, viola and cello]
Richard Craig bass flute
Emma Richards viola
Alice Purton cello
6. Quartet (Seirenes IV) [for alto flute, guitar, viola, cello]
Richard Craig alto flute
Diego Castro Magaš guitar
Emma Richards viola
Alice Purton cello
7. La terra lagrimosa…una luce vermiglia [for cello and live electronics]
Séverine Ballon cello
8. Intermedio III [for bass clarinet and live electronics]
Marij van Gorkom bass clarinet
Intermedio III: ‘a perfect integration of instrumental properties and electronics … a fragile equilibrium in which tension and virtuosic quality is felt during the entire composition’ (Jury, Prix Ton Bruynèl 2012)
Recorded at St Tegfan’s Church, Llandegfan, Anglesey [1 and 3]; Church of the Ascension,
Plumstead, London [track 2]; Manna Oak, Ludlow [tracks 4-8], 2014-2019
Engineered and produced by John Croft • 24bit, 96kHz hi-resolution recording and mastering
Album cover: detail from Ulysses and the Sirens by H.J. Draper (c.1909)
Artwork by David Murphy
Booklet notes by Richard Whitehouse
