Davies: Iris; Falling Angel; Loopholes and Lynchpins; Spine, etc – review

Concordia/BCMG/Azalea/Austin(NMC)The nine pieces here, songs, ensemble works and solo instrumentals, encompass a decade in Tansy Davies's career as a composer, from the solo-violin Loure of 2000 to Static and This Love, two settings of poems by Nick Drake she completed two years ago. It's hard to think of another British composer whose rise through the hierarchy of British music has been so rapid, fuelled by high-profile commissions. As this disc shows, her music is at its most compelling when ...

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