Roderick Chadwick, the pianist on this album, is known for performing both experimental music and landmark solo works, and has a long-standing association with the Kreutzer Quartet.
Performer Biography
The Kreutzer Quartet, acclaimed for adventurous performances, has collaborated with composer Jim Aitchison for two decades, beginning at Tate St Ives.
Recording & Production
The album's cover painting, "Night Tide," and the back cover image, "Dark Landscape," are both oil pastel works by the composer, Jim Aitchison.
Composer Biography
Jim Aitchison is a composer known for creating musical responses to the work of major visual artists, and he is also a visual artist himself.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Jim Aitchison's piano quintets emerged from his long collaboration with the Kreutzer Quartet and Roderick Chadwick, his lifelong project to create musical engagements with visual artworks, and his fascination with chamber music for piano and strings.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Jim Aitchison's approach to interacting with artworks in his recent piano quintets is less direct; he explores territory provoked by art rather than directly responding to or illustrating it.
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