Dal Niente Projects: Chamber Music: Earl Brown (1999/2002)

Dal Niente Projects:
Simon Allen - vibraphone, marimba, percussion harmonicas, various sound-producing media
Peter Bevan - trombone
Bridget Carey - viola
Tania Chen - piano
Robert Coleridge - piano
Francesca Hanley - flute
Nicolas Hodges - piano
Mieko Kanno - violin
Lore Lixenburg - voice
Zoe Martlew - cello
Mannon Morris harp
Fiona Ritchie - vibraphone, marimba
David Ryan - clarinet, bass clarinet
Nancy Ruffer - flute
Andrew Sparling - clarinet, bass clarinet
John Tilbury - piano
Earle Brown - conductor

Track listing
1- 9 Folio
1. October 1952 version 1 (1 03)
2. November 1952 version 1 (5 22)
3. MM=87 (harp) (1 39)
4. MM=135 (piano) (0 41)
5. October 1952 version 2 (1 20)
6. December 1952 (2 24)
7. November 1952 version 2 (5 06)
8. 1953 versions 1 2 & 3 (3 12)
9. Trio for Five Dancers (3 29)
10. Corroboree 1964 for three pianos (11 54)
11. Four Systems 1954 (multi-timbral realisation) (12 15)
12. Tracking Pierrot for ensemble (18 23)
Total playing time (66 56)

Studio recordings except for 'Tracking Pierrot' which was conducted by Earle Brown at a concert in London 1999.

Track 11 recorded in July/August 2002; track 12 recorded on 12 November 1999 at the Union Chapel, London; other tracks recorded at Gateway Studios, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, July/September 2002.

Front cover: Nov 2002 (oil and wax on canvas) by David Ryan.

MRCD52