Sadie Harrison: Taking Flight
Sadie Harrison’s music is instantly recognisable from that of any other composer of her generation. She has a potent sense of instrumental colour and a distinctive rhythmic vigour permeates all of her output. Here a programme of her exotic chamber music is presented by leading musicians in the contemporary music field.
Track Listing
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Sadie Harrison:
- Taking Flight (20:24)
- Traceries (7:32)
- Impresa Amorosa - 1. Falcon (1:33)
- Impresa Amorosa - 2. Tortoise (0:21)
- Impresa Amorosa - 3. Saltire Cross (2:30)
- Impresa Amorosa - 4. Porcupine (0:53)
- Impresa Amorosa - 5. Lizard (3:08)
- Impresa Amorosa - 6. Labyrinth (3:00)
- Impresa Amorosa - 7. Candle (3:16)
- Arcosolia (8:52)
- Aster - 1. Aster I (1:22)
- Aster - 2. Secret (2:05)
- Aster - 3. Love the Gambler (3:45)
- Aster - 4. Echo (4:54)
- Aster - 5. Love the Conqueror (4:32)
- Aster - 6. Aster II (2:04)
Reviews
“This is said to be the first recording devoted to music by Sadie Harrison, and it shows her to have a compelling, distinctive, and passionate compositional voice. The performances on this disc are generally very good, and the recorded sound excellent… this disc is definitely worth exploring.
” —Unnamed reviewer
“Rhythm and lyricism held in perfect balance in a young Australian composer’s rewarding programme of chamber and vocal works. The playing is shapely and eloquent, the recording well-defined to a fault. This is a debut which leaves you eager to hear more from such a versatile and accomplished composer.
” —Unknown reviewer
“I am indebted for the discovery of this remarkable Australian’s music. The title work, the string quartet Taking Flight… [is] I think, a masterpiece. Great performances all, and nicely recorded.
” —Grant Chu Covell
“Music of real individuality and purpose, in excellent recordings.
” —Unknown reviewer
“Harrison’s music is often beguiling and has vivid extra-musical resonances. She’s in the category of what could be described as domesticated modernism – tonal composers who are aware of modernist gestures while aware of the danger of audience-alienation. Harrison is a composer to look out for.
” —Andy Hamilton
“I’d be pleased to hear more of this interesting young woman’s work.
” —Unknown reviewer
“Sadie Harrison has an original imagination that expresses itself in a fluent, thoughtfully poetic language.
” —Stephen Pettitt
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