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American Record Guide

This is a well done collection of work by composer Robin Walker. A Prayer and a Dance of Two Spirits is phenomenally captivating; John Turner’s recorder playing gives sparkle and magic with every note; and Emma McGrath’s empassioned, velvet violin lines ooze drama and mystique. The Song of Bone on Stone is an epic, 13-minute piece for solo bass that pays homage to the capabilities of the lowest of the stringed instruments. The title work on the disc, Turning Towards You for double bass and piano, employs a curious set of extended techniques for the bass player. Robin Walker writes in his program notes that “Before performing this piece, Leon Bosch binds his fingertips with tape, and for good reason. In its early stages he has to attack the strings of the instrument with a precise musical ferocity (as though it owed him money), and it is only gradually that melody suggests an alternative course to be taken.” Delightful and immense!