Jeremy Dale Roberts: Chamber and Instrumental Music
Jeremy Dale Roberts (1934–2017) was a unique figure on the British musical landscape: as a composer, he steered a path between traditional tonality and modernism, developing a language that can range from aching, pastoral lyricism to wild, freewheeling energy. This album – to which Dale Roberts referred as ‘a kind of testament’ – counterpoints works from the beginning and end of his career, all distinguished by his unmistakable sense of drama and poetry and his peerless technical command. The performers here worked intensely with the composer over a number of years, and he was involved with every aspect of these recordings, from initial rehearsals up to the final edits.
Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin (Track 1)
Roderick Chadwick, piano (Tracks 1 – 2)
Bridget MacRae, cello (Tracks 3 – 6)
Kreutzer Quartet (Tracks 3 – 6)
Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Tranda lovski, violins
Morgan Goff, viola
Neil Heyde, cello
Listen To This Recording:
- Capriccio for Violin and Piano (1965)
- Tombeau for Solo Piano (1966–69)*
- I The Caller on the Shore –
- Moments of Being —
- Dance on the Shore
- II The Meeting
String Quintet (2012, rev. 2014)*
*FIRST RECORDINGS
MusicWeb International :
‘…[Jeremy Dale Roberts] supervise these recordings which have produced a realistic sound with plenty of impact. The CD stands as a living memorial and the content, quality of the performances and documentation holds up very well against that goal. I am very ready to belief that the performers worked closely with the composer over a period of years and that “he was involved with every aspect of these recordings, from initial rehearsals up to the final edits.” The encyclopaedic notes are by Martin Anderson, Peter Sheppard Skaerved and Roderick Chadwick.’
—Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International