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Waves - Barry Mills | This
is not the first recording of the expressively refined music of Barry Mills, but
it is an important one, containing eight works, mainly of short duration, and
sufficient to acquaint the listener with the work of a genuine artist who possesses
a very solid compositional technique. There is fine music here, with a surprisingly
wide range of articulation and texture. My favourites are the two Trios and the
extended Guitar Quartet, but each piece is worth close attention from the serious
music lover. Much of Mills' work is suggested by natural phenomena. The title
track, so beautifully played by the late Tony Sions, largely sets the tone of
the album. The performances and recordings are admirable. The composer's booklet
notes could have included compositional dates, but this is a fascinating and rewarding
album to which I have returned with increasing pleasure. Robert Matthew-Walker
(Musical Opinion). | | |  | |
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Track
List | Saxophone
Sketches 1 Summer Waves 2 Autumn 3 Winter 4 Spring Morning
Saxophone Quartet - Saxploitation 5 Morning Song 6 Night
Winds 7 The Wind and the Trees
Duo for Flute and Clarinet
8 Landscape 9 River
Guitar Quartet - The English Guitar Quartet
10 The Play of Light on the Sea 11 Moving with the Wind 12 In Deep
Night 13 Trio for Flute, Viola and Guitar 14 Harp Sketches - (Hugh
Webb - harp.) 15 Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp CD Duration: 71:31 | | |