Craven/ Dullea - Pieces for Pianists 2 Release:Pieces for Pianists 2 Metier the triptych Magnificat - Ave

the triptych Magnificat - Ave Maria - Stabat Mater (1967/68) by Frank Martin

Sarah Beth Briggs' collection of Variations underlines a lineage of the genre through the classical and romantic eras

Wine & Time is beauty and grit personified

With feather boas

Craven/ Dullea - Pieces for Pianists 2 Release:Pieces for Pianists 2 Metier the triptych Magnificat - AveFor most of his life Eric Craven has kept a very low profile, concentrating on his teaching career and quietly developing his 'non prescriptive' composing method, a sort of aleatory style but which allows the performer varying degrees of freedom. His earlier cycle of short pieces, 'SET', was recorded after Craven was persuaded by leading pianists to make his work available. Highly praised, that technique is shown again to great effect in the 'Pieces