Joe Cutler Bartelbooth Robin Michael, cello • Mary Dullea, piano BBC Concert Orchestra, Charles Hazlewood, conductor Fidelio Trio • Sarah Leonard, soprano Andrew Sparling, clarinet • Stephen Gutman, piano Orkest de Ereprijs NMC D134 Joe Cutler demonstrates his multi-faceted style of composition in this first collection of his works on NMC. His music is influenced by the minimalist music of Louis Andriessen, the driving energy of Igor Stravinsky and his love for complex rhythms and jazz. Joe uses unconventional direction in his score to conjure up the mood he want for his composition. The laid-back melismatic solos in Archie are directed to be played 'grundgily' [sic] and for Sal's Sax the wild, rhythmic passages are marked as "really pumping" along with a carefully chosen Jack Kerouac quote: 'I like my whiskey wild, I like Saturday night in the shack to be crazy … I like to be gassed by a back alley music'.   1. Bartlebooth     11'09       Andrew Sparling, clarinet • Robin Michael, cello • Mary Dullea, piano   2. Archie     5'07       Darragh Morgan, violin • Robin Michael, cello • Mary Dullea, piano   3. Buckley's Hot Licks     5'11       Mary Dullea, piano   4. Sal's Sax     12'47       Orkest de Ereprijs       In Praise of Dreams   5. In Praise of Dreams     3'05   6. Nothing's a Gift     3'01   7. An Unexpected Meeting     5'52   8. Elegiac Calculation     3'37       Sarah Leonard, soprano • Stephen Gutman, piano       Music for Cello and Strings   9. Lush and bluesy     13'02 10. Unstoppable, with flair     2'56 11. Dark but dreamlike     5'49       Robin Michael, cello • BBC Concert Orchestra • Charles Hazlewood, conductor 12. Clavinova Music     3'41       Mary Dullea, piano       Total timing     75'56 NMC Recordings are distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading, P.O.Box 44, Briar Hill, Vic, 3088, Australia Telephone (03) 9432 4149 ~ Facsimile (03) 9444 6879