But, with bourne alone at the piano, montauk variations meditative improvisations instead use cautiously melodic figures to trace penumbral shadows of memory and regret. Following his celebrated moogmemory project, matthew bourne returns to the piano for isotach. Often a dense sprayer of notes, the pianist is found here in a sparse, spacious state, lyrical and romantic. Vanishing stars hv012 a veil of water reminder reminder is the debut album by multiinstrumentalist rune trelvik, under the moniker a veil. The release was praised for its serenity and grace, and led to collaborations with amon tobin and nancy elizabeth, both of whom were fans of the. The digital version of this release comes with a pdf booklet. Sir matthew christopher bourne obe born january 1960 is an english choreographer.
Before that, for my solo piano playing, i used to use a lot of samples sampled media like clips from television and. Montauk variations is the outcome of an uncanny compulsion to visit montauk, ny, for a few hours during august 2009 and the insights gained therein. Just about everyone else has tried to work out what exact interval a cuckoo sounds. Matthew bourne montauk variations releases discogs. His work includes contemporary dance and dance theatre. Pieces from montauk variations have appeared on compilations by bonobo and needwant. For isotach, bourne prepares ten beautiful piano compositions. Bournes first solo studio album, montauk variations the sunday times leftfield album of the year in 2012, marked an important musical turning point in his career and the beginning of a new creative direction. Download montauk variations by matthew bourne at juno download. Its predominantly a reflection, a look at things moving slowly and a stirring listen. Infinitude taken from montauk variations 2012 performed live at the venue. Bournes work has been broadcast on various bbc radio and television programmes. For promotional use only printed on lowerbottomback cover, in small, white, vertical rectangle, and on outer groove of cd. The following year, leaf released bournes debut studio solo fulllength, montauk variations.
This is the channel of awardwinning pianist and composer matthew bourne not the choreographer of the same name. Now its finally dropped, the two albums are surprisingly complimentary. Bourne is known in jazz circles, but this project also emits an aura of modern classical composition. Bournes first solo studio album, montauk variations the sunday times leftfield album of the year in 2012, was celebrated for its sense of stillness and serenity, marking an important musical turning point in his career and the beginning of a new creative direction. Smile montauk variations is an album of fragility and romanticism, moving away from the chaotic quirkiness of earlier. Skeletal piano motifs, an aching use of space and sparing cello arrangements are deployed to devastating effect throughout. Pioneers of 90s ambientdowntempo experiments, leaf have always avoided any possible pigeonholing by consistently switching up their perceived agenda. Check out montauk variations by matthew bourne on amazon music. Montauk variations by matthew bourne free listening on.
Montauk variations is released 6 february 2011 on the leaf label. The sleeve design by split is one part of a larger project we undertook to create a full visual identity for the experimental pianists work with the label. Stream montauk variations, a playlist by matthew bourne from desktop or your mobile device. Smile montauk variations is an album of fragility and romanticism, moving away. Montauk variations is an album that charges gracefully through piano and string compositions, using rotations to bring out an endless series of variances to seemingly unmoving patterns and occasionally flitting to overt virtuoso performance.
Bournes obstreperous other self surfaces on within and abrade, stroking the keyboard. Montauk variations by matthew bourne on amazon music. This month sees the release of matthew bournes highly acclaimed solo album montauk variations marking the start of his partnership with the the leaf label. With a reputation as a fearlessly unpredictable pianist and composer, matthew bourne is a passionate explorer of sound, possessed of a burning desire to make music on anything old, broken or infirm. Montauk variations, bournes first studio album as a solo artist, was awarded the leftfield album of the year award by the sunday times. Matthew bourne was already talking about moogmemoryboth the album and the touring collaboration with visual artist michael englandback in 2012, when he signed to leaf and made his label debut with montauk variations, an album of mostly lyrical pieces for solo piano or cello.
Matthew bourne born 6 october 1977 is a british jazz musician. Despite his reputation as a pianist, in bourne was commissioned by the marsden jazz festival to. Fragility and romanticism become key focal elements in highly personal performances that still carry the bourne hallmarks of unpredictability and elliptical intensity. Throughout the intervening years an embarrassing amount of time has been spent considering that this album might come to embody facets of personal unquietness, solitude and heartbreak. Matthew bourne montauk variations you will automatically receive a free mp3 download when your cd order is processed. Reminder by a veil of water, released 26 february 20 1. Montauk, billy moon and the lost pianos by bruce lindsay, published on march 6, 2012 at all about jazz. Matthew bournes sleeping beauty is the last of his trilogy of tchaikovsky ballets, which took nearly two decades to complete. Bourne is known in jazz circles, but this project also emits an aura of. Infinitude by matthew bourne from desktop or your mobile device. In the same year bourne graduated from leeds college of music. Matthew bourne is found in typically excitable mode on the newly released everybody else but me, alongside the saxophonist tony bevan. Montauk variations is released 6 february 2011 on the leaf label genre solo piano comment by ashley brown.
Delius was inspired to make music by late swallows at grezsurloing, vaughan williams by a lark on its ecstatic flight. Skeletal piano motifs, an aching use of space and sparing cello. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Montauk variations is primarily a collection of completely solo acoustic piano pieces, sometimes augmented by strings. Bournes plaintive ivorytickling here takes inspiration from english composers like finzi, bridge and cyril scott, as well jazzers like keith tippett one. That doesnt appear to be the case on jazz pianist matthew bournes debut solo album. His first studio andrew matthew bourne moogmemory, montauk variationswas a series of compositions for solo piano, but moogmemory sees bourne performing only on the lintronics advanced memorymoog, a specially altered memorymoog synthesiser. Smile composed by charles chaplin bourne music ltd. View all albums and help us complete matthew bourne discography.
Matthew bournes sleeping beauty the washington post. Its actually a score i had to prepare to accompany the other materials submitted for the 2012 basca british academy of. Bourne s plaintive ivorytickling here takes inspiration from english composers like finzi, bridge and cyril scott, as well jazzers like keith tippett one for you. Discover and download music with our free personalized discovery tools.
He was also known for his choreography for popular revivals of classic musicals bourne entered the world of dance relatively late. Normally, when a work has variations in its title, there is usually a theme in existence for the variations to stem from. Start your music shopping from all about jazz and youll support us in the process. Its lyrical and romantic mood marked a change in musical direction from the avantgarde tone of his earlier work. The production subtitled a gothic romance runs at the. I did montauk variations which is the first thing i. Montauk variations by matthew bourne on mp3, wav, flac. The wittily deconstructive or merely annoying, depending on your point of view pianist matthew bourne goes all englishpastoral in this largely lovely solo suite. Listen free to matthew bourne montauk variations i. Fragility and romanticism become key focal elements in highly personal performances that still carry the bourne hallmarks of unpredictability and. Bourne released collaborations with trio grande hold the line.
Matthew bourne products available at the leaf label. Matthew bourne, in full sir matthew bourne, born january, 1960, hackney, london, england, british choreographer and dancer noted for his uniquely updated interpretations of traditional ballet repertoire. Mountauk variations ixvi composted and performed by matthew bourne prsmcps. Juliet 15 airhead south congress 16 matthew halsall sailing out to sea 17 dorothy ashby essence of sapphire 18 peter and kerry one thing 19 eddi front gigantic 20 bill evans peace piece 21 benedict cumberbatch flat of angles part 3 exclusive spoken word piece. I did montauk variations which is the first thing i released with leaf in 2012. Matthew bourne montauk variations 2012 hires 26022020, 07. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Montauk variations is an album of fragility and romanticism, moving away from the chaotic quirkiness of earlier records without losing their hallmarks of unpredictability and elliptical intensity. The following year, leaf released bourne s debut studio solo fulllength, montauk variations. Infinitude by matthew bourne published on 20111101t12. He has received multiple awards and award nominations, including the laurence olivier award, tony award and drama desk award, and he has also received several honorary doctorates of arts from uk universities. The molde concert 2004 montauk variations 2012 moogmemory 2016 montauk variations is perrier awardwinning british pianistcellist matthew bourne s first studio album as a solo artist. By this stage, bourne had also become coleader of the electric dr m, distortion trio and bournedaviskane and was beginning to work in a wider context, in the uk and europe, with other international jazz musicians and with producers such as dan berridge broadway projecta successful partnership that has resulted in the music for two. Montauk variations is perrier awardwinning british pianistcellist matthew bournes first studio album as a solo artist.
Fragile, romantic piano variations, field recordings and subtle acoustic experimentation from composer matthew bourne, on what is his debut solo studio album, the first of what will be an ongoing relationship with the leaf label. Mar 02, 2016 matthew bourne moogmemory posted on march 2, 2016 by tim owen matthew bourne was already talking about moogmemory both the album and the touring collaboration with visual artist michael englandback in 2012, when he signed to leaf and made his label debut with montauk variations, an album of mostly lyrical pieces for solo piano or cello. Montauk variations by matthew bourne, released 06 february 2012 1. With montauk variations, bourne reinvents himself by stripping away the clutter and quirkiness characteristic of previous work. Mar 26, 2012 normally, when a work has variations in its title, there is usually a theme in existence for the variations to stem from. Includes unlimited streaming of montauk variations via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and. Infinitude by matthew bourne free listening on soundcloud. Matthew bourne returns to the super underrated leeds based label leaf with a new album.