Recording: Dixon's Shining Cold
Three days of recording sessions at the National Centre for Early Music, York, for the Resonus Classics release of Ailsa Dixon's Shining Cold, for soprano, string quartet, and ondes Martenot. Charlie plays the ondes Martenot part alongside the Villiers Quartet, soprano Lucy Cox, and mezzo-soprano Tamaki Dickenson. Shining Cold was originally performed in 1986 with Cynthia Millar, and this is its first commercial recording.
Brought to life with vibrant intensity and finesse by the Villiers Quartet, Lucy Cox and Charlie Draper.— Interlude (Hong Kong)
The most unusual track… Shining Cold features a rare combination of instruments.— Josie Dixon, North East Bylines / British Music Society
[Carmen Flores of the Villiers Quartet described the recording as] 'a unique experience' and 'a very special sound'.— British Music Society
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