Release of Professor Stephen Goss's triple album of music
On 22 October, Deux-Elles Classical Recordings released a triple album of music by Professor Stephen Goss (Music and Media). This is Steve’s most ambitious recording project to date: nearly four hours of music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments.
Steve's more widely known guitar music is heard within the context of his music for other instruments, and his close collaborations with performers are celebrated. But the music in this collection is above all an exploration of his two preoccupations: place and time - landscape and memory. His uses of quotations and stylistic references help to shape his pluralist musical language, which is characterised by abrupt gear changes. By turns, delicate and poised, moving, witty, poignant, boisterous, nostalgic, celebratory - this is music to give pleasure to its performers and listeners alike.
Artists that feature on the album include The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and guitarist John Williams. The project has been funded by a number of sources including Arts Council England, The National Endowment for the Arts (USA), Altamira Foundation (China), D’Addario Foundation (USA), Omni Foundation (USA), and Guitar CoOp (Brazil).
The album was released on all streaming platforms on 18 October with the London launch concert on 22 October as part of the City Festival of Music, Invention, and Knowledge.
There have been three singles released already:
- ‘Marylebone Elegy’ single - Spotify Apple Music
- ‘Precipitato’ single - Spotify Apple Music
- ‘Negroni’ single - Spotify Apple Music
