EDMUND FINNIS : THREE SOLOS + FIGURES OF EIGHT
Performed Clare O’Connell, cello;
Marianne Schofield, double bass
NMC
“The album is framed by two short triptychs by Edmund Finnis: Three Solos has echoes of Bach in the double-stops of the first movement, before a more restless exploration of pizzicato in the second, and a wide-ranging eloquent line in the third. Figures of Eight follows the same pattern, this time with the addition of a double bass, but again with a rhythmic pizzicato central movement and lyricism burgeoning in the third.”
★★★★ BBC Music Magazine