Artist: Michael Kieran Harvey
Album: The Sparrow and the Mead Hall
Genre: Classical Crossover
Release Date: 2024
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 44,1 kHz
Duration: 01:11:16
Total Tracks: 10
Total Size: 560 MB

Tracklist:

01. Michael Kieran Harvey – Harvey: Four Ballades for Piano: 1. Stark (10:24)
02. Michael Kieran Harvey – Harvey: Four Ballades for Piano: 2. Implacable (08:08)
03. Michael Kieran Harvey – Harvey: Four Ballades for Piano: 3. Quasi fantasia (08:43)
04. Michael Kieran Harvey – Harvey: Four Ballades for Piano: 4. Fast (05:58)
05. Michael Kieran Harvey – Harvey: Piano Sonata #70, The Sparrow and the Mead Hall: I. Non fui (Misterioso) (11:13)
06. Michael Kieran Harvey – Harvey: Piano Sonata #7, The Sparrow and the Mead Hall: II. Fui (Ansioso) (05:12)
07. Michael Kieran Harvey – Harvey: Piano Sonata #7, The Sparrow and the Mead Hall: III. Non sum (Free, atmospheric) (05:12)
08. Michael Kieran Harvey – Harvey: Piano Sonata #7, The Sparrow and the Mead Hall: IV. Non curo (Distaccato) (03:51)
09. Michael Kieran Harvey – Harvey: Lawyers Are Lovely Misunderstood People and We Should All Be Much Kinder to Them for Piano (05:23)
10. Michael Kieran Harvey – Harvey: Death Cap Mushroom (07:08)

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These works are composed and (mostly) performed by Michael Kieran Harvey. They range in style from the extended techniques and rarefied atmosphere of Piano Sonata #7 to the more traditional romanticism of Liszt and Busoni in the Four Ballades, to the entertaining bebop language of Lawyers… and the strident metal-influenced satire of Death Cap Mushroom.These recent works owe their existence to some very generous commissioners: Four Ballades commissioned by artist Graeme Lee; Piano Sonata #7: “The Sparrow and the Mead Hall” by the late artist Mary Pridmore; lawyer Craig Mackie; and the ANAM Set 2021. All works were written and performed during the Covid pandemic.