John Casken - Philip Grange - Camden Reeves - Richard Whalley
New sounds from Manchester. Music for string quartet
Métier records, 2015Stunning and challenging works from string quartet all receiving their first recordings. Quatuor Danel is the quaret in residence at the University of Manchester (England); all of the composers have strong links with the University too. Established composers John Casken and Philip Grange are joined by two of the new generation, Camden Reeves and Richard Whalley, with works of exceptional distinctiveness and inspiration.
John Casken, Choses en moi
Philip Grange, Ghosts of Great Violence
Camden Reeves, Fireworks Physonect Siphonophore. Dactylozooid Complex
Richard Whalley, Interlocking Melodies
Press
Grego Edwards, Gapplegate classical modern music, June 2015
Quatuor Danel handles it all with an excellent feel for contemporary modernism and fine musicianship […] Their playing is exemplary on this disk and the Manchester composers represented are in every way worthy of the quartet's talented way. Read the full article
Jeremy Condliffe, The Chronicle, June 2015
We've been enjoying this new CD from Quatuor Danel, the quartet in residence at the University of Manchester. Read the full article
Paul Driver, Sunday Times, June 2015
The University of Manchester's music department has become a fertile composing ground, its admirable quartet in residence clearly an inspiration. Read the full article