Laurence Crane's music is thoroughly contemporary, but has hardly a dissonance in the whole 80 minutes of this CD. His music can be described as super-minimalist, but that would ignore the incredibly fine transitions of harmony and time embedded in his works. Ultimately this is music for the post-modernist age, and it can have no better advocate than Michael Finnissy, himself one of the foremost composers of our time.

Tracklist:

20th Century Music
Three Preludes: Prelude No. 1
Three Preludes: Prelude No. 2
Three Preludes: Prelude No. 3
Blue Blue Blue
Kierkegaards: Kierkegaard his prelude
Kierkegaards: Kierkegaard his walk around Copenhagen
Birthday Piece for Michael Finnissy
Derridas: Jacques Derrida goes to a nightclub
Derridas: Jacques Derrida goes to a massage parlour
Derridas: Jacques Derrida goes to the supermarket
Derridas: Jacques Derrida goes to the beach
Gorm Busk
James Duke son of John Duke
Looking for Michael Bracewell
Andrew Renton becomes an international art critic
Chorale for Howard Skempton
Three Pieces for James Clapperton: No. 1
Three Pieces for James Clapperton: No. 2
Three Pieces for James Clapperton: No. 3

UPC: 809730850622
Label: Metier
Release Date: 8.12.08
Format: CD

MICHAEL FINNISSY - 20th Century Music (CD)