This is Michael Houstoun’s second solo release of works by New Zealand composers – the first, Elusive Dreams, recorded live at the 1996 International Festival of the Arts has sold out. A feature of this new double CD is a recording of Liburn’s Chaconne and 12 works by jazz legend Mike Nock, a recent festival collaborator with Houstoun.

Ian Dando in the NZ Listener remarks of this double CD, “Michael Houstoun’s architectural expertise with large piano works enables him to get the broad picture and dramatic momentum of Douglas Lilburn’s expansive Chaconne. … Houstoun’s choice of Kiwi works is as tasteful as his poetic and and articulate playing of them.” (March 2008)

William Dart in the New Zealand Herald notes, “In 1997, Rattle produced Dan Poynton’s epoch-defining piano collection, You Hit Him He Cry Out; 10 years on, Houstoun’s Inland is the perfect update.” (December 2007)

Music

Featuring

• Michael Houstoun

Publishers

• Rattle Records

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