About
Classical guitar music has flourished in New Zealand in recent years, and Bruce Paine, among the country’s leading composers for the instrument, is one of the most imaginative and original. This album charts the course of his writing from one of his earliest pieces, the poetic, witty tone poem Sea Suite, to the recent and substantial Waitematā Reverie. Drawing on an impressionistic palette Paine conjures up chime arpeggios as well as the natural world in Oakura Chimes. The four settings of Māori folk songs were arranged expressly for this album.
TRACK LISTING:
Sea Suite
1. Sea Life
2. The Whale and the Octopus
3. Dance of the Walrus
4. Shark Dream and Reprise
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5. Waitemata Reverie
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4 Māori Folk Songs
6. Hine e Hine
7. Tama Ngākau Mārie Invention
8. Tarakihi Invention
9. Improvisation on Pōkarekare Ana
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Oakura Chimes
10. Oakura Chimes
11. Seringapatam
Duration
59m
Copyright
Naxos
Publisher note
Naxos