Lucifer: Music by Nicholas Sackman, Diana Burrell and Geoff Poole

These three works were all commissioned by pianist Philip Mead to play with the Royal Northern College of Music's acclaimed Brass Ensemble: Nicholas Sackman's rigorous and dramatic Meld, and Diana Burrell's Gold - which explores the sonorities of brass and gongs - are coupled with the title work, Geoff Poole's subversive yet jazzy portayal of Man's fall.

"Lucifer may have bagged the headline on this new disc, but the presiding angel is Philip Mead ... Anchored by Mead's muscular, formidable pianism, three very different [works] are showcased here: 'Lucifer' is ... a musical theatre bristling with everything from a portentuously Messiaenic Ezekiel to the louche landscapes of New Babylon. It's the perfect foil to the glistering metallic sheen of Diana Burrell's 'Gold', and the vivid, twitchy, discursive circularities of Nicholas Sackman's 'Meld'. The performances, under James Gourlay's alert direction, are exemplary - the RNCM Brass Ensemble at the top of its game."
BBC Music Magazine, 2005

Philip Mead, RNCM Brass Ensemble, James Gourlay - Lucifer: Music by Nicholas Sackman, Diana Burrell and Geoff Poole (NMC D099)

CD Album

1.		Philip Mead, piano/ RNCM Brass Ensemble/ James Gourlay, conductor - Sackman: Meld
2.		Philip Mead, piano/ RNCM Brass Ensemble/ James Gourlay, conductor - Burrell: Gold
3.		Philip Mead, piano/ RNCM Brass Ensemble/ James Gourlay, conductor - Poole: Lucifer - Lucifer
4.		Philip Mead, piano/ RNCM Brass Ensemble/ James Gourlay, conductor - Poole: Lucifer - Adam
5.		Philip Mead, piano/ RNCM Brass Ensemble/ James Gourlay, conductor - Poole: Lucifer - Ezekiel
6.		Philip Mead, piano/ RNCM Brass Ensemble/ James Gourlay, conductor - Poole: Lucifer - New Babylon

Philip Mead, RNCM Brass Ensemble, James Gourlay - Lucifer: Music by Nicholas Sackman, Diana Burrell and Geoff Poole (NMC D099)

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1.		Philip Mead, piano/ RNCM Brass Ensemble/ James Gourlay, conductor - Sackman: Meld	16m 28s
2.		Philip Mead, piano/ RNCM Brass Ensemble/ James Gourlay, conductor - Burrell: Gold	12m 41s
3.		Philip Mead, piano/ RNCM Brass Ensemble/ James Gourlay, conductor - Poole: Lucifer - Lucifer	10m 29s
4.		Philip Mead, piano/ RNCM Brass Ensemble/ James Gourlay, conductor - Poole: Lucifer - Adam	8m 46s
5.		Philip Mead, piano/ RNCM Brass Ensemble/ James Gourlay, conductor - Poole: Lucifer - Ezekiel	1m 57s
6.		Philip Mead, piano/ RNCM Brass Ensemble/ James Gourlay, conductor - Poole: Lucifer - New Babylon	6m 10s

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