Artist: David Rees-Williams

Date of Release: 13/09/2004

Catalogue no: DPN512

Label: DePaean

Price: £12

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The third release by the David Rees-Williams Trio, whose speciality is to place classical themes in the context of the jazz piano trio. Walking a tightrope between classical and jazz and reworking existing tunes to stunning effect David Rees-Williams puts new life into work by composers who were themselves improvisers. Time Scape with arrangements including Purcell’s Ground in E minor and a Buxtehude gigue, not to mention Elgar’s Chanson de Matin, is irresistible and provocative fare for every listener.

Reviews

19/12/2004 Sunday Times Top 10 of 2004

'The Canterbury-based pianist must be weary of hearing the comparisons with Jacques Loussier. His intelligent improvisations on Ravel, Bach and Purcell have a character all their own.'

17/10/2004 Clive Davis - Sunday Times

“The ingenuity of the arrangements: Purcell’s Ground in E minor and a Buxtehude gigue, not to mention Elgar’s Chanson de Matin, turn out to be fertile material for the pianist and his partners……this is a set that yields its secrets at its own discreet pace.

03/10/2004 Sholto Byrnes, Independent on Sunday

The third release by the David Rees-Williams Trio is the best by far....all but the cloth-eared will find the disc a delight.'