FOREVER SUNSET – JADCD 1116

An anthology of works by Australian composers in a wide range of styles and musical groupings ranging from mandolin & strings, tenor recorder & piano, voice with flute & piano, through mandolin ensemble, solo piano works and works for brass ensemble and duos for trumpet & piano.

ROBERT ALLWORTH (b.1943) Track 1. FOREVER SUNSET (2004) for Mandolin-Violin-Viola and ‘Cello
FOREVER SUNSET takes ideas from the poem of the Lotus Eaters by Lord Alfred Tennyson.
The music is full of colouristic effects and is an evocative portrayal of a Sunset.

IAN SHANAHAN (b.1962) Track 2
HARMONIA (in PP) (2001) for Tenor Recorder and Piano
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