Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

The Smith Quartet
John Tilbury

Music for Piano and Strings by Morton Feldman, Volume 3

(Matchless Recordings, MRDVD-03) (UK) (DVD)

  1. Durations II [1960] (5:49)
  2. Piece for Violin and Piano [1950] (1:54)
  3. Projection IV [1951] (3:56)
  4. Extensions I [1951] (6:28)
  5. Vertical Thoughts II [1963] (4:52)
  6. Four Instruments [1975] (7:45)
  7. Spring of Chosroes [1978] (16:59)
  8. The Viola in My Life [1970] (6:15)
  9. Trio [1980] (93:55)

*Images are used only for the DVD menu and the first 25 seconds of each track. The screen is black for the remainder of the pieces.

DVD: PAL, Region free; total time, 177 minutes

The Smith Quartet with John Tilbury
Ian Humphries (2-7, 9): violin
Darragh Morgan: violin [does not appear in this DVD]
Nic Pendlebury (6, 8): viola
Deirdre Cooper (1, 6, 9): cello
John Tilbury: piano

Recorded live by Sebastian Lexer at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 2006
Mixed and edited by Sebastian Lexer
Cover image from a painting by Noel Forster (from the collection of John Tilbury)
Photo by Brian Slater
Design by Myah Chun
Includes a 12-page booklet with notes by John Tilbury

Released in August 2016