Music For String Quartet, Piano & Celeste
Francis Macdonald
Description
Instrumentation Genre Ensemble (no conductor)
Tag orchestra
Duration 45 minutes
Instrumentation
"Music For String Quartet, Piano & Celeste" is an album of original chamber music performed by Francis Macdonald (piano, celeste) and a string quartet featuring soloists from Scottish Ensemble.
"Sublime, minimalist classical music” (Classic FM)
"A lovely low-key minimal thing" (Clash magazine)
"Wonderful" (Classics Unwrapped, BBC Scotland)
"Gorgeous" (Classical Connections, BBC Ulster)
"An evocative soundtrack" (The Strad magazine)
"Beautiful" (Bryan Burnett, BBC Scotland)
"A given gift for melody" (The Herald)
"Fine and beautiful" (The Scotsman)
"Sublime Music" (Record Collector)
"Nice" (Jarvis Cocker, 6music)
"Quite lovely" (The Skinny)
"Simple sublime" (Uncut)
"A triumph" (The List)
Instrumentation Genre Ensemble (no conductor)
Tag orchestra
Duration 45 minutes
Instrumentation
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