Brian Hopper
One of the original founders of the "Canterbury Scene", reminisces with Jon Kirkman about Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt and also talks about his new studio and the guests who play on it.
Menu
Shopping Cart
| Item | Qty |
 | Checkout |
Mailing List
August Top Sellers
1.
Rick Wakeman
Classical Wakeman Vol 1 - Live in Lugano
2.
Nick Simper & Nasty Habits
The Deep Purple MKI Songbook
3.
Nick Simper and Nasty Habits
Roadhouse Blues b/w Hush & The Painter
4.
Ginger Baker's Airforce
5.
Soft Machine
Alive In Paris 1970
6.
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe
An Evening of Yes Music Plus
7.
Gordon Giltrap & the Sheffield Phil Orchestra
At The Symphony Hall, Birmingham
8.
Various Artists
Beat, Beat, Beat - Eric Burdon and The New Animals/Episode Six
9.
Biblecodesundays
Boots or No Boots
10.
Tony Palmer
Brahms and The Singing Girls
Newsprint
Issue Seven
Featuring an audience with Dave Brock of Hawkwind
Release
£10.99
In stock
Catalogue number
OPENVP13CD
Release date
15/06/2009
Format
CD
Label
Open Sky
Nick Fletcher
Cathedral of Dreams
Disc 1
1. Brasilia 2. Song of the Orphan 3. Dark Waters - part 1: The Lake; part 2: Tributaries 4. Evensong 5. Cornucopia 6. Veil of Tears 7. A Higher Path(Fantasia No.2) 8. Sirocco 9. Cathedral of Dreams 10. Visage 11. Evesham Vale 12. Iberian Fantasy for Guitar and Orchestra (in four movements) - Duende 13. Mysterioso 14. Recuerdos 15. Appasionata We would like to introduce you to the music of Nick Fletcher with this, our latest release on Open Sky Records. Nick is an incredibly talented guitarist, improviser and composer of music for solo guitar and we are thrilled to have this release included in the Open Sky / Voiceprint catalogue.
As well as being a first CD release of Nick's own solo guitar compositions, the album will be of huge interest to fans of IONA as it features Nick playing ‘Iberian Fantasy', a 24 minute long Guitar Concerto co-written and orchestrated by IONA's Dave Bainbridge and Nick himself.
Those of you who bought our ‘Songs for Luca 2' double cd release will already have heard Nick's beautiful playing on two tracks on that album - ‘Silver Moon' and Red Sun'.
This recording is a first volume of contemporary Classical Guitar music, written, improvised, and performed by Nick. The music spans a wide range of influences from the Baroque era to Iberian, Argentine and Brazilian dance forms. Also rhythms from Eastern Europe and traditional music from the Hebredian Isles. The CD also features ‘Iberian Fantasy' a four movement suite for Guitar and Orchestra written in collaboration with Dave Bainbridge.
Those of you who bought our ‘Songs for Luca 2' double cd release will already have heard Nick's beautiful playing on two tracks on that album - ‘Silver Moon' and Red Sun'.
This recording is a first volume of contemporary Classical Guitar music, written, improvised, and performed by Nick. The music spans a wide range of influences from the Baroque era to Iberian, Argentine and Brazilian dance forms. Also rhythms from Eastern Europe and traditional music from the Hebredian Isles. The CD also features ‘Iberian Fantasy' a four movement suite for Guitar and Orchestra written in collaboration with Dave Bainbridge.
Reviews
There are instrumental classical guitar albums that sound like wallpaper and there are instrumental classical guitar albums like this one: a varied and involving collection of tracks with an invigorating scent of uniqueness...
...Fletcher's guitar tone and style here several times (including "Dark Waters: Tributaries" and particularly "Veil of Tears") take me to Hackett's live duo album, There Are Many Sides to the Night - only Fletcher's sound is far crisper.
Derek Walker
The Phantom Tollbooth
