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2008 marks the release of a new disc devoted to the music of Philip Gates
A Garland for Gatsby
The oboist Andrew Knights, the Carducci Quartet and the composer feature in world premiere recordings of Gates' ‘A Garland for Gatsby’, the Piano Quintet and ‘The Lake Isle’.Philip Gates: A Garland for Gatsby/Piano Quintet/The Lake Isle
Andrew Knights - oboe
Carducci Quartet
Philip Gates - piano
A Garland for Gatsby (
3130CD)£9.95 (UK) - (incl. p&p)
A Garland for Gatsby is a piano sequence presenting characters and scenes from F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel ‘The Great Gatsby’. Jazz Age 1920's rhythms contrast with darker music reflecting the tragic narrative. The Piano Quintet is a passionate three movement work while The Lake Isle for oboe and piano is a rhapsody inspired by W.B. Yeats' poem ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’.