Tippett / Saxton / Sackman / Connolly

CD of contemporary piano music, performed by Steven Neugarten. Michael Tippett Sonata No.2"I was impressed by the power and the attack of his playing" Gramophone, January 1996Nicholas Sackman Sonata"Sackman's Sonata, with a long cantabile at its centre radiating stillness and lyricism into the more mechanistic and virtuoso outer movements, also amply deserves a recording, and a performance as compelling as this one." Gramophone, January 1996Robert Saxton Chacony for Left Hand"Saxton's Chacony is a curious but attractive "fantasy on a scale", giving Neugarten plenty of room for agreeable pianistic rhetoric." Gramophone, January 1996Justin Connolly Sonatina in Five Studies"This is a gripping piece, vividly visual and dramatic within its spare, angular style; Connolly is a composer of genuine importance who has been disgracefully neglected by the recording industry." Gramophone, January 1996