Michael Zev Gordon: Diary Pieces INV1013 Using an original 1784 instrument

Using an original 1784 instrument by Christian Gotthelf Hoffmann (one of only two remaining clavichords from this maker)

the choir and Scott are joined for Fauré’s best-known work by the excellent New York-based Orchestra of St Luke’s

Moore needs persuading away from his beer but succumbs to Margery’s pleading

Cecilia McDowall and John Tavener

Michael Zev Gordon: Diary Pieces INV1013 Using an original 1784 instrumentJoseph Houston (piano) In 2015, composer Michael Zev Gordon took up the idea of writing musical diary entries, which has spawned this ongoing series of small pieces for solo piano. With most written in a single day, with only minor subsequent refinements, Gordon beautifully captures a feeling, a nuance, an image and, as is the nature of a diary, often with personal associations. Pianist Joseph Houston sensitively responds to Gordons recurring themes