Adventures for
Cello and Piano
Composer Richard Niles creates
a unique Classical/Jazz crossover!
Documentary: The Making of the Album
“’The new album from composer Richard Niles demonstrates his compelling, playful rhythmic sense, combined with virtuosic yet tuneful melodies. Each performance in this rewarding set of pieces for cello and piano is rich with emotional expression, evoking a sense of exploration, wonder, and possibility. The addition of a world-class rhythm section on two of the tracks is a welcome bonus."
“Richard Niles has just blown my mind with some seriously wonderful and intriguing music! Love it! What universe is he from?”
Just when you thought whole tones were the compositional preserve of Claude Debussy, along comes Richard Niles! And as Søren Kierkegaard once mused about ‘another’ composer, ‘I am convinced that if Niles ever became wholly comprehensible to me, he would for the first time become wholly incomprehensible to me’.
Playful and delicious.
Playful and delicious.
Niles’ new project is a delightful surprise – inquisitively engaging, intriquing, and masterfully played.”
“Yet another very cool album from Richard Niles. Wonderful writing, performances, and recorded sound. I really hand it to Clive Dunstall and Dennis Karmazyn for being so open minded in this crossover classical-jazz domain, bringing an improvisational feel to music that is composed throughout. They also really grooved well with Mark Egan and Ian Palmer on Clair de Lune.”
“’This is a great idea for an album. The superb writing is so cohesive and poignant!
Beautiful work!."
“Rock on, Claude! That’s a very bright moon, and what a fabulous adventure – take me away with you!"
“’Adventures for Cello and Piano’ is truly a once in a lifetime album.
The Music blossoms brilliantly like a nine petaled harmonic flower.
I must say Richard Niles stunned me with this one. Wow."
The Music blossoms brilliantly like a nine petaled harmonic flower.
I must say Richard Niles stunned me with this one. Wow."
“The album is so wonderful. The pieces are beautiful, each one opening up a whole new world of intrigue
— which intrigue is sometimes playful and sometimes layered with complexity but always mysterious, innocent,
and otherworldly without ever losing its connection with the human soul.”
— which intrigue is sometimes playful and sometimes layered with complexity but always mysterious, innocent,
and otherworldly without ever losing its connection with the human soul.”
