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CLAIRE EDWARDES
PERCUSSION
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DISCOGRAPHY
photo Greg Barrett
Recordings by Claire Edwardes include concertos, chamber works and solo
repertoire. Some of her most prominent recordings and upcoming releases appear below:
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Claire Edwardes (percussion) and Nicolas Hodges (piano)
record one of Birtwistle's most challenging works. Other works on the CD
include "Harrisons Clocks" - all performed by Nicolas Hodges. This
CD is available at www.amazon.com
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- Young Performer of the Year
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ABC Classics recording of Claire
Edwardes' solo and concerto repertoire to celebrate her winning Australia's
most prestigious classical music award in 1999. Composers include -
Schwantner, Donatoni, Ford & Klatzow. This CD is not available in shops but
promotional copies are available from Claire directly.
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- Vertigo One -
Duo Vertigo
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Percussion Duo featuring Australia's Claire Edwardes
and Dutch born Niels Meliefste. This disc was recorded in Banff, Canada and
features works written exclusively for Duo Vertigo. Composers include Weisser, Vriezen,
Crego, Stanley, McGowan, Crawford and Vleggaar. This CD is available at
www.karnaticlabrecords.com
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COIL - Australian
Solo Percussion Music
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In May 2007 Tall
Poppies released Claire's first official solo CD "COIL" - it is a recording
of Australia's finest contemporary solo percussion works, in most cases, written exclusively for
her. Composers featured on the disc are, Ross Edwards, Gerard Brophy, Andrew Schultz, Mark
Pollard. Dominik Karski and Damien Ricketson. This CD is available at
www.tallpoppies.net
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PRESS RELEASE May 2007
Claire Edwardes
has been making a mark on the Australian contemporary music landscape since
winning the ABC’s Young Performer of the Year in 1999 and the prestigious
Freedman Fellowship in 2005. She has returned from studies and performances
in Europe and is now involved in several new music ensembles in Australia as
well as establishing herself as a soloist.
This is her debut solo CD, and sparkles with the energy and vitality that
characterise her live performances.
The centrepiece of the repertoire Claire has chosen for this recording is
Ross Edwards’
More Marimba Dances. His earlier Marimba Dances has become one of the
world’s most-played and most-loved percussion works. This second work
contains all the qualities that made the earlier piece such a favourite with
both performers and audiences alike.
Middle-generation Australian composers are further represented here by
substantial works from Gerard Brophy,
Andrew Ford
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Andrew Schultz.
The individual compositional and rhythmic styles of these three composers is
very evident when they write for solo percussion. Each has written a strong
piece, with elements of both virtuosity and emotion.
Claire has also encouraged composers of her own age to write for her, and we
see this results in the works by Damien Ricketson and Dominik Karski - not
wildly outlandish works but pushing the conceptual and musical boundaries
just far enough.
When all that is done we can relax with the gentle minimalism of Mark
Pollard’s two short works - better than an aspirin!
This CD has been funded by the Music Fund of the Australia Council.
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Claire Edwardes
Percussion 