Three Views Of Hades 1 Asphodel Fields 3:44 2 Dark Pit Of Tartarus 2:49 3 Elysian Dance 2:01 Greek Miniatures 4 XIX Andante Con Moto 4:35 5 XXI Poco Moto 4:01 6 XXIII Lento E Rubato 2:04 7 XXIV Andantino Languido 4:55 8 XXIX Moderato Poco Solenne 7:14 9 XXXI Andante Con Moto 4:28 10 XXXII Allegretto Vivo 0:51 11 XXXVIII Allegretto 1:45 12 XLI Allegretto 1:44 13 XLII Andante Con Moto 5:02 14 XLIII Andantino Mosso 1:52 15 XLIV Allegretto Vivo 1:30 Triangulum 16 I 2:27 17 II 1:08 18 III 2:24 The Horses Of Helios 19 Aethon 2:34 20 Phlegon 1:14 21 Eous 0:36 22 Pyrois 1:48 Three Traits Of Hermes 23 Trickster 1:17 24 Intercessor 1:48 25 Conductor Of Souls 1:16

A lyrical and sincere dialog from the Scottish duo of Rob Hall on clarinets and Chick Lyall on piano, recorded at the chapel in St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh, blending improvisation with chamber music, free jazz, contemporary classical and folk idioms.

SUBTITLED "The Music of Giannis Konstantinidis & Other Improvisations",

The opening, improvised, Three Views of Hades duets are by no means always as dark as the generic title might suggest, with Lyall’s bright sense of enquiry and often percussive touch at the piano bringing out the humour in Hall’s playing, and Hall’s solo bass clarinet improvisations capture gently mirthful, suitably equine characteristics in The Horses of Helios.

Konstantinidis’ writing is at the album’s heart, however, forming a twelve-part central suite that roams from the plaintive and solemn to the soulfully vivacious, and finds Lyall at his expansive exploratory best as both accompanist and improviser on Miniature No XLll with its beautifully yearning melody.

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