Clare Hammond - Adam Gorb: Piano Music

The 24 Preludes of Adam Gorb (born in Cardiff in 1958 and a feature of musical life in Manchester for over two decades) follow the examples of Chopin and Shostakovich in describing a cycle of fifths � though his descend, whereas Chopin�s and Shostakovich�s go up. Like those earlier exemplars, as also the preludes of Debussy, Rachmaninov and others, Gorb�s are miniature studies of personality and mood � charming, brittle, perky, languorous, bat-flight fast, borderline violent or tender, as required. His Velocity does what it says on the can: it�s a wild, even manic, chase, over rhythmically dislocating ground.