Piano Works, Craig Armstrong, Music CD

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Piano Works


1	In My Own Words 2:44
2	Heatmiser 2 4:01
3	Hidden 1:50
4	Gentle Piece 2:55
5	Weather Storm 3:50
6	Diffuse 1:17
7	Leaving Paris 2:40
8	Fugue 2:53
9	Theme from Orphans 1:46
10	1st Waltz 2:48
11	Satine's Theme 0:33
12	Morning Breaks 1:37
13	Laura's Theme 2:37
14	Glasgow Love Theme 2:02
15	Delay 2:09
16	Hymn 3 4:55
17	Angelina 1:53
18	Childhood 2 5:31
19	Sunrise 12:44

Biography

Editorial Reviews

The genius of Craig Armstrong lies in his flair for the dramatic and sweeping orchestration, which are then fused with mild electronic influences and digital processing. But the true test involves looking beneath all of the production to find if his compositions can stand on their own. Stripped to their bare essentials of piano with minimal accompaniment, many of Armstrong's most recognizable pieces are revisited here under a different light. Many of the selections quietly served as incidental or background music for films (inclusions from Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet, and Love Actually are all present), while others appeared on previous solo releases. Extracted from their original settings, they present a haunting quality that's only intensified by the sparse instrumentation. Piano Works offers the skeletal blueprints of these compositions, but also brings forth the honesty and clarity of these ideas stripped of grandiose pretense. Rob Theakston, All Music Guide

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Piano Works


1	In My Own Words 2:44
2	Heatmiser 2 4:01
3	Hidden 1:50
4	Gentle Piece 2:55
5	Weather Storm 3:50
6	Diffuse 1:17
7	Leaving Paris 2:40
8	Fugue 2:53
9	Theme from Orphans 1:46
10	1st Waltz 2:48
11	Satine's Theme 0:33
12	Morning Breaks 1:37
13	Laura's Theme 2:37
14	Glasgow Love Theme 2:02
15	Delay 2:09
16	Hymn 3 4:55
17	Angelina 1:53
18	Childhood 2 5:31
19	Sunrise 12:44

All Music Guide

The genius of Craig Armstrong lies in his flair for the dramatic and sweeping orchestration, which are then fused with mild electronic influences and digital processing. But the true test involves looking beneath all of the production to find if his compositions can stand on their own. Stripped to their bare essentials of piano with minimal accompaniment, many of Armstrong's most recognizable pieces are revisited here under a different light. Many of the selections quietly served as incidental or background music for films (inclusions from Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet, and Love Actually are all present), while others appeared on previous solo releases. Extracted from their original settings, they present a haunting quality that's only intensified by the sparse instrumentation. Piano Works offers the skeletal blueprints of these compositions, but also brings forth the honesty and clarity of these ideas stripped of grandiose pretense. Rob Theakston

Product Details

Format: CD - Enhanced
Release Date: 10/05/2004
Label: SANCTUARY RECORDS
Catalog No.: 84710
UPC: 060768471023
Sales Rank: 11,530

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Craig Armstrong		Primary Artist

Technical Credits
Craig Armstrong		Producer, Electronic Treatments
David Donaldson		Producer, Engineer, Electronic Treatments
Tim Young		Mastering
Geoff Foster		Producer, Engineer
Jake Jackson		Engineer
Chris Barrett		Engineer
Richard Hale		Engineer
AGF		Producer, Electronic Treatments