BEN SOLOMON: Mad Hatter Days

Ben Solomon

Mad Hatter Days

© 2007 Ben Solomon (5030094135925)

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Contemporary original piano works."Somewhere between The Beatles and Stravinsky"-James Shenton (Balenisku Quartet).Published in "Pianist"magazine.

tracks

1 Carnival Time
2 One Way Day
3 Reflections of a Spire
4 Troika
5 Intermezzo
6 Rapid Run
7 Escape
8 Baby's First Bath
9 Meat Loaf
10 Sundials
11 Rainy Sunday
12 Penultimate
13 End of Summer

notes

"Mad Hatter Days" is a modern classic .A fusion of popular and classical music that will bedazzle you.
It might make you cry,it might even break your heart ,but it will give you hope.
"Pianist" magazine have published "One Way Day"and will shortly publish "Summer's End "in their October issue,both peices are included on the album.

"every lonely road
leads to a noisy place
fill your flask on the corner
we come to be crazed
get the message
hijack the past in a rage
and ride the wave
of Mad Hatter Days"

- by Eliza Wyatt

"beautiful work" -David Lanz

"A sleeping giant"-Peter Lapham (concert pianist)

"Escape is a terrific piece ,very moving ."John McArther (concert pianist)

"Torrington Haze",Bens previous Album is in David Neveue's Top 20 piano albums of all time, go see his website for the full list.


Tracks on this album were played by Peter Wild (Royal Acadamy gold medalist),Peter Lapham and Ben himself.
Both Peters donated their time as they belived the music was worth it.

The album was recorded on a Yahmaha c7 Piano on location at the Friends Meeting House in Brighton and mixed at Ford Lane

reviews

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  • Compulsive listening
    author: Catherine Brighton

    This is great music, in the true sense of the word. Not everyone looks for stories in music, but this could tell one. Building on 'Torrington Haze', Ben once again transcends technique and composition to capture a mood. Not a note of padding anywhere - fantastic.

  • author: Shaun Howes

    I love Einaudi, Yann Tiersen, Craig Armstrong. Ben Solomon is great...a new discovery...keep up the good work

  • author: sally hands

    Actually I thought it looked like Einaudi, but it's really better than that. I've been playing it obsessively, especially at night with headphones...

  • author: B. McAdams

    This was given to me as a gift, and I love it - have been playing it constantly ever since. The pieces are original and convey a wide variety of moods, which I can relate to. Very accessible music. And it makes you want to hear it again.

  • Listen to all of it in one go
    author: eliza wyatt

    The pieces link in an unconsciously brilliant tapestry of emotions and sensations, journies and destinations. I can't play one track without playing them all.

  • Increasing mastery of the genre, very evocative
    author: Peter Woodford

    This collection shows Ben's increasing mastery of his idiom, and his considerable power to evoke a wide variety of moods. It also gives the different pianists performing here ample scope to display different interpretative responses to Ben's very individual style.

  • Music that you want to keep listening to.
    author: Marjorie Sweetko

    The pieces evoke moods that everyone will identify with. Beautifully played, this recording makes an excellent companion for quiet evenings at home.

  • wonderful, poignant music! Enjoyed every piece
    author: helen scarlett

    What a treat to get a cd where all the pieces are fantastic yet each one is distinctive and has its own mood. Loved them all - my favourites probably Meatloaf, Escape and Troika.

  • breathtakingly beautiful, original, piano mood music from a living genius!
    author: Waldo Jeffers

    Totally enthralling, affecting piano music from a living genius. A major contemporary contribution to the canon of classical music. Breathtakingly beautiful, life enhancing sounds from the guy that's been described as 'young, gifted and Bach'...it's not just hype...check out 'Mad Hatter Days' and change your life!

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