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Latest Fretwork recording released in Japan

21st September 2009

Fretwork’s latest CD ‘The Silken Tent’ with Clare Wilkinson is released on Riyuichi Sakamoto’s own label ‘commmons’ in Japan only.

Fretwork uploaded image Fretwork’s ground-breaking new album includes music from five centuries, featuring the voice of the wonderful Clare Wilkinson. Debussy & Byrd, Shostakovitch & Britten, Gibbons & Grieg; Nyman & Purcell: all share moments on this disc. It also includes the premier recording of Alexander Goehr’s ‘Three Sonnets & Two Fantasies’, and two songs by Clare’s father, Stephen Wilkinson.