VOD132.11/12
ROBERT HAIGH Cold Pieces 1985-1989
Robert Haigh's 'Cold Pieces' is the companion collection to 2012's Time Will Say Nothing 4Lp-Set by SEMA.
These two compilations represent Robert Haigh's earliest output - covering most of the eighties (1982 to 1989.) Where 'Time Will Say Nothing' focused on Haigh's darker and more industrial period, 'Cold Pieces' represents the evolution into more piano based experimentation.
The music of Cold Pieces is haunting and evocative, employing fragile melodies and discordant twists. And as with his later works, the music here is both minimal yet mysterious, reflective yet challenging.
Included in this collection is the United Dairies album 'Valentine Out Of Season', the CD only 'A Waltz In Plain C'. Also represented are the much sought after LAYLAH EPs ('Juliet Of The Spirits' and 'Music From The Ante Chamber') and a collection of never released before improvisations and preludes entitled 'Dead Airs (Lost Sessions 1985/86)'.
Lp1 Juliet of the Springs / Music From The Ante Chamber
Lp1A Juliet of the Springs
A1 Juliet Of The Spirits 6:34
A2 The Sitting Of The Last Sema 3:10
Lp1A Music From The Ante Chamber (Laylah 21), 1986
A3 Passage 1:52
A4 Andante (For Strings, Piano, Percussion) 3:01
A5 The Colour Of Red (Parts 1 And 2) 4:38
Lp1B Robert Haigh Valentine out of Season), 1986
B1 Open Minor Number One 2:32
B2 Blue In Season 1:57
B3 Ritual To Revolution 2:07
B4 Another Career 2:13
B5 Automatic Study Number One 1:03
B6 Automatic Study Number Two 1:33
B7 Impromptu 2:51
B8 Developing in Blue 2:34
B9 Senecio 2:15
B10 Open Minor Number Two 2:57
B11 Ritual To Romance 1:21
B12 Berceuse 1:33
B13 Automatic Study Number Three 1:25
B14 Automatic Study Number Four 1:52
VOD132.12 Waltz in Plain C (Le Rey 103, 89) / Dead Airs (Lost Seissions 85/86) 54:08
Lp2A Waltz in Plain C (Le Rey 103, 1989) (26:56)
A1 A Waltz In Plain C 1:56
A2 Two Nocturnes 4:22
A3 Three Variations 6:38
A4 New Cross Counterpoint 2:06
A5 Hondo For Piano 2:48
A6 Andante For Piano 1:59
A7 Lyric Piece 1:15
A8 Chords 3:30
A9 Another Blue In Season 2:15 Lp2B Waltz in Plain C (Le Rey 103, 1989)
B1 Another Open Minor 1 2:43
B2 Another Open Minor 2 2:53
B3 Epilogue 1:08
Lp2B: Waltz in Plain C / Dead Airs (Lost Sessions, 1985/86)
B1 Another Open Minor 1 2:43
B2 Another Open Minor 2 2:53
B3 Epilogue 1:08
B4 Impromptu 1 2:06
B5 Impromptu 2 1:27
B6 Impromptu 3 2:32
B7 Impromptu 4 1:40
B8 Impromptu 2:19
B9 Impromptu 2:30
B10 Dead Air 3:08
B11 Freeform (improvisation) 4:29
