Drawing their inspiration from such classical masters as Mendelssohn, Satie, Brahms and Bach, each beautifully-crafted piece guides the listener on a journey through its own individual sound-world. There is the cheeky playfulness of ‘Compost Frog’; the brooding menace of ‘The Longest Night’; the buoyant optimism of ‘Springs’; the heart-rending tenderness of ‘Parting Waves’… At times joyful and bombastic, at times serene and contemplative, this is an album that truly covers a vast emotional landscape.

Each piece has been recorded on an acoustic upright piano in a single long take*, lending them a level of intimacy that is all too often missing from the highly-processed recordings of today. And tying the whole album together is the sublime piano-playing of Jack Mitchell Smith, who with 10 fingers and 88 keys conjures forth a dazzling spectrum of musical colours.
 

 
* With the exception of the final 12 bars of ‘The Longest Night’.