Independence Quadrilles - Trio Fibonacci
(NMC D107)

Formed in Canada but now resident in Brussels, the expert, suave Trio Fibonacci showcases chamber music by three prominent but very different British composers. Gerald Barry's In the Asylum portrays a mad composer writing three pieces at once. Of five short works by James Clarke, the most substantial is the ice-cool piano trio, driven by glissandi and artificial harmonics. The disc's title is that of Michael Finnissy's enigmatic quadrille, in which each instrument is 'vertically independent' from the others; Finnissy's Necessary and More Detailed Thinking and In Stiller Nacht complete an impressive and enterprising contemporary music collection.