Choose artist...
Home   >   Projects

Projects

Artist: Peter Gregson
Projects per page:
Peter Gregson:

Quartets

Peter Gregson, renowned composer, cellist and Deutsche Grammophon recording artist, is set to present his sixth studio album, Quartets: Three and Four. The album is a follow-up from his 2016/2017 EPs Quartets: One and Quartets: Two, completing the conceptual cycle the composer set out for himself of creating a “quartet of quartets”.

The first two EPs, recorded at AIR Studios in London, saw the composer move from an entirely acoustic body of work in Quartets: One, to adding synthesisers as an extra instrumental layer on Quartets: Two. The new album, which encompasses the final two quartets, sees Gregson take his ideas on sound and recording further with the first half of the album - Quartets: Three -  ingraining even more electronic effects to create rich sonic textures, and the latter half - Quartets: Four - returning to an all-acoustic set-up and his original classical soundworld. The album’s first single released on September 23rd, Sequence (Eight) from Quartets: Three, is a wistful piece that illustrates Gregson’s mastery in using electronic effects that enhance the cello yet feel so natural that they are almost imperceptible. Quartets: Three and Four were recorded at Paul Epworth’s The Church Studio and Abbey Road Studio 3 respectively. The album will be released on the 11th of November 2022 digitally, together with the release of a deluxe album containing all four quartets on CD and vinyl.
 

Peter Gregson:

Piano Book

British composer and cellist Peter Gregson is a prolific artist whose work spans music for film, TV series, dance as well as five studio albums. Although he has composed music for string ensembles and electronics, the cello has always been the centrepiece of his oeuvre, defining his sound throughout. Now, Gregson decides to shift perspectives, inviting Kindt to revisit some of his early pieces and rework them on solo piano for a new EP. 

While Gregson’s last album, the highly-acclaimed release 'Patina', explored the function of melodies in songs, 'Piano Book’ shines a light on the role of chords. “On the cello, to do chords, we need to do some gymnastics which always sounds quite 'busy' or 'intense', and that's glorious. The piano can do it so simply, so effortlessly... that's what I wanted to bring to this music,” says Gregson. This ease with which the piano allows for chordal arrangements opened new directions for Gregson’s pieces to be reworked with an even greater sense of intimacy. The 2014 piece, 'Lights in the Sky', for instance, was originally recorded as a mass of multi-tracked cellos overlaid onto one another, but could be played singularly by Kindt on the piano. “The aesthetic difference may sound subtle, but it's the difference between eight people – or, in the pianist's case, several fingers – playing once, or one person playing eight times,” notes Gregson. 

Peter Gregson:

PATINA

Peter Gregson, renowned composer, cellist and Deutsche Grammophon recording artist, is set to present his fifth studio album, Patina. Scored for solo cello, analogue synthesisers, piano and string orchestra, the album will be released on 10 September 2021. As a taster, the title track – featuring heavily vocoded cello and evoking the sounds of a city waking up to a new day – will be released as a single on 28 May. The video for "Patina" will be available exclusively on Apple Music from 28 May, with a general release to follow on 4 June. 

Peter Gregson:

An Evening at Capitol Studios_ Bach Recomposed

London based artist & composer Peter Gregson releases his spellbinding performance recorded from the illustrious Capitol Studios in Hollywood, entitled: ‘An Evening at Capitol Studios'. Released via Deutsche Grammophon, Universal Music Group's prestigious Yellow Label, the performance features six performances from Gregson's 2018 release ‘Bach: The Cello Suites – Recomposed.

Filmed and recorded almost a year to the day, in January 2020 at the celebrated Capitol Studios at Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood where an endless name of legends once recorded in the same spot: Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Nat King Cole and now, Peter Gregson. Watch Gregson's intricate and stunning playing alongside fellow cellists: Alisha Bauer, Mia Barcia-Colombo, Chris De Fazio, Mark Bassett and Joo Lee. 

Peter Gregson:

Recomposed

Cellist and composer Peter Gregson is a man obsessed with sonic frontiers: "The job of the musician is to create stuff that's relevant to his time," he says. "You can get it wrong if all you do is stubbornly stick to your guns. I want to be able to adapt to changing landscapes." In Bach Recomposed, Gregson translates a landmark of the cello repertoire into his own unique musical language. The album is the latest addition to DG's lauded series that includes Max Richter's Vivaldi Recomposed.