A classical dimension has always been part of Raphael Weinroth-Browne‘s music, be it in the formal rigour of the compositional writing or the finesse of the Canadian cellist’s playing. It’s even more pronounced on his latest release, however, given that Empyrean is an album-length treatment of material created in 2024 for the James Wilton Dance company’s BACH Reimagined project. After touring his commissioned cello score with James and Sarah Wilton, Weinroth-Browne decided to shape it into what’s now the nine-part suite Empyrean. He’s not far wrong in pitching it as “a dialogue with Bach across the centuries.”
Don’t get the wrong idea: the album isn’t some mid-career pivot into classical, full stop; instead, it’s another of his…
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