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Idle Hands

by Konstantin Shamray

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"Eloquently played ... bathed in tonal colour and spiritual contemplation ... introverted to the point of stasis ... the effect is pulsatingly hypnotic ... serene and inward yearning ... a gentle celebration of returning simplicity"
- Limelight

"An abundance of listening rewards... Hushed passages appear where single notes linger and pauses abound... an appealing suspended quality... Schubertian, with a kindred lyricism... a simpatico connection between performer and composer, with the former sensitively rendering the latter's always intriguing material"
- Textura

"An intimate and emotional encounter ... musically intriguing ... a lullaby not for the faint hearted ... illustrated by Shamray with intense passion and introspection ... an extremely high level of pianism"
- Loud Mouth

Following his recordings of Russian masterpieces for Naxos and ABC Classics, Konstantin Shamray presents this intimate portrait of Port Adelaide composer Luke Altmann with a selection of twelve intriguing pieces.

Notwithstanding flashes of virtuosity and humour, and moments of gravitas, Idle Hands inhabits a hushed world of stillness and wonder; familiar, but scattered with disquiet.

Idle Hands spans 20 years of Luke’s career, and was supported by the Sidney Myer Fund and the Australian Cultural Fund.

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Russian pianist Konstantin Shamray studied in Moscow at the Russian Gnessin Academy of Music with Professors Tatiana Zelikman and Vladimir Tropp, and the Hochschule fur Musik in Freiburg, Germany with Professor Tibor Szasz.

In 2008, Konstantin won First Prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition.

Konstantin has performed with the Russian National Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi, Orchestre National de Lyon, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, and Melbourne Chamber Orchestra among others under the baton of distinguished conductors including Vladimir Spivakov, Dmitry Liss, Tugan Sokhiev, Nicholas Milton and Alexandr Vedernikov.

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Luke Altmann is an APRA and AACTA nominated composer of concert and film music. His chamber music is championed by the Benaud Trio and Konstantin Shamray, and his feature film credits include the cinematic documentary The Leunig Fragments and the psychological drama Fell.

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released November 6, 2020

All music composed by Luke Altmann and performed by Konstantin Shamray.

All tracks recorded at Elder Hall, Adelaide, September 5th and 6th 2020
Produced, engineered, edited, mixed, and mastered by Lachlan Bramble

CD designed by Sam Songailo

Cover image: Otaru no hatoba by Hasui Kawase, photo Denis Smith
Inside cover image: Three men sitting on railings at the Port Adelaide wharf, photo Ernest Gall (B-1713 State Library of SA)
Disc image: Colossus by Jacob Logos
Booklet page 1/16 image: Still from The Leunig Fragments shot by Marden Dean
Booklet page 2 image: Harbour of Trieste by Egon Schiele
Booklet page 3 image: Figure by Michael Hocking
Booklet page 4 image: Selbstbildnis mit fiedelndem Tod by Arnold Böcklin
Booklet page 6 image: The Bridge by Egon Schiele
Booklet page 9 image: Luke Altmann, photo Denis Smith
Booklet page 10 image: Gedanken by Félix Armand Heullant
Booklet page 13 image: Konstantin Shamray, photo anon
Booklet page 14/15 image: Jervois Bridge, photo Sebastian Tomczak

Recorded and produced with the assistance of the Sidney Myer Fund and the Australian Cultural Fund, and with the generous support of Adam Sloane, Aleksandr Tsiboulski, Alex Carpenter, Angus Barnacle, Anne Cawrse, anonymous, Coral Duncan, David Kotlowy, Dennis Malone, Jennifer Iredale, Kasimir Burgess, Kate Cook, Lorraine McLoughlin, Louisa Giacomini, Mark and Sue Altmann, Michelle North, Mike Retter, Nayia Cominos, Nik Brundige, Peter Fitzgerald, Peter Morey, Phil and Daphne Hart, Phillip Dunn, Rosanne Hammer, Rowen Fox, Sam Songailo, Sarah Alford, Susan Fox, Susan Ovenden, Yvette Baer

With further thanks to Sarah Iredale, William and Hugo Altmann, Lachlan Bramble, Quentin SD Grant, Raymond Chapman Smith, Roberto Cavagnoli, Denis Smith, Jacob Logos, Michael Hocking, Sebastian Tomczak

℗ & © Luke Altmann. All rights of the owner of copyright in this recording reserved. Any copying, renting, lending, diffusion, public performance or broadcast of this record without the authority of the copyright owner is prohibited.

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