Vri - Islais a Genir'islais a genir' is the second album from Welsh Trio VR; Jordan Price Williams (cello, voice), Aneirin Jones (violin, voice) and Patrick Rimes (viola, violin, voice); three young men from deepest, darkest chapel going Wales who have mined the cultural upheaval of past centuries and drawn inspiration from the incredible story of a time when Wales' traditional music and dance was suppressed by Methodist chapels, and, earlier, it's language by the Act of

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spontaneity and riot of splendid colors' (Pizzicato magazine on Giovanni Picchi's Canzoni da Sonar con ogni sorte d'istromenti)

These 20 CDs comprise over 25 hours of music captured on-stage in the 1940s

Completing the collection are bold improvisations based on de Chassy's transcriptions of Sergei Prokofiev pieces with added texts by Russian poets including Pushkin

Ben Heppner excels himself" (Penguin Guide ROSETTE)

Inasmuch as the works featured on this album are revisions of earlier work- some specifically prepared for this recording- they capture the progress in a career which spans three decades

but can also look back on international appearances in Canada

up to instrumental recordings of the 1960s

mainly through Cons Marg's distinctive vocal and the vintage synths by Kyle

which augers extremely well for their future' - HARDROCKHOUSE 'An eight-legged gift from classic rock heaven

The adaptation was directed by Robert Wilson

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